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Welcome to The Buzz! This edition is jammed packed with your submissions – I believe the biggest Buzz yet! Thanks again to Sam Droege, USGA/USDA Wild Bee Lab in Beltsville, MD for the poetry at the end of every newsletter. “Poetry is at the soul of one who watches bees.”
Disney’s Planet Challenge (NIFA)
Announcing grant funding for 3rd through 8th grade public school classrooms to execute projects to benefit the environment! Disney's Planet Challenge is offering a Double Your Impact match offer for hands-on environmental project(s) submitted by 3rd through 8th grade teachers requesting up to $650 in materials. If you are a full-time 3rd through 8th grade teacher at a public school, you can qualify for this funding! There are two easy steps to qualify for this funding:
2.) Once you’re logged in, submit one or more hands-on project requests focused on benefiting the environment including up to $650 in materials each. Projects must engage students directly in benefitting the environment through water conservation and watershed protection, recycling, composting, restoring/creating community gardens, etc.
Deadline is Jan. 20.
Maryland Association of Environmental and Outdoor Education Annual Conference!
This year’s annual conference “Fulfilling Environmental Education’s Promise: Authentic Learning and Real World Impact” will be held Feb. 9-12, 2012 at the Clarion Fountainebleau Resort in Ocean City, Maryland. Registration is now open! Visit the MAEOE Conference website http://www.maeoe.org/conference/2012/index.php for registration and materials!
Muhammad Ali Center Peace Garden Grant (NGA)
To be eligible for the 2011 Muhammad Ali Center Peace Garden, your school or organization must plan to garden in 2012 with at least 15 children between the ages of 3 and 18. Schools within the United States must have a student body eligible for 50% or more reduced or free lunches. This is a global initiative; all International countries and territories are eligible to apply. The selection of winners is based on the demonstrated relationship between the garden program and peace studies, and nutrition and hunger issues. Grants of $500 are available for award. See KidsGardening website for info:
Grow It, Eat It - Basic Vegetable Gardening (EMNC)
From the first shovelful of soil to a delicious harvest, the Harford County Master Gardeners will help beginning gardeners get the best results. This Basic Gardening class is an introduction to gardening and will provide information on site preparation, raised beds, composting, starting seeds, transplanting seeds, fertilizing gardens, and pest management. The class will be held at Eden Mill Nature Center on Saturday, March 3rd from 10 AM to 1 PM. Participants are encouraged to bring a bag lunch and a drink. The cost is $5 per non-member and pre-registration is required by calling the University of Md Extension Office at 410-638-3255 or email your information to GrowitRegister2012@gmail.com
Annie’s Project!
Annie’s Project is coming to the Lower Eastern Shore! This is a great opportunity for people and managers who have been looking for the farm management schooling pertaining to farm information. Encouraged to attend are those who have an interest in farm/agriculture management as well as those individuals already managing their operation. Take advantage of our local speakers and networking opportunities that will be attending. Registration and informational flyer is attached. Any questions, please feel free to contact Jessie Renshaw, 410-632-1972 or email jrenshaw@umd.edu for registration forms, flyers & press releases!
Natural Resources Career Camp (Maryland Forestry Board)
High school students are invited to attend a seven day conference for intense instruction and lots of fun at the 2012 NRCC to be held Sunday, July 22 through Saturday, July 28 in western Maryland at the Hickory Environmental Education Center in Garrett County. Students will learn through experience, field techniques in applied forestry, urban forestry, watershed ecology and much more! College credit is available (fee and registration requirements). Please contact FORESTJD46@yahoo.com for more information or see www.marylandforestryboards.org (NRCC).
Project NOAH (NOAA)
Smart phones and citizen scientists? This is too cool! Project Noah is an online and mobile location-based application that encourages people to reconnect with nature by documenting local wildlife. The tool harnesses the power of smart phones to collect ecological data and help preserve global biodiversity. I was thinking how cool would this format be if you were to ask students to document insect life in and around the farm, garden or campus. This would lead into great activities and discussion about IPM (integrated pest management) and entomology in agriculture. A class project could be modeled on Project NOAH for your community and to share with citizen science networks.
Captain Planet Foundation Grants (NOAA)
The Captain Planet Foundation provides grants to school and community groups to support hands-on environmental projects for youth in grades K-12. The objective of the foundation is to encourage innovative programs that empower youth to work individually and collectively to solve environmental problems in their neighborhoods and communities. The deadlines for application are January 15, May 31, and September 30, 2012.
