November 2014

Topic


Sustainable Agricultural Practices: Lessons from Clagett Farm


This speaker series event will discuss how both a regional, environmental non-profit and a metropolitan food bank came to view sustainable farms that serve the community as critical to their success. We will examine the details of how a farm is able to serve people of all income levels, while protecting the Chesapeake Bay and paying the farm’s bills, and consider ideas about how to expand local, sustainable agriculture in our region.

Date & Time


Wednesday, November 19, 2014
10:30 a.m. - Noon

Location

4th Floor Board Room
County Administration Building (CAB)
14741 Governor Oden Bowie Drive
Upper Marlboro, MD 20772

CM

1.5 (Pending)

Speaker / Instructor Biography

Carrie Cochran Vaughn, Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Carrie Vaughn is the Vegetable Production Manager at the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s Clagett Farm. As a manager since 2001, she has raised a million pounds of organic produce for her community. She has worked with thousands of volunteers and, as an employer, trained a number of people who now run farms of their own.