In the classic holiday movie Miracle on 34th Street, Alfred says to Santa “Yeah, there’s a lot of bad ‘isms’ floatin’ around this world, but one of the worst is commercialism. Make a buck, make a buck. Even in Brooklyn it’s the same...
The Great Seal of Maryland shows a farmer on the left and a fisherman on the right. Since the Bay and its tributaries bisect Maryland’s land masses, aquaculture has been a major part of our state’s history. Aquaculture is the farming of aquatic organisms...
New Morning Farm, one of the top farmers’ market producers in the region, started out very small. In fact, the owners, Jim and Moie Crawford, began in 1972 by just selling vegetables from local farms to Washington D.C. farmers markets. They were good at it. The...
Like Southern Maryland, the money crop of the farm belt in Southwestern Virginia was tobacco. This region is located far from major consumer markets, but that didn’t matter. Tobacco is a commodity that has a long shelf life and travels easily. Like Southern Maryland,...
By Mark Dattilio, SMADC Intern It’s day break on a Saturday morning and I pull into a parking lot on the corner of Riva Road and Harry S. Truman Parkway in Annapolis, MD. While most individuals are still in bed, I found myself fortunate to be part of a select few who...
When we went to Portugal in 1982, we were told not to drink the water and not to eat certain foods. However, we were enticed by cream-filled pastries and all of us lost a day in beautiful downtown Lagos hugging the porcelain. Health regulations are important. They can...