Earthwatch Educator Fellowships (NAAEE)
Fellowships are available to sponsor participation in International and U.S. Earthwatch Conservation Expeditions. The Earthwatch Institute and its partners offer a number of Educator Fellowships every year to elementary, middle, and high school educators and administrators. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, but those received after February 13, 2012 are subject to fewer projects and more limited funding.
Sustainability Education Resources
Shelburne Farms’ Sustainable Schools Project offers resources designed to help schools use sustainability as an integrating context for curriculum, community partnerships, and campus practices. Resources include the Education for Sustainability Starter Kit, a professional development tool that helps prepare educators and schools to start using sustainability as an integrating theme and to catalyze school change with efficient use of existing resources, through a series of self-guided learning opportunities; Healthy Neighborhoods/Healthy Kids Guide, a civic engagement and service-learning framework that can be used across K-12 grade levels as well as community settings; and more. These resources and much more are available as free downloads from the website.
Job Opening: Community Garden Manager
Bullis School, an independent school in Potomac, MD with 650 students in grades 3-12, is seeking a capable part-time gardener with a passion for growing vegetables and involving students in Bullis's innovative community garden, currently comprising 1,500 sf of growing area in 6 raised beds with built-in irrigation. 10-15 hours per week on school days, late February through mid-December, plus winter planning and seed ordering time. Requires experience in organic gardening/farming, a strong back, ability to work well with teachers and students, and a strong intolerance of weeds. Offering approximately $20/hour based on experience. Please e-mail resume and cover letter to Todd McCreight, business officer, at mccreight@bullis.org.
Get Your STEM On! Solar Decathalon 2011 Video Inspires Young Engineers (MAEF)
Every two years the Solar Decathalon is sponsored by the U.S Department of Energy. It was a great experience for students to head to the D.C. Mall this past summer and check out these amazing designs and structures, with opportunity to talk to collegiate teams and professors – and best of all – that University of Maryland WON this international event! There are shining ideas for every science and tech teacher to be found on the DOE Solar Decathalon website http://www.solardecathlon.gov/about.html and lots of inspiration for students of sustainability design and function in agricultural architecture!
Call for Resources! Green School Ag Workshop @ MAEOE (MAEF)
For Buzz members who coordinate or manage educational programs in school-based agriculture & natural resources, or provide schools with agriculture-based services - would like the Green School audience to know about you? Please contact me! I am putting together resource packages for attendees at the MAEOE conference attending our Integrating Agriculture Education into Green School Curriculum in February and would love to share your work with them. Programs, brochures, small gifts and fun stuff all welcomed! peppig@maefonline.com Yes, we love the little furry cows, Mary! Do you have a herd of fifty?
Orchard Grants 2012 (PASA)
The Fruit Tree Planting Foundation (FTPF) and Dreyer's Fruit Bars are planting orchards across the country in a collaborative program called Communities Take Root (CTR). Through this exciting program, communities compete in a nation-wide vote to win a complete community orchard. FTPF orchards are a wonderful way for communities to grow fresh fruit, beautify neighborhoods, strengthen relationships, and build community food security—all through the simple act of planting fruit trees. They are now inviting applications for 2012. The first 100 qualified applicants will be in the running to win a free orchard, including orchard design, arborist expertise, and a fun community planting event. And, orchard recipients also receive a free community workshop on planting, pruning and caring for fruit trees. As well, every organization that participates in this year’s program will receive 3 fruit trees, tree guards, and myco-paks to ensure soil health—all free as a thank you gift from FTPF. Please go to www.ftpf.org for more information.
Teaching Tolerance: Food Deserts – Causes, Consequences, Solutions
The Southern Poverty Law Center, a nationally acclaimed diversity and equity organization, produces curriculum for social studies, policy, agriculture and social justice through the Teaching Tolerance project. Understanding issues of food distribution and access, health and nutrition and food sovereignty are key to food system studies. This lesson is a powerful example of how to do this – check it out. Abundant links to USDA, related curriculum, resources and extensions. TT is a powerful resource for anyone who employs critical thinking and issues investigation in social studies, social sciences, leadership and
Job Opportunity - Maryland Virginia Milk Producer's Cooperative
MVMPC has an entry level inspector position available for the south eastern or south central PA regions. This is a great opportunity for a young responsible, personable, motivated college graduate with experience in agriculture. Please share this notice with anyone you feel may have the aptitude for and interest in working in this field. Interested folks should contact Bob Cooksey at bcooksey@mdvamilk.com
Irrigation (Thanks, Sam!)
