UPCOMING EVENTS!
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62nd Annual Montgomery County Agricultural
Fair - One of the the biggest and oldest agricultural
fairs in the region, with hundreds of commerical, craft
and nonprofit exhibits, tons of food, animals galore including
a milking parlor and birthing center, and loads of entertainment
with (of course) great carnival rides. Friday August
13 - Saturday August 21, at the County Fairgrounds in
Gaithersburg, MD. Click
here for complete details.
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Host a "FRESH" House Party
Montgomery Victory Gardens has copies of this terrific
independent food documentary, and we'll help you organize
a screening of any size. Watch
trailers here, and contact us info@montgomeryvictorygardens.org
for more info.
PUBLICATIONS
Tips for Starting a Faith-Based Community
Garden [pdf]
Noble Farming -- Rebel with a Cause
[pdf]
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Montgomery
Victory Gardens
Advisory
Board
Alexis Baden-Mayer
Political Director,
Organic Consumers Association
Susan Harris
Garden Activist &
Writer
Washington, DC Master Gardener
Sustainable Gardening
Niki Lewis
Green Earth Goods
Montgomery Countryside
Alliance
Erica Smith
Montgomery County
Master Gardener
Coordinator Emeritus,
Grow It Eat It
Tim Willard
Environmental Activist,
Transition Movement
Woody Woodroof
Executive Director
and Founder,
Red Wiggler Farm
Gordon Clark
Project Director
MVG Fiscal Sponsor
Organic
Consumers Association
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Do you want to eat and celebrate locally grown food,
and support the people who grow it?
Do you love food gardening - or want to start?
Do you want to get more fresh, local food in our public schools,
and make sure everyone in our
county has enough to eat?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, you are in the
right place! Montgomery Victory Gardens is a new non-profit
project devoted to creating a more vigorous, self-reliant and
sustainable local food shed here in Montgomery County, Maryland.
Check out the services below, sign
up for our award winning weekly update on local food news and
events (presented with a 2009 "All Star" award by
Constant Contact), and send us your feedback and ideas to help
our community grow! Visit
our update archive here.
Montgomery County
is a
beautiful, fertile region.
Let's use it to grow our own food.
- Online materials and classes - Maryland Master
Gardeners' "Grow
It, Eat It" program
- Additional online materials, including videos - National
Gardening Association
- Trouble-shooting hotlines: Call Montgomery County
Master Gardeners at 301-590-9650 or email to mgmont [at] umd.edu;
visit the diagnostic information center at Home
and Garden Information Center , or call 800-342-2507 from
8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Monday through Friday
- COMING SPRING, 2010! Join an existing Community Garden
- Start a Community Garden - American
Community Gardening Association, and MVG's
"Tips
on Starting a Faith Based Community Garden" (Starting
a community garden takes some work up front, but the rewards
are great - and given the limited amount of community garden
space currently available in Montgomery County, it's well worth
the effort!)
- COMING SPRING, 2010! Share yards with a neighbor to create
a garden
- Montgomery County Farmers Markest - Maryland
Department of Agriculture
- Subscribe to a Community Supported Agriculture (CSAs) -
Montgomery
Countryside Alliance
- Find other local and sustainably grown foods (From
restaurants, creameries, and butchers to chocolate and gourmet
vinegar!) - Local
Harvest and
Eat Well Guide
- Learn sustainable agriculture while earning Student Service
Learning credits - Red
Wiggler Farm
- Contribute produce to those in need - "Grow
a Row" for the Manna
Food Center. (Fresh produce is one of the most
requested items at Manna, and they will gladly take your extra
fresh garden fruit and vegetables. Consider growing a dedicated
row, or starting a dedicated garden at your house of worship
or community center.)
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