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Governor O’Malley put out the challenge to all Marylanders to eat something that is grown, produced or harvested from a Maryland farm each day during the week of July 23 to 30. The request is part of the annual Buy Local Challenge, an initiative started by the Southern Maryland Agricultural Development Commission with the goal Continue reading “Farmer-Up” For a Week: A Pledge to Eat Locally The boxy white tool truck is hard to miss as it darts around New York City, a bright logo splashed across the vehicle’s side that says, “Good earth. Good eats.” Wherever it stops in the five boroughs, farm-fresh produce and Holton Farms workers with welcoming smiles spill out, bringing a new twist on healthy food Continue reading Farm Truck Brings a Mobile CSA to the City This is National Farmers Market Week … a time to celebrate the colorful and flavorful bounty of fresh produce that is so important to a healthy diet. This week there is wonderful news to celebrate because today the USDA just announced that farmers markets have grown 16% in the last year to 6,132 markets nationwide. Continue reading Join the Food Revolution and Vote for Your Favorite Farmers’ Market A weekly roundup of news and events concerning food, farms, the environment, local communities- and anything else that may catch our eye. This week, an editorial from the Hartford Courant addressed the reality of farmland preservation in Connecticut. Although saving more land than in previous years, the 1,370 acres protected in 2009 was almost 500 acres Continue reading Friday News Roundup 6/11/10 In Fairfax County, Virginia, next to Tyson’s Corner—one of the nation’s biggest malls—is a small farm stand with a green sign reading, “Potomac Vegetable Farms.” Multi-million dollar houses sprout up in surrounding fields, but farm owner Hiu Newcomb, her daughter Hana and their partner Ellen Polishuk have found a way to turn the intensely suburban Continue reading Farming on the Uber-Urban Edge |
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