If there's any elegance in life
it's in the way that water runs
from sky to spring and spring to field,
from field to field just for the fun
of it, or for the fullness of it
—a glut of needless elegance,
the thoughtless pooling up of pools
along the drive, the maintenance
of balance at the edges of
the pools, and of the field I suppose,
though that is a different kind of balance,
one that I maintain, in rows.
And speaking of balance, I lost mine today
in the earlier rain, leaning to weed
the carrots. I went down wet and empty-
handed, inelegant as need. - Nathaniel Perry
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Welcome to The Buzz! Our twice-monthly newsletter is for all teachers of agriculture, formal and non-formal, community leaders in food systems and those who educate through agricultural practice. Please feel free to send us your workshop, news and event announcements to share with our MAEF list-members. The Buzz Archives are strictly for information and opportunity sharing in agriculture education. Members of The Buzz listserve receive up-to-date e-newsletters twice monthly - archived editions may contain events and information that has expired.
Future Harvest- CASA 13th Annual Conference, Lansdowne, VA - Jan. 13-14. 2012
The Chesapeake Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture offers its 13th annual conference to farmers and all those working in the multi-faceted field of sustainable agriculture. Themes and intensives this year include Beginning Farmers, Farm-to-Institution, Grass-Based Systems, Local Food Communities, Organic Production, Profitability and Added Value. For full conference schedule, lodging and scholarships:
Pennsylvania Farm Show, Harrisburg, PA - Jan. 7-14, 2012
Celebrate Pennsylvania agriculture at the 96th Annual Farm Show – the largest indoor agricultural show and celebration in the nation! Teachers will find lesson plans and activities that correspond to a Farm Show visit with their students under the Education tab on website! A great family day out – and it’s free! Check out the PA Farm Show website:
Farm-Based Educators Association – Free to Join!
“The FBEA is a free member network established to strengthen and support the work of educators and administrators providing public access to their productive working farms.” A very useful professional group that recognizes and supports the great work of agricultural educators who work in non-formal, field-based teaching venues on farms! MAEF and Hard Bargain Farm are teaming together in fall 2012 to offer the first state meeting of FBAE! Mark your calendar for November 17, 2012 @ Hard Bargain Farm!
Cornell Research Shows Vermicompost Helps Suppress Plant Disease (ATTRA)
“Cornell University researchers have found that vermicompost -- the product of composting using various species of worms -- is not only an excellent fertilizer but could also help prevent a pathogen that has been a scourge to greenhouse growers. Researchers found that beneficial microbes in vermicompost can colonize a seed's surface and protect it from infection.” Vermicomposting – farming worms (!) is one of my favorite lessons to share with students and teachers in environmental science – it is great to see applied research confirming what we knew all along – worms = great soil + healthy plants! ATTRA has a great resource for wanna-be worm farmers (vermicomposting): https://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/summaries/summary.php?pub=256
Baltimore Urban Agriculture Update! (Baltimore Office of Sustainability)
In March 2011, the City of Baltimore released a Request for Qualifications seeking experienced farmers who could put together sound business plans and management models for new, entrepreneurial farms to be started in the City. Ten farming organizations applied, and five were qualified over the course of the summer. The Baltimore Office of Sustainability is now working with the farmers to find appropriate vacant, city-owned sites for their farm sites, and plan to officially launch the program and leases this spring. The selected farmers currently qualified under the program are: Big City Farms, Five Seeds Farm, Our Farm Next Door, Real Food Farm, and Seed & Cycle. To learn more visit : http://www.baltimorecity.gov/Government/AgenciesDepartments/Planning/BaltimoreFoodPolicyInitiative/UrbanAgriculture.aspx
Graduate Courses in Agricultural Education (MAEF/UMES/BMI)
Registration for UMES Certification, APC, Graduate and CTE Masters Courses opens next Monday - Jan 9, 2012. Below is a list of graduate courses to be offered in Spring 2012 by the University of Maryland Eastern Shore through the Staff Development Center at Baltimore Museum of Industry. Two courses listed under Agricultural Education – AEED 426 and 699 are offered. AEED 426 is an FFA online course from North Carolina State University. Based on feedback for Maryland agricultural teachers who took the course last spring, it is excellent for new as well as experienced teachers. Please consider taking this as part of a graduate program or for certificate renewal or even program and professional enrichment.
