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by Caroline Taylor On April 4, 2016 Governor Hogan signed the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Act, which requires Maryland to reduce statewide gas emissions by 40 percent from 2006 levels by 2030. This bipartisan legislation, which was supported by the Maryland Departments of the Environment, Agriculture, and Natural Resources, is based on a recommendation of the Maryland Commission on Climate Change and enhances the 2009 Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Act. This law is expected to help create and maintain tens of thousands of jobs and represents a balanced, science-based approach to reduce carbon pollution.
Baltimore Sun Coverage by Caroline Taylor ![]() It was a baad idea that is now history. Time to move forward with the productive use of the property to grow and teach - close in! Full story here. Our film "Growing Legacy" tells the story of the farms and farmers on metro's edge in Montgomery County's Ag Reserve.
by Caroline Taylor We have been so pleased with the number of folks that want to ensure that they are supporting local agriculture. It isn't always easy to know where to start, we know, but well worth the effort.
by Caroline Taylor MCA is honored to be part of the Mobile Ag Science Lab effort with the Farm Bureau- every single MoCo elementary school will have a visit from this education resource on wheels. Read the press release below.
by Caroline Taylor ![]() Nice profile of Rick Hood and Summercreek Farm in the Frederick News Post here. Rick nails it: "You’re a businessman first; you’re a farmer second. If you’re a farmer first, you’re poor.” by Caroline Taylor Saturday, July 25 was a day filled with farm tours, Native American festivities and Field & Fiddle to finish! Several hundred folks gathered at historic Button Farm to celebrate community and agriculture. Afterall, as Wendell Berry wisely notes: "Eating is an agricultural act." And we did eat and we did celebrate
by Caroline Taylor ![]() MCA has joined the Community Food Rescue team. Community Food Rescue is a new initiative to develop a coordinated food recovery system throughout Montgomery County, Maryland. This system enhances the good work of businesses, agencies, and organizations that already recover perfectly good food before it is thrown away. Update: Great blog profiling early participant Amanda Cather from Plow and Stars Farm (recruited by MCA!) From the website: Every year in Montgomery County, Maryland…
MCA is doing our part by linking farms, Reserve food business and service for those in need to the program. Spread the word... because we need to stop the waste and rescue food. ![]() Hoorah! It is market season and if you don't know your local farmers yet - you will if you visit your local farm market! Fresh, fresh, fresh... Where to go? Read on... Also - close by in Poolesville is the Common Ground Market by Caroline Taylor ![]() No one explains how the Reserve came to be and what it is all about better than Royce Hanson... For anyone who has ever wanted to understand Transfer of Development Rights and, most importantly, the difficult path to the Reserve's creation. Watch and learn. Video and Power Point here. by Caroline Taylor Just in the first quarter of 2015 and we have been happily busy making connections between farms and markets, services and farms, farms and restaurants and services to communities in need with farms... and more.
by Caroline Taylor Since its successful premiere at the Universities at Shady Grove before an audience of 250, MCA's short documentary Growing Legacy has been making the rounds. The film has been screened by agencies such as Maryland National Park and Planning, local civic groups and film festivals such as DC Environmental Film Festival.
by Caroline Taylor What happens when a local farm gets the word out online about their need for a loan to buy needed farm equipment via Kiva Zip? Magic!
Read on by Caroline Taylor What great radio coverage for one of the gems of the Reserve: The Seneca Schoolhouse Museum on River Road north of Potomac.
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MCA is proud to announce that we have been recognized for a third time as one of the best small charities in the D.C. region by Catalogue for Philanthropy: Greater Washington. A panel of 110 expert reviewers from area foundations, corporate giving programs, and peer non-profit organizations evaluated 270 applications.
MCA is known as an effective and innovative non-profit whose efforts to preserve and promote Montgomery County’s nationally recognized 93,000 acre Ag Reserve have brought increased public and governmental support of local food production and farmland and open space preservation. Most importantly, MCA’s efforts are putting more farmers on the ground and keeping them there. |