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Farm to Table? Not So Easy! Help To Work for More Local Food in Schools and Hungry Bellies
I’ll bet you may not have known: *That more of our farm production in Frederick County goes to commodity crops than produce and local restaurants and consumers? *That 90% of the food consumed in our county comes from outside Frederick County? *That Frederick County...
read moreEnvironment-& Health-Benefits of Electric Bikes Comes to Frederick
Cycling is an activity that has been established as good for both the environment and your health. Yet some of us find our cycling potential cut back for various reasons: an injury or disability, the aches and pains of aging, or just plain hills whose difficulty make...
read moreNatural and Local Source of Mosquito Repellent
As summer draws to an end, you may be tired of fighting mosquitoes, and wondering about the off-the-shelf products your family is using. A Frederick shop, Savage Soaps, has come up with a product that deters mosquitoes naturally, and they call it Power Shield™. Misti...
read moreMid-Atlantic Tiny House Expo Headed to Central MD in October!
Are you curious about tiny houses? Do you have an in-law that may be needing an accessory dwelling soon? There’s lots of local action coming up on this type of dwelling, which provides more affordable housing, but also encourages simpler living with a smaller carbon...
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read moreTake Care How You Kill Your Grubs–It May Wipe Out the Bees
From the University of Maryland Extension Service: European honey bees, native bee species, and other pollinators in Maryland have suffered population losses in recent years. This has led to increased scrutiny of a widely used class of insecticides, known as...
read moreTRAVELLING LIGHTLY Cycling & Camping in Maryland’s “Southern” Town-Pocomoke City
It's mid-March, the sun has gone down and the air is heavy with the feel of cold + moisture--snow. More than foot is in the wings. It's time to think back to a warm summer weekend in a sweet, small town. Let's head to Pocomoke City on Maryland's Eastern Shore....
read moreFrederick Food Security Network Wins Chesapeake Bay Trust Grant
The Frederick Food Security Network has been selected as a recipient of the Green Street, Green Jobs, Green Towns (G3) grant from the Chesapeake Bay Trust and the EPA in the amount of $65,136. This grant will allow the expansion of our gardening network to include...
read moreBiochar: Builder of organic matter and super-charged compost
What is Biochar? Biochar is an ancient human agricultural practice, largely forgotten until recent decades. Ancient biochar has been discovered in the Amazon basin, where it is known as “Terra Preta.” Fertile soil infused with biochar provided food for millions of...
read moreMicrobes at FMH—the Good Ones—Are Tackling Tons of Food Waste
There’s a new player in town reducing the amount of food waste headed to the Frederick County landfill—actually a host of new players in the form of hungry microbes. Frederick Memorial Hospital installed a BioHiTech EcoSafe digester, an aerobic food waste disposal...
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