Ute helping set up at the Royce Hanson Award, October 2018
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All of us here at MCA were heartbroken at the sudden loss of Ute Aminzadeh in October 2018. Residents of Boyds, Ute and her family love the Ag Reserve and were steadfast volunteers at MCA events. We were always struck by her cheerful can-do spirit and no-nonsense problem solving abilities. Ute was a beloved member of the elementary school faculty at the German International School in Potomac.
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To honor both her love of the Ag Reserve and commitment to education, we have launched the Ute Aminzadeh Ag Reserve Education Fund. This fund will enhance continuing efforts to educate students on the importance of Agriculture and farmland natural resource protection. Our education program includes class visits from farmers and field trips to farms for local high schools along with a partnership with the Montgomery County Farm Bureau that has brought Maryland Agriculture Education Foundation (MAEF) Mobile Ag Education Labs to all Montgomery County Elementary Schools. It is our goal to scale up our efforts to ensure that in a County with 1/3rd of its land set aside for farmland and open space protection, agriculture becomes part of the formal curriculum.
Gifts to this fund will provide for Ag Reserve curriculum materials crafted specifically for elementary aged students to provide engaging, hands-on lessons to connect our youngest students to the importance of farms. As Ute did, we love engaging with these future Montgomery County residents, leaders and stewards so they may carry on the legacy of the Ag Reserve.
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