Join us for the 35th Annual Queen Anne's County Harvest Breakfast!

Place: Chesapeake College - Caroline Center (1000 College Circle, Wye Mills, MD 21679)
Time: Doors open at 7:30 AM, Breakfast begins at 8:00 AM
Cost: $10.00
Registration: https://2024QACHarvestBreakfast.eventbrite.com 

If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate in any event or activity, please contact Caroline Welch on or before November 1, 2024, at (410) 758-0166 or cwelch13@umd.edu

Create your own beautiful and natural succulent trimmed pumpkin for Fall!  Registration is limited - so register early!!

Time: 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Location: Central Maryland Research and Education Center, 4240 Folly Quarter Rd, Ellicott City, MD 21042 (Directions: Participants will meet in the new teaching and research building at 4240 Folly Quarter Road, Ellicott City, MD 21042. After turning from Folly Quarter Road make the first left and continue around the building to park.)
Cost: $30 for the day, paid by September 27, 2024 via check to the Maryland Department of Agriculture, covers materials and a box lunch.
Description: Hands-on activities to enhance any certified farmer or certified nutrient management consultant’s skill set. This year’s session will focus on topics most relevant to diverse agricultural operations. Topics to be covered include: Dr. Amanda Grev: "Pasture and Hay Management,” UMD Ag Nutrient Management Program: “Corn yield checks,” MDA Q&A during lunch, and UMD Ag Nutrient Management Program: “Manure Spreader Calibration.” CEUs: 4 hours of credit toward consultants’ or operators’ continuing education
requirement will be earned from full participation in this event.
Who should attend: Certified nutrient management consultants/operators and any individual interested in learning hands-on aspects of nutrient management are encouraged to attend.
For more information: Email Kayla Griffith at kmgriffi@umd.edu
Register online:  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfhB5JENEREw3k7e-AypjnyFpI9WKaW5T_EELxuuYbLnXPCbQ/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1&flr=0 (Payment link, agenda, and directions will be sent to registrants)

If you would like the opportunity to learn from home, yet still be engaged, then be sure to enroll in the Online Nutrient Applicator Voucher Recertification Training,
scheduled for from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, April 8, 2025.

This session will focus on fertility and production related topics for all field crops, fruits and vegetables. This ZOOM recertification session will be live via the internet directly from the University of Maryland. This meeting will provide Private Applicator Recertification & Nutrient Applicator Voucher Recertification .

Registration by April 7th is required in order to receive ZOOM login instructions.

If you would like the opportunity to learn from home, yet still be engaged, then be sure to enroll in this Live Online Private Pesticide Recertification Training,
scheduled for from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 1, 2025.

The session will focus on pesticide use and related topics for all field crops, fruits and vegetables. This ZOOM recertification session will be live via the internet directly from
the University of Maryland. This meeting will provide Private Applicator Recertification & Nutrient Applicator Voucher Recertification.

Registration is required by March 31st in order to receive ZOOM login instructions.
Register on-line for this event at:

If you have allowed your Private Pesticide Applicator Certification to expire or are a new applicant, then you are invited to attend the Private Pesticide Applicator Certification
Training and Examination. It’s a two-step process:

Step 1: A Private Applicator Certification Training will be conducted at the Anne Arundel Extension Office from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 7, 2025.
Step 2: A Private Pesticide Applicator Exam will be given at the Anne Arundel Extension Office from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 21, 2025.

Registration is required.

Make plans to attend one of the Urban Farming Vegetable and Fruit Production IPM Workshop PAT/NM Recertification, Thursday, December 19, 2024 from 6:00-9:00 p.m. at the Anne Arundel County Extension Office.

The workshops will explore advanced fruit and vegetable production practices focusing on sustainability, food security and integrated pest management tactics.

This meeting will provide Private Applicator Recertification & Nutrient Applicator Voucher Recertification.

Make plans to attend one of the Urban Farming Vegetable and Fruit Production IPM Workshop PAT/NM Recertification, Thursday, December 19, 2024 from 6:00-9:00 p.m. at the Anne Arundel County Extension Office.

The workshops will explore advanced fruit and vegetable production practices focusing on sustainability, food security and integrated pest management tactics.

This meeting will provide Private Applicator Recertification & Nutrient Applicator Voucher Recertification.