Dear Friends and Family, As we begin our application process for the 2024 BFTP (Beginner Farmer Training Program) applicants, we continue to see struggles for the new farmers. As we approach 15 years of nourishing our beginner farmers with the necessary skills to...
The Million Acre Challenge helps Maryland farmers build soil health, increase farm profitability, and improve water quality – while making farms resilient and active in the face of climate change. Their farmer-focused collaborative uses soil health science, economics,...
Dr. Rattan Lal is a Distinguished University Professor of Soil Science and is the founding Director of the CFAES Rattan Lal Center for Carbon Management and Sequestration at The Ohio State University. He received the 2020 World Food Prize for developing and...
Throughout the country each winter, small- to mid- scale diversified farmers travel to their region’s agricultural conferences to learn, share, collaborate and network. Keynote speakers inspire and encourage farmers of all experience levels with their stories and...
Future Harvest CASA and partners Chesapeake Harvest win USDA-NIFA Award to Build a Culture of Food Safety Chesapeake Harvest, a project of the Easton Economic Development Corporation, in partnership with Future Harvest, Chesapeake Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture...
Building a sustainable foodshed from farm and fishery to table
Future Harvest offers a host of resources designed to help you navigate and contribute to a sustainable food economy in the Chesapeake.