Newsletter Archives
May 2026 Newsletter
Soil is our Mother
When Autumn Herbert (pictured below) talks about soil health, she returns to a framing that guides her work in the field: “Soil is our mother.” That relationship to the land traces back to summers in Upper Marlboro, where her grandfather first introduced her to farming at age nine, teaching her how food grows and where it begins.
April 2026 Newsletter
Maximize Your Cover Crop Potential
Farming has always required making high‑stakes decisions in the face uncertainties like weather, input costs, markets, and the pressure to stay productive while protecting land and water. Cover crops are increasingly part of those decisions, but figuring out which practices actually pay off on your fields takes time, planning, and investment.
March 2026 Newsletter
Planting for the 22nd Century at Blue Glade Farm
When Patrick Heizer talks about soil health, he’s thinking far beyond this season’s rain or next year’s harvest. After his second child was born in 2025, he realized there’s a “very decent chance” he’ll have grandchildren alive in 2150. That time horizon guides his decisions at Blue Glade Farm, 12 acres of former horse pasture that he and his wife began stewarding in 2021, anchored by an 1820s farmhouse and a vision that blends permaculture, agroecology, and community.
February 2026 Newsletter
Conservation Leadership at Twin Maples Farms
On Maryland’s Eastern Shore, Dave Tribbett farms with the long view in mind. The operation at Twin Maples Farms in Ridgely includes poultry, row crops, and a growing portfolio of practices designed to build healthier soils and protect the surrounding waterways.
January 2026 Newsletter
Starting with the next issue, our newsletter will be centered on stories from regional farmers. Each monthly edition will feature a brief, easy-to-read profile highlighting what folks are trying or learning and what regenerative agriculture looks like in real life on their operation.
We’ll include just a few timely links when they matter most—such as:
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an upcoming event hosted by one of our partner organizations,
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a current funding or technical assistance opportunity,
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or a key policy or news item affecting regenerative agriculture in our region.
January 2022 Newsletter
For the first time in a while, much of the area is getting what feels like actual winter. That's good news for cover crops like tillage radishes that need several nights of temperatures below 25 to winter kill. But, it creates new layers of effort for livestock...
August 2021 Newsletter
This month’s report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change was sobering and unequivocal: climate change is widespread, rapid, and intensifying. Farmers are on the front line of Its impacts, with longer, deeper droughts and intense rainfall events becoming more common every year.
July 2021 Newsletter
In July, we were thrilled to host state legislators and staff at two farms. We explored regenerative crop and livestock production and urban agroecology at BLISS Meadows/Backyard Basecamp with farmer Jordan Bethea and naturalist and Executive Director Atiya Wells.
June Newsletter
If you join the Million Acre Challenge, you’ll begin to see themes emerge. One of the most important of these, which you’ll hear us talk about over and over again, is the value of cover crops.
May Newsletter
As we move into summer, many consumers are wondering how they can support their local and regional regenerative farmers. We’re so glad you asked!
April Newsletter
Earth Day 2021 brought with it a rekindled urgency to mitigate the effects of climate change. While farmers are among those most profoundly impacted by extreme weather and rising sea levels – they also have the power to reduce their own greenhouse gas emissions while capturing atmospheric carbon in their soils.
March Newsletter
Spring Planting – This spring, maybe even more than usual, brings a sense of hope and renewal as the land awakens and the pulse of life quickens. The sight of farmers in their fields after a long winter is a welcome sign of the continuing cycle of production, unbroken despite all the challenges of the past year.
