Table of Contents

Features

4  Farmers Always Came First

The legacy of a champion for Montgomery County’s agricultural community

BY STAFF OF THE OFFICE OF AGRICULTURE

7  Refuge in the Reserve

Spotlight on the good works of three compassionate animal rescue operations

BY MELANE KINNEY HOFFMAN

12  A Beautiful Day at the Races Help Families of the Fallen

The Annual  Potomac Hunt Races: Steeplechasing in the Ag Reserve

BY WIB MIDDLETON

19  The Birth of a Cidery

Two Chimney Ciderworks

BY WIB MIDDLETON

36  Evolution of a Local Farm Market

The enterprising history of the Bethesda Women’s Farm Market

BY CLAUDIA KOUSOULAS

45  Helping Care for our Waterways

Butler Montessori School campus-wide stormwater management

BY LEINDA WILSON AND NATASHA SODERBERG

 

Departments

15  Wild Things

What’s in a Name?

BY ELLEN GORDON

22  Planting Seeds

Gardening to Beat the Blues

BY MAURA DALY

26  Out in Nature

Whitewater Kayaking... Just Picture Yourself Here!

BY ASHLEY MCEWAN

29  Recipe Box

Good Food, Family, and la Bella Vita!

BY CHEF EMY

30  Eye for Beauty

The Call of Nature

BY WIB MIDDLETON

32  From the Ground Up

Maine’s Common Ground Fair

BY ALBERT PRESGRAVES

41 Food for Thought

An Homage to the Earth

BY ALEJANDRO LOPEZ

50  Shop the Reserve