Out and About in the Ag Reserve: meet a local artist, visit an animal sanctuary, and get a glimpse of the Close Encounters with Agriculture program for 4th grade students.
If you think about traditional farming – commodity crops, fruits and veggies - when you hear about the County’s Ag Reserve, THINK AGAIN. The Ag Reserve is that and SO MUCH MORE. Madison Fields shows that something else, something wonderful, is also happening in the Ag Reserve.
Watch “Montgomery Heartland” (episode 1), a production of Cable Montgomery, as they highlight the 29th Annual Farm Tour. Did you know that interest in Aquaponic operations is growing in the County?
Red Wiggler Farm was featured in a video by County Cable Montgomery for their Spring Break student volunteer program.
As part of its #MoCo365 Campaign, the Montgomery County Economic Development Corporation visited Butler’s Orchard to learn about their farming operating located in Germantown, MD.
Success Stories
Kevin O’Rourke, owner of a digital news source “GermantownPulse” and Montgomery County resident explains what he loves most about living in Montgomery County.
Reporter, Amber Gerard, makes a visit back to her hometown and was so inspired by the AGRICULTURE she made it the focus of one of her news nightcap videos!
Where is Amber from? You guessed it – Montgomery County!
"Down on the Farm” an article written by Josh Lorenzo for the February/March 2018 edition of Montgomery Magazine. Read to find out which of our multi-generation, family owned Farms was featured!
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Did You Know...
- The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) released a Preview of its forthcoming 2018 report What Our Region Grows: The Past, Present, and Future of Growing Food in and around Metropolitan Washington
- 2019 application period open for the Kathleen A.P. Mathias Agriculture Energy Efficiency Program. The Maryland Energy Administration will hold an informational conference call at 2pm on October 9, 2018. Contact David Giusti at 410-537-4072 for the call in number.
- Montgomery Magazine!
- Montgomery County is celebrating its 50th Anniversary of Conservation Tillage.
- Learn about and/or apply for the USDA Value-Added Producer Grant (VAPG) Funding. This program provides competitive grants to producers for working capital, feasibility studies, business plans, and for marketing efforts to establish viable value-added businesses.
- Learn about and/or apply for MDA's Food Donation Tax Credit Pilot Program - Governor Larry Hogan signed into law the Farm Food Donation Pilot Program (SB 416) authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture, in conjunction with the Comptroller, to issue a State tax credit of up to $5,000 per calendar year to qualified farmers or farm businesses that make eligible food donations and certified organic produce donations to charitable organizations. The program is limited to Anne Arundel, Calvert, Charles, Montgomery, Prince George’s and St. Mary’s counties and only for tax years 2017, 2018 and 2019.
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