Agriculture and Farming

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Women’s History: Annie’s Project

When we think of agriculture, we often think of Old McDonalds: men in denim overalls and wide-brimmed hats, riding red tractors through...

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Common Ground: Growing Agriculture, Restoring the Bay

“A thriving and sustainable agricultural sector is essential to the restoration of the Chesapeake Bay.”—USDA Deputy Secretary Kathleen...

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What is SHARE? Sustainable Harvest, Adaptive Research and Education

Sustainable Harvest Our farm is more than an organic farm–it is a sustainable farm. And the goals behind sustainability (environmental...

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Calling All Farmers! Upcoming CSA Workshop

The Accokeek Foundation’s Center for Agricultural and Environmental Stewardship is proud to present Successful CSAs: How to Start and...

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Tobacco’s Tools

The eighteenth-century tobacco barn on the National Colonial Farm is filled with dry tobacco. Bundles of dried tobacco plants hang from...

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Starting with Seed

Last spring's seedlings, growing in the greenhouse. As the winter winds down, the growers at the Accokeek Foundation have started to...

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Farmers, environmentalists must work together for sustainable agriculture

–A Letter to the Editor of the Baltimore Sun The publication of the American Farm Bureau’s response to the Environmental Protection...