This has got to be my favorite time of the year! My garden is in peak performance mode, my favorite fruit (blueberries) are still in abundance and I get to participate in the Buy-Local-Challenge week. There are lots of stories throughout Maryland about participation...
In need of exercise this weekend? Try a five, thirteen, twenty-nine, or sixty-two mile Crop Hop bicycle ride in rural St. Mary’s County! The idea came from Christie Balch, University Maryland Extension agent in Prince George’s County who grew up on a small farm...
When the Tobacco Buyout was initiated twelve years ago, many thought that would be the end of Southern Maryland agriculture. Farming classes in schools had ended several decades before that. Young farmer groups had stopped meeting in each of the counties after...
