A Cup of Green

ACTION ALERT: Help Save Nick’s Organic Farm

Nick Maravell has farmed the land on Brickyard Rd. in Potomac for 30 years. He has farmed it organically and sustainably, benefiting the local community, consumers and other farmers in the county, and our environment, including the Chesapeake Bay. He has farmed so well that in September of 2010, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack appointed Mr. Maravell to the prestigious National Organic Standards Board.

Nick's Organic Farm is a heritage farm, one of the few organic farms in our county and the only one to produce genuine organic seed. And now the Montgomery County government wants to destroy it.

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Get Involved: Reject the S.510 Bill

February
Protect America's Small Farms & Food Producers
BILL PASSED--Reject S.510 now cloaked as H.R. 2751 - Protect America's Small Farms & Food Producers

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111th U.S. Congress - FDA Food Safety Modernization Act formerly S.510; now PASSED by the SENATE and HOUSE as H.R. 2751 and HEADED FOR PRESIDENT'S SIGNATURE]

UPDATE 12/21/10: H.R. 2751 Passed by the House on a Motion to Concur 215-144 (74 not voting). The Senate already approved the bill by unanimous consent on December 19 by amending what was originally a "Cash for Clunker" bill and replacing the language with the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act... Read More