For more information about the courses, contact David Miller, 301-663-4192 x 2225 (office), 301-788-7774 (cell) or email dmiller@maefonline.com. For questions about registration, enrolling graduate school at UMES, etc. please contact JoAnn Norris at 410-727-4808 x 164, jenorris@umes.edu or Mike Shealey 410-727-4808 x 147, mshealey@thebmi.org at the Baltimore Museum of industry.
New Classroom Action Guide Asks "What’s On Your Fork?" (NAAEE)
Does what you eat really have impact on our planet? Could mealtime choices actually help promote clean drinking water? What’s On Your Fork? is a new, free downloadable action guide and collection of supplementary educational tools from EarthEcho International designed to help educators and students explore the environmental and community impact of daily food choices. This new resource is part of EarthEcho’s Water Planet Challenge, a Web-based interactive program exploring a myriad of topics that engage and empower middle and high school-aged youth to design, create, and implement service-learning projects in their communities. Rich in academic connections, the What’s On Your Fork? step-by-step action guide includes stimulating content, student organizers for discussions and planning, and examples of youth taking action. Visit the Web site to learn more about NEA Foundation Water Planet Challenge educator grants and an upcoming What’s On Your Fork? Webinar hosted by Philippe Cousteau, Jr.
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THE BUZZ
July 18, 2011
From my remote MAEF desk, in a barn in Southwestern New Hampshire, I’ve gained a different perspective of farms, farming, farmers and their customers, living where I do in a very rural landscape where towns, super markets and yes, even convenience stores are few and far between. I remember when Harford County was much like Hillsboro and Cheshire County today, minus of course, the mountains, moose and logging trucks. The need for local farms, new and beginning farmers and support for experienced farmers, however, is important in both states. In Maryland, suburbia closes in. In New Hampshire, it is the forest. Your Buzz for mid-July…
Veterans Are Coming Home to Farm!
Returning veterans and veterans looking to transition into new careers, are invited to join Farm Vets at their two-day retreat in Shavertown, PA August 20-21. This program is designed to open doors and introduce the opportunities and possibilities of starting and maintaining a small local organic farm in your hometown. Call 530-756-1395 or visit www.farmvetco.org
Energy Efficient Organic Farming!
July 23 is the day to visit Fox Haven Farm in Jefferson, Maryland for a tour and workshop in energy efficiency on-farm using conservation methods and alternative energy strategies. Call 814-349-9856 or email info@pasafarming.org
This Week’s Fairs - Saturday July 23:
Cecil County Fair, Childs, MD. Through July 30. 410-392-2795
Washington County AG Expo and Fair, Boonsboro, Maryland. Thru July 30. 301-432-2795
ATTRA Rolls On, Despite Brutal Budget Cuts
“You are probably aware that our national sustainable agriculture information service, also known as the ATTRA project, was cut from the federal budget for fiscal 2011 as part of the budget reductions going on in Congress. Despite the elimination of federal funding for the project, we have maintained basic project services for farmers, growers and others interested in sustainable agriculture practices.
We are now at the point that we must find other revenue sources to help cover operating expenses for the ATTRA project. After exploring our options, we have decided to charge modest fees for some of our publications. We hope we will be able to generate the income needed to retain our current staff so we can still provide the highest-quality service in addressing sustainable agriculture challenges.
That means effective today, Monday , July 18, we will begin charging fees to access some of our research products that we have developed over the years. Most of our website will still be free but we will now be charging for some of our publications.”
Kathy Hadley, National Center for Appropriate Technology (ATTRA, NCAT)
www.ncat.org
FFA Middle School Ag Literacy Resources
Free online resources available for middle school ag clubs, teachers and students! Visit
https://ffa.learn.com/learncenter.asp?sessionid=3-73880023-A65F-4A27-8129-39D37B680F0E&DCT=1&id=178409&page=47
2nd Annual Garden Tour!
The 2nd Annual Charm City Garden Tour will take place on August 13th! Join the Community Greening Resource Network, Parks & People Foundation and the University of Maryland Baltimore City Master Gardeners as we tour community gardens throughout the city.
