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Cost
$ $85 until January 25th | $120 after
Location
173 Jennifer Road,Annapolis,MD,US,21401
About the Organizer
Contact
University of Maryland Extension
Phone: 301-226-7400

2026 Precision Agriculture Technology Conference

Thursday, Feb 26
Registration
Cost
$ $85 until January 25th | $120 after
Location
173 Jennifer Road,Annapolis,MD,US,21401
About the Organizer
Contact
University of Maryland Extension
Phone: 301-226-7400

Topics include:
Scouting/Field Assessment Technology
Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture
Pest Management
Animal Waste Technology
Irrigation & Drainage
Livestock Management

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Registration
Cost
Free Event
About the Organizer
Contact
UMD Extension and Partnership for Food Safety Education
Phone: 410-887-8090

Turkey Talk with All the Sides to Dish!

  • Monday, November 24 - Monday, November 24
Cost
Free Event
About the Organizer
Contact
UMD Extension and Partnership for Food Safety Education
Phone: 410-887-8090

Wondering when to start thawing your turkey, how long leftovers are safe to eat, or how to bake safely for a crowd? Food safety experts will include  Dr. Shauna Henley of the University of Maryland, and Dr. Julie Garden-Robinson of North Dakota State University. Ask your toughest culinary questions so you can cook with confidence!

 

 

Maryland 4-H State Smallbore Rifle Match
Registration

How to Register
Registration for this event is through the 4-H Online State 4-H Rifle Match event. To access the registration:

Log in to your 4-H Online family profile. https://v2.4honline.com
Click on the Events tab on the left sidebar menu.
Click the blue Register button under the event graphic and follow the registration steps.

You can find a step-by-step 4-H Online Event Registration help guide on the Maryland 4-H website. Please feel free to also contact your local 4-H office if you have questions or need help with event registration.

Register Now
Cost
$ $25
Location
Associated Gun Clubs of Baltimore, Patapsco Ranges,Marriottsville,MD,US,21157
About the Organizer

At 4-H, we believe in the potential of young people. We recognize that every child possesses valuable strengths and the ability to make a meaningful impact in the world around them.

4-H is delivered by Cooperative Extension, a network of over 100 public universities nationwide that provides hands-on learning experiences for youth. For over 100 years, 4-H has welcomed young people from diverse backgrounds and beliefs, providing them with a platform to express themselves and improve their lives and communities. It is open to all youth ages 5 to 18.

Contact
Maryland 4-H
Phone: 3013149070

Maryland 4-H State Smallbore Rifle Match

  • Sunday, September 14 - Sunday, September 14
Registration

How to Register
Registration for this event is through the 4-H Online State 4-H Rifle Match event. To access the registration:

Log in to your 4-H Online family profile. https://v2.4honline.com
Click on the Events tab on the left sidebar menu.
Click the blue Register button under the event graphic and follow the registration steps.

You can find a step-by-step 4-H Online Event Registration help guide on the Maryland 4-H website. Please feel free to also contact your local 4-H office if you have questions or need help with event registration.

Register Now
Cost
$ $25
Location
Associated Gun Clubs of Baltimore, Patapsco Ranges,Marriottsville,MD,US,21157
About the Organizer

At 4-H, we believe in the potential of young people. We recognize that every child possesses valuable strengths and the ability to make a meaningful impact in the world around them.

4-H is delivered by Cooperative Extension, a network of over 100 public universities nationwide that provides hands-on learning experiences for youth. For over 100 years, 4-H has welcomed young people from diverse backgrounds and beliefs, providing them with a platform to express themselves and improve their lives and communities. It is open to all youth ages 5 to 18.

Contact
Maryland 4-H
Phone: 3013149070

Eligibility
4-H youth members must:

Have enrolled in Maryland 4-H before July 1, 2025
Be enrolled in the Shooting Sports Smallbore Rifle or Shooting Sports General project

Be recommended by their 4-H Shooting Sports Smallbore Rifle Instructor as proficient enough to participate safely in the contest.
Adult Coaches must be enrolled UME 4-H Volunteers who are currently certified as 4-H Shooting Sports Smallbore Rifle Instructors.

How to Register
Registration for this event is through the 4-H Online State 4-H Rifle Match event. To access the registration:

Log in to your 4-H Online family profile. https://v2.4honline.com
Click on the Events tab on the left sidebar menu.
Click the blue Register button under the event graphic and follow the registration steps.

You can find a step-by-step 4-H Online Event Registration help guide on the Maryland 4-H website. Please feel free to also contact your local 4-H office if you have questions or need help with event registration.

There is no limit to the number of youth or three-person teams that can enter this contest in each age group. The 4-H Educator will designate teams when reviewing and verifying the registrations. Coaches should work with their local 4-H office to determine team membership.

There is a $25.00 entry fee for each 4-H youth participant in this state contest. There is no registration fee for adult volunteer coaches. Families may pay the entry fee by credit card at the time of registration, or county/city 4-H programs may sponsor the fee for their youth participants. Local 4-H programs should instruct youth participants/families on how to pay the registration fee.

Reminder: Each county must supply one target frame per shooter. The frame must meet AGC range specifications described in the attached contest information. Contact Amanda Wahle for more details regarding target frames.

The match will be sponsored again this year by Maryland 4-H, the Civilian Marksmanship Program, and the Associated Gun Clubs of Baltimore.

Direct questions about the Match to Amanda Wahle at awahle@umd.edu.

All event registrations must be submitted by September 1, 2025. Registrations will be verified and approved by local 4-H Educators.

The words "Insect Palooza" with a graphic of a butterfly surrounded by graphics of plants and other insects.
Registration

Free, no registration required.

Cost
Free Event
About the Organizer
Contact
Harriet Tubman Cultural Center and the University of Maryland Extension

Insect Palooza

  • Saturday, August 02 - Saturday, August 02
Cost
Free Event
About the Organizer
Contact
Harriet Tubman Cultural Center and the University of Maryland Extension

Join us as we celebrate the incredible diversity of insects through fun, hands-on learning for all ages. Whether you are fascinated by bugs or just a little curious, this event is designed to be welcoming and inclusive for everyone. We recognize that people have a wide range of experiences and comfort levels with insects—and that is okay! Our goal is to help you explore your personal connection with these animals and leave with a new appreciation for the vital role they play in our world.

This free, family-friendly event will take place indoors and outdoors at the Harriet Tubman Cultural Center in Columbia, MD. The event will feature the University of Maryland Insect Zoo, insect crafts