A listening session was held on Friday, Aug. 11, at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore to provide feedback directly from agricultural stakeholders in Maryland to key members of the House Committee on Agriculture as it drafts the 2023 Farm Bill. Congressman Andy Harris M.D., who serves as chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on…Read more House Ag Committee Chairman Thompson and Congressman Harris hold listening session on Farm Bill at UMES
Farm bus tour features sustainable farming operations in Va. and N.C.
UMES Extension’s 2023 Small Farm Bus Tour will be heading south from Sept. 6-7 for select stops in Virginia and North Carolina. The tour, organized out of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore Small Farm Program, will showcase farming operations that serve as examples of direct to consumer marketing, sustainable agricultural practices and alternative crop…Read more Farm bus tour features sustainable farming operations in Va. and N.C.
UMES Extension urban gardening project recognized as innovative
An urban gardening project focusing on a group of minority farmers in the Greater Baltimore area earned a 2023 Multistate Urban Extension Innovation Award from the Association of Northeastern Extension Directors. The burgeoning project experienced a six-fold increase in the number of participants in the past two years and is making an impact in the…Read more UMES Extension urban gardening project recognized as innovative
