Southern Maryland Agriculture Organization Feeds Hunger for Local Farm Products

August 25, 2014

Valerie Berton Agricultural/Rural Preservation , , , , , 5 Comments

MD Sustainable Growth Commission Award Celebrates Great Projects – Apply Now for 2015

So. Maryland, So Good... brands southern Maryland local products

So. Maryland, So Good… brands southern Maryland local products

Former Southern Maryland tobacco growers have diversified, branching out into raising organic produce and nursery crops, hosting tourist events and growing grapes for wine. Their So. Maryland, So Good slogan, presence at farmers markets, direct-to-consumer sales points and Buy Local week events have contributed to a newly thriving market for farmers in Anne Arundel, Calvert, Charles, Prince George’s and St. Mary’s counties. More

Planning for the Food System: July digest

July 18, 2013

Daniel Rosen Planning and the Food System, Smart Growth , , , , 3 Comments

Co-author, MDPCovers#28

Innovations in the food system continue to promote healthy communities and economic growth by improving access to locally produced, high quality, nutritious food.  Since the publication of the Maryland Department of Planning’s (MDP) Models and Guidelines report #28, Planning for the Food System, we have heard of many successful projects.  MDP is blogging about what has been accomplished recently by those whose best practices are described in the report: farmers and other entrepreneurs; not-for-profit organizations; governments; and schools, hospitals, and other institutions that work to improve the food system (production, processing, marketing, distribution, consumption, and waste management). More

Point & CounterPoint: Can agriculture and environment live in harmony?

July 17, 2013

Maryland Department of Planning Agricultural/Rural Preservation, Environmental, Land Use , , , , , , , , , 2 Comments

This op-ed (July 12, 2013) is reprinted from the Daily Times (www.delmarvanow.com). The writer is Dave Wilson Jr., executive director of the Maryland Coastal Bays Program in Ocean City.

Agricultural land on the Eastern Shore is disappearing to development built next to or upon what was previously farmland. / Daily Times file photo

Farmers have come a long way toward meeting water quality standards

In the last 15 years, there has been unprecedented scrutiny of the chicken industry and locally produced organic fertilizer produced by the birds used by farmers. This largely is the result of misguided state policies following the alleged discovery of Pfiesteria in the Pocomoke River in late 1997. More

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