Food Hubs are sprouting up in Maryland!
As reported earlier in this blog, direct sales of food for human consumption grew 32% in Maryland...
Do you really know what you are eating? July is the month to take control!
As a teen, I was an occasional viewer of the Star Trek television series created by Gene...
Maryland’s big ag experiment seems to be working – up to a point
What happens when a region loses its "money crop?" Maryland was one of 46 states to win the...
2012 Ag Census – measuring the local food movement
As mentioned previously in this blog, both the National Restaurant Association and the National...
Put a cherry on it!
Vacationing here near Lake Michigan, it is easy to eat local. Grocery stores sell milk from local...
A Farmer Friendly Agricultural Law Conference!
Since the botched Hudson case, good things have been happening with ag law in Maryland. Over the...
Organic farming in Maryland– is the trend going up or down?
The 2012 Ag Census gives us a blurry vision of trends in organic production. National media has...
Which states are doing well in the local food movement?
In the U.S., the local food movement still represents a tiny percentage of total agricultural...
The link between food security and land preservation
It had been 8 years since the last national land preservation conference. I was happy to attend...