Table of Contents

Features

4  The Beauty of Our Ongoing Story

Nurturing a culture of reciprocity in the Ag Reserve

BY CHRISTINE RAI ANA PETER BROOKS

10 The Good Gift: Part II

Being good stewards of our sole source aquifer

BY CAROLINE TAYLOR AND KRISTINA BOSTICK

18 Overnight Stays in the Ag Reserve

Moving forward in ways that continue to protect and promote farming

BY STEVEN FINDLAY

31  Woodbourne Creamery: For the Love of Cows

BY MELANE HOFFMAN

35 Stone Silo Brewery

Stunning Farmland Views and Brews

BY WIB MIDDLETON

43 Deere Valley Farms

A new way forward

BY WIB MIDDLETON

 

Departments

14 Wild Thing

Nature’s Busiest Landscape Architect

BY ELLEN GORDON

22 Rustic Roads & Waterways

Lesser Known Treasures of the C&O Canal

BY HEIDI SCHLAG

27  Out in Nature

Rolling Along the River

BY CATIE DELUCA

38  Food for Thought 

Understanding the True Cost of Food:
Community FarmShare Helps with New Initiative

BY JENNIFER FREEMAN

48 From the Ground Up

Learning to Love and Learn from the Land at Butler Montessori

BY DON VOGEL