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Baltimore County Agricultural Studies
Agricultural Study Updates
Funding is needed to complete a study that Identifies Top Initiatives to
Improve the Viability of our Local Agriculture. Local Community
Agricultural Leaders, the U of MD Extension Office, NCP, and Baltimore County
staff are launching a study to provide a road map of priority initiatives that
can improve the profitability of Baltimore County’s agricultural industry.
The goals are to:
• Increase the sustainability of farming in the future,
• Revitalize downstream and upstream local food and crop related
businesses,
• Provide a local source of agricultural products to the larger Baltimore
Region,
• And influence the land use issues in the rural sector that in turn
impact water quality and public water supplies for 1.8 million urban and
suburban residents.
Leading producers in Baltimore County’s major agricultural segments will
serve on an Advisory Board to ensure recommendations are actionable. NCP will
be providing project management and logistical support.
The project is estimated to cost $61,000. Thanks to support from Baltimore
County’s Agricultural Land Preservation Advisory Board, Baltimore County Farm
Bureau, Mid Atlantic Farm Credit, County and State grants, North County
Preservation, and private donors, over half the funding has been secured.
Additional funding to complete the study is required. Any and all input from
the agricultural and wider community is welcomed and encouraged.
If you are interested in getting involved, please email
Alice Chalmers
or call
(443) 243-2998.
Click
Here To Download The Project Description>>
Important - Hereford Zone Parents
Hereford High
School is unique in its ability to offer your child a large number of
honors and AP classes as well as fundamentals in Agricultural Education.
Hereford is unique in also providing Ag Education, which today advances your
child's knowledge in the fields of Math, Biology, Technology and Physics, and
prepares children to the challenges of Agriculture in the 21st century. Please
write to Principal Bereska to ask him to support Ag Education and make Hereford
High the Best Practice School in this field that it used to be. Now a new
opportunity is on the horizon for The CASE program (Curriculum of Agricultural
Science Education), which is being developed, and pilot tested in ten states, of
which Maryland is one. The goal is to further advance high academic standards in
agriculture education. A Baltimore County school will be chosen to participate
in the pilot test program. Interested parents can help bring this new program to
Hereford High by writing to Principal Bereska.
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