2014 Royce Hanson Award Wrap-Up

10/22/2014

by Kristina Bostick

2014 Royce Hanson Award - October 19th

10/1/2014

by Kristina Bostick

Please join us for the 2014 Royce Hanson Award, celebrating Montgomery County's Ag Reserve and this year's awardee, the late Poolesville Attorney Bill Roberts, learn more about Bill here.

"Growing Legacy" Premiere Wrap-Up

9/30/2014

by Kristina Bostick

Growing Legacy Premiere
September 25, 2014
The Universities at Shady Grove

Got Gourds? Reserve Farms Do!

9/30/2014

by Kristina Bostick

It's that lovely time of year! See below for a list of farms that provide Fall goodies.
Gourd Expert David Heisler was profiled in the Post for the dizzying array of gourds available at his Comus Market.

Check out these local farms with pumpkins and fun aplenty - plus apples, hard squash, jams and cider:

Kingbury's Orchard
Good Life Farm
Comus Market
Lewis Orchard
Homestead Farm
Butler's Orchard
Rockhill Orchard
Phillip's Farm

Sugarloaf Shooting Range Hearing Wrap-Up

8/29/2014

by Kristina Bostick

Large Shooting Range Proposed for Sugarloaf

7/18/2014

by Kristina Bostick

Shooting Range proposed for "Resource Conservation" Zone at base of Sugarloaf Mountain

MC Planning Board Chair: 5 Applicants - 5 Resumes

5/27/2014

by Caroline Taylor

What do Candidates think about the Ag Reserve? Voters Resource

5/16/2014

by Kristina Bostick

Council Final Vote Provides Improved Protection for Ten Mile Creek

4/1/2014

by Kristina Bostick

MCA's Education Program

3/14/2014

by Kristina Bostick

A smile flashes over MCA Education Committee Chair Gene Kingbury's face as their hands go up. The students at Poolesville High School have been listening as Gene explained how his family's fifth generation orchard grows (over 6000 trees!) and innovates. "How did you develop your new peach variety and do you patent it?" "Can you grow your fruit without chemicals?" Greg Glenn of Rocklands Farm offers a lesson in best practices in livestock raising by bunching students between desks with little room to move about. Huddled together and getting hot and uncomfortable, they get the picture... quickly

Time to Sign up for Your CSA!

2/21/2014

by Caroline Taylor

Community Supported Agriculture

CSAs can take many forms, but essentially they are community supported farms in which members contribute to farming projects, usually by way of membership fees, in exchange for fresh, local produce. The concept came to the United States from Europe in the 1980s and has taken strongest hold in New England, the Mid-Atlantic region, and various pockets along the West Coast. They are a great way to take advantage of fresh, locally grown fruit, vegetables, herbs, and more while supporting nearby farms. Each one is different, some offer pickup locations in urban areas, some offer only farm-based pick ups. See the list below for local CSAs and find one that is right for you.
Learn more! Sign up!

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2014 Royce Hanson Award Wrap-Up

2014 Royce Hanson Award - October 19th

"Growing Legacy" Premiere Wrap-Up

Growing Legacy Premiere
September 25, 2014
The Universities at Shady Grove

Got Gourds? Reserve Farms Do!

Sugarloaf Shooting Range Hearing Wrap-Up

Large Shooting Range Proposed for Sugarloaf

MC Planning Board Chair: 5 Applicants - 5 Resumes

What do Candidates think about the Ag Reserve? Voters Resource

Council Final Vote Provides Improved Protection for Ten Mile Creek

MCA's Education Program

Time to Sign up for Your CSA!

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