Montgomery Community Media

Fall is the perfect time to get out and enjoy the outdoors. CCM’s Crystal Park tours two Montgomery County farms that you will want to visit this fall, below:

Montgomery County Councilmember Craig Rice hosted a meeting about the Agriculture Reserve this week at the Universities at Shady Grove. County Cable Montgomery’s Susan Kenedy reports.

In this MyMCMedia Extra video, Stewart Edelstein, executive director of the Universities at Shady Grove (USG) talks about the importance of collaboration. USG recently hosted a networking event of county farmers and chefs. The purpose of the event was to identify business opportunities and challenges to local farmers, restaurants and students in the hospitality program […]

Montgomery County farmers and chefs recently connected at a networking event at the Universities at Shady Grove. They talked about business opportunities and challenges and then prepared lunch alongside each other. MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke reports. Organizers said they plan to hold more summits like this one in the future.   Related:

Farmers in Montgomery County can now rent farm equipment they need at a reduced rate and closer to their farms thanks to a new county program. The county used a grant to fund the purchase of four pieces of equipment — a no-till drill, a manure spreader, a plastic mulch lifter and a walk-behind tractor […]

Charles “Jamie” Jamison, who along with his family farm more than 5,000 acres of corn, soybeans and wheat in Dickerson and in Frederick County, on May 5 talked about some of his farming experiences as he was honored by the Montgomery County Council for receiving the lifetime achievement Mid-Atlantic Master Farmer Award. Jamison began farming […]

The Montgomery County Council will hold a work session at 1:30 p.m. on  March 11 to discuss issues that arise as formerly rural areas face encroaching suburban/urban sprawl. This worksession follows a report that was released in fall 2013 following the “Farming at Metro’s Edge” conference that included stakeholders from Montgomery and Frederick counties. That […]

Montgomery County Council President Craig Rice met with the media on Dec. 9 to discuss his goals and objectives for the year ahead. During the nearly 20-minute briefing he stressed his top priorities for small businesses and the agricultural community. He talked about “growing” farming and said he has been in talks with Montgomery County […]

Leaders from farm, education, environmental, non-profit and government organizations recently called for a collaborative effort to improve farm profitability, environmental regulations, and local food production and consumption systems. Their comments came in response a report titled “Farming at Metro’s Edge” issued at a briefing held at the Universities of Shady Grove. The “Farming at Metro’s […]

Recently a conference was held to develop ideas for advancing productive and profitable agriculture and strong farm communities to serve our region for future generations. “Farming at Metro’s Edge: Sustaining Agriculture in Frederick and Montgomery” was held in Rockville at The Universities at Shady Grove on Jan 11 – 12. Take a look. Learn more […]