The UME Master Gardeners will host a bus tour of community gardens throughout the City, while CGRN leads a bike tour of member gardens located in West Baltimore. Both tours will end at the Whitelock Community Farm in Reservoir Hill where guests will celebrate with music and delicious, local food.
This is a family-friendly event, bring along friends and neighbors, too! Last year over 100 people attended the Charm City Garden Tour & Party and we would like to see more this year. Guests are invited to bring food from their gardens - make a dish or just bring vegetables!
Cost: $20 bus tour / $15 bike tour. Click here to register and for more information.
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THE BUZZ 6-10-2011
Student Environmental Development Program
I wanted to let you all know about an upcoming opportunity for rising eighth graders for this summer: The EPA’s Student Environmental Development Program (SEDP). SEDP is a 6-week environmental education, leadership development, and college preparatory program for rising eighth graders but has not had great attendance from students in Baltimore City. Currently the deadline for the EPA’s Student Environmental Development Program (SEDP) has been extended to June 10, 2011. So please get your students in! I know you all must know some outstanding middle school students that would be a perfect fit it and I greatly encourage you to help them apply. Please see the application form attached and at the following link:
http://www.epa.gov/region3/ee/SEDP-2011-BMOREApplicationfinal.pdf
Mid-New England Grain Conference
July 14-15, 2011
Deerfield, Massachusetts
This regional event on growing grains includes educational sessions on breeding local grains, grain fertility, on-farm research trials, harvesting and processing grain, bread baking and beer brewing. Many folks from Maryland and Pennsylvania have discovered this event and have made it an annual summer time pilgrimage!
Minority Farmers to be Recognized
If your company or organization selects a minority Farmer of the Year, you're invited to share their story with others across the country through a special issue of Minority Landowner magazine. For more information send an email to minoritylandowner@earthlink.net . The deadline for submissions is June 10, 2011.
Healthy Food Financing Initiative
For FY 2011, in coordination with the Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Community and Economic Development (CED) program will provide up to $10 million to CDCs for projects located in food deserts and designed to improve access to healthy affordable foods by developing grocery stores, small retailers, corner stores, and farmers markets that will make available nutritious food in these areas.
Applications are due July 11, 2011.
Open House at USDA’s Bee Lab!
Researchers are opening their labs and apiaries for the public June 21, inviting everyone to an open house at the USDA Beltsville facility! A full day of tours, lectures, demonstrations and interaction with some of the nation’s top scientists who study our beloved honey bee. These folks are working hard to unlock mysteries of disease as well as design ways to better care for our hardest working agricultural partners. See what they’re up to and come with all your questions! Call 301-504-8821 or email Bart Smith at BartSmith@ars.usda.gov
Tree Tour of Patterson Park
Come explore the diversity and beauty of the urban forest by attending the Tree Tour of Patterson Park held on June 19 from 10:30am - 12:00pm. Meet at the Patterson Park Pagoda, near corner of E. Pratt St. and S. Patterson Park Ave. For more information or to RSVP, contact Katie Dix at (410) 448-5663.
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THE BUZZ: 5-13-2011
This is the first remote BUZZ from my desk at the University of New Hampshire! So much is going on in ag right now, it's difficult to wade through all the events and announcements and not want to post everything - but here are this week's highlights for Maryland, the region and the nation. My top educator's pick: A great film has just been released "The Farmer Wo Stopped The Desert" should be on every school library's shelf for secondary classes in agriculture, environmental science, political science and Africa studies.
Maryland - Reviving a 3rd-Generation Eastern Shore Farm with Diversified Organics
Saturday, May 14; 10 am - 4 pm; Greenbranch Farm - Salisbury, MD
Learning about Ted and Julia Wycall's operations is only part of the excitement of Saturday's Field Day at Greenbranch Farm. The mid-day roundtable discussion will address the local food movement, its opportunities, and what is needed to strengthen its reach. The roundtable will be moderated by LESSON project manager Matt Heim and will feature the following farmers:
- Bob Russell, Bob Russell Custom Grower Milford DE
- David Jones, C&J Farms Seaford DE
- Pam Hubric, Waterview Egg Farm, Waterview MD
Don't miss this opportunity! Click here to register
now! $10 for individuals; $15 for families (parents and children under 18, up to 4 people); registration includes lunch from the farm!
