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		<title>Farmers take on the farm bill (audio)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MCA staff always enjoy attending the Future Harvest CASA (Chesapeake Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture) annual conference.  This year&#8217;s keynote, a conversation about the most recent Farm Bill and government support for sustainable ag, was broadcast on WEAA.  Be sure to listen for Frederick County farmer Will Morrow of Whitmore Farm, one of the panelists.]]></description>
		<link>http://mocoalliance.org/2012/01/farmers-take-on-the-farm-bill-audio/</link>
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		<title>Urgent! Support Farming in the Reserve with Bill MC 16-12</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Update: The committee has put off the vote on this issue a second time. It will be heard on Thursday February 9. Your calls and emails matter even more as we make the case for this bill! MCA has met and talked with residents of the clustered subdivision in Laytonsville where the farmer profiled in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mocoalliance.org/2012/01/urgent-support-farming-in-the-reserve-with-bill-mc-16-12/</link>
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		<title>Science News:  What&#8217;s happening to the bees?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What is happening to our honey bees? Honeybee deaths linking to seed insecticide exposure&#8230; How can we help? Best plants for attracting bees&#8230; The Xerces Society has some thoughts&#8230;]]></description>
		<link>http://mocoalliance.org/2012/01/science-news-whats-happening-to-the-bees/</link>
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		<title>Midwinter Garden Dreams Event: Jan 28</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Join Sugarloaf Citizens Association for the annual Midwinter Garden Dreams event to discuss your garden plans for the coming year over tea and snacks. January 28th, 1-3pm at Linden Barn in Dickerson. More info here.]]></description>
		<link>http://mocoalliance.org/2012/01/midwinter-garden-dreams-event-jan-28/</link>
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		<title>New Online Tools from Park and Planning</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Montgomery County Park and Planning has added some neat tools to their site and we have in turn added them to our Government Links page. Click the links below to check out the new tools. Tree Canopy Explorer Deer Hunting Park Closure Schedule Historic Property Locator Tool Forest Conservation Easement Tool]]></description>
		<link>http://mocoalliance.org/2012/01/new-online-tools-from-park-and-planning/</link>
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		<title>Star Gazing Farm on Perennial Plate (Video)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Perennial Palate, a fantastic road tripping local food web video series, stopped through town on their national tour and visited Farmer Anne  at Star Gazing Farm in the Reserve.  See the video here. fyi- although the description says Virginia- this farm is very much in the MoCo Ag Reserve, a look at the satellite photos [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mocoalliance.org/2012/01/star-gazing-farm-on-perennial-plate-video/</link>
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		<title>Nick&#8217;s Organic Farm Brickyard Rd. Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Councilmember Roger Berliner got more than he bargained for at the  West Montgomery Citizens Civic Association (WMCCA) meeting  on January 11. Residents were frustrated that Berliner knew about the Brickyard deal (to end the 30 year lease of land in Potomac to a celebrated organic farmer in order to make soccer fields) and were asking [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mocoalliance.org/2012/01/nicks-organic-farm-brickyard-rd-update/</link>
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		<title>Scenes from the Reserve: Building Soil at Grassential Farm (video)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From time to time, we like to bring the Reserve to you though videos and pictures. Here is Matt Rales from Grassential Farm discussing how he uses his farm animals to build soil and improve the health of the land. You can hear many of those animals in the background trying to steal the scene. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mocoalliance.org/2012/01/scenes-from-the-reserve-building-soil-at-grassential-farm-video/</link>
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		<title>Scenes from the Reserve: Goats in the Winter Sun (video)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From time to time we like to bring you a look at the Reserve through pictures and videos. Watch goats doing their goat thing at Rocklands Farm (&#8220;locally known, sustainably grown&#8221;). var _gaq = _gaq &#124;&#124; []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-28304452-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mocoalliance.org/2012/01/goats-in-the-winter-sun/</link>
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		<title>MD General Assembly 2012 Guide</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Washington Post Local&#8217;s handy guide to the 2012 MD General Assembly can be found Here. MCA continues to press forward with MC right to farm initiatives and to guard against legislation that will provide for greater development density in the Reserve.]]></description>
		<link>http://mocoalliance.org/2012/01/md-general-assembly-2012-guide/</link>
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