Table of Contents

Features

4 Building a “Nutwork”

Working together to turn tree crops into staple crops

BY MATT GRASON

11 Ending Childhood Hunger

Montgomery County’s Office of Food Systems Resilience launches new strategies

BY CATHERINE NARDI

15 Green Fields: It’s Not Just Grass

The joy and rewards of farming and rehabilitating the land 

BY MELANE KINNEY HOFFMAN

28  AfriThrive

Bridging the gap between food security and cultural identity

BY AMANDA CATHER

35 Saving the Land: A Fragile Balance

How preservation programs protect the Ag Reserve

BY MELANE KINNEY HOFFMAN

44 Bird Walk Shares the Joy of Birding at Redgate Park

BY CINTIA CABIB

 

Departments

8 Rustic Roads & Waterways

Preserving Rural Heritage

BY HEIDI SCHLAG

19 Out in Nature

Making MoCo More Bike Friendly

BY DAVE MAGILL

23  Recipe Box

Dandelions: little Weeds that Roar

BY LORRAINE ROSE

26 An Eye for Beauty 

Stepping into a Photographic Career

BY DAVID RIS

33  Wild Thing

Our Wild Family

BY CAROLINE TAYLOR

39  From the Ground Up

How to Build your Homegrown National Forest

BY FRANÇOISE ANDRÉ

42  Rural Roots

Willard Family Honored by Governor

BY JAMES CLIFFORD

48  Shop the Reserve

Farm Market Stores in the Reserve