On January 25-27th, dozens of young farmers braved cold temperatures and fresh breezes in Southern Maryland to participate in a farm tour which was part of the Maryland Farm Bureau Young Farmers’ Leadership Conference. I was fortunate to join them when they...
Written by Susan McQuilkin On a grey rainy afternoon in January the sunny colors of Wegmans’ produce department at the recently opened Columbia store were a welcome relief. SMADC staff along with other industry representatives and producers from around Maryland had...
Written by Mindy Waite and Greg Bowen As many readers know, Congress recently passed a temporary Extension to the 2008 Farm Bill, which will be in effect until September of 2013. Many farmers (and legislators) are unhappy because Congress had been drafting a promising...
Those who have read Joel Salatin’s books, especially Everything I Want to Do is Illegal, are well aware that he has a strong aversion to government regulation of food production. However, in his most recent tome, Folks, This Ain’t Normal he reluctantly acknowledged...
This year holds some real opportunities for Maryland farmers who are growing, or thinking of growing, locally-sourced food. A few workshops scheduled in January lay out the path to some of those opportunities. I mentioned in an earlier post, What is the growth...
