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Council marks National Agriculture Day as speakers urge incubator farm and greater land access
Summary
At Montgomery County’s National Agriculture Day event, farmers and nonprofit advocates thanked county support for the Ag Reserve and urged the council to designate land and create an incubator farm to expand access for beginning and small organic farmers.
Montgomery County Council members and local farmers gathered at the council’s March session to mark National Agriculture Day and spotlight the county’s Ag Reserve, with speakers urging new steps to expand land access for beginning farmers.
Councilmember Balcom welcomed farmers and said the Ag Reserve is both an environmental asset and an economic driver for the county, citing the proclamation’s figures that agriculture contributes more than $280,000,000 annually and that the county has more than 70,000 acres of…
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