Field Day held in partnership with University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) and Lower Eastern Shore Sustainable Organic Network (LESSON). University of Maryland Extension programs are open to all citizens without regard to race, color, gender, disability, religion, age, sexual orientation, marital or parental status, or national origin.
Regional - 5th Annual Farm-Based Educators Conference!
Nov. 3-5, 2011 @ Shelburne Farms, Vermont
The 5th Farm-Based Education Conference will bring together nearly 200 farm-based education practitioners, partners, and community leaders including farmers, teachers, non-formal educators, philanthropists, chefs, historians, land conservationists, journalists, health care specialists, and food system and farm advocates. See www.farmebasededucation.org
- Experiential Education and its Role on the Farm
- Farm and School Collaboration: Programs on the Farm and in the Classroom
- Challenges and Solutions to Running a Successful Farm Camp
- Business Planning for Farm-Based Education
- Effective Interpretation for Self-Guided Visitors
- Successful Farm-Based Education Models and Programs
Top Pick - The Farmer Who Stopped The Desert
Yacouba Sawadogo, a peasant farmer from northern Burkina Faso in Africa, has succeeded where international agencies failed. Over the last 20 years, he has become a pioneer in the fight against desertification and hunger. Yacouba’s struggle is pure, inspiring drama. It is about one man’s determined efforts that have the potential to benefit many thousands living in the Sahel region of Africa. This film is now available for school purchase. A great clip can be viewed at the project website: http://www.videoproject.com/manwhostde.html
Poem of the Week
Spring
Nothing is so beautiful as spring—
When weeds, in wheels, shoot long and lovely and lush;
Thrush's eggs look little low heavens, and thrush
Through the echoing timber does so rinse and wring
The ear, it strikes like lightnings to hear him sing;
The glassy peartree leaves and blooms, they brush
The descending blue; that blue is all in a rush
With richness; the racing lambs too have fair their fling.
What is all this juice and all this joy?
A strain of the earth's sweet being in the beginning
In Eden garden. — Have, get, before it cloy,
Before it cloud, Christ, lord, and sour with sinning,
Innocent mind and Mayday in girl and boy,
Most, O maid's child, thy choice and worthy the winning.
- Gerard Manley Hopkins
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AGsploration Summer Science Career Institutes (Thanks, John!)
The AGsploration team is excited to announce that we will be offering three AGsploration Summer Science Career Institutes this summer. This will be a 2 day, one night event for middle school aged youth. Participants will have the opportunity to learn about the Science of Maryland Agriculture through hands on activities and classes utilizing the AGsploration curriculum, network with guest speakers from the Agricultural Industry during the roundtable discussion time, tour and visit Agricultural Enterprises in the state, and have an opportunity to learn about potential educational and career opportunities based in agro-science and STEM fields.
The AGsploration Summer Science Career Institutes will take place at Frederick 4-H Center (Frederick, MD) – June 27 & 28, 2011, Patuxent 4-H Center (Upper Marlboro, MD)– June 29 & 30, 2011 and Thendara 4-H Center (Hurlock, MD) – July 14 & 15, 2011.
Registration cost is only $35/participant and registration materials are attached. Participants do not have to be current MD 4-H members. The registration deadline is June 1, 2011. Visit www.maryland4H.org
Free Range Livestock: Production to Marketing Strategy
Tuesday, May 3; 3 - 7 pm
Wagon Wheel Ranch - Mount Airy, MD
Learn about the diversified livestock strategy employed by Brian Schiner at Wagon Wheel Ranch in Mount Airy, Maryland. With the help of his farm manager, Schiner raises Berkshire pigs, pastured broilers and layers, and 100 percent grass-fed beef and lamb, operating the largest sheep farm in Maryland. The farm sells direct-to-consumer and wholesale, with clients including Whole Foods Market. $15 for Future Harvest CASA members; $25 for non-members; registration includes dinner (dinner not guaranteed for registrations received after 5 pm, Friday, April 29) events@futureharvestcasa.org
THE Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival!
One of my personal favorites! A huge draw for sheep and wool enthusiasts from all over the country held at the Howard County Fairgrounds. Still free!
May 7 & 8 – arrive early, this event fills quickly (as do the rural roads!)
Ag in the Classroom
Now that planting and growing is in the air, teachers will find a wealth of information, lessons and activities for and around the school garden and farm! Check out all the state lesson resources archived under ‘State Programs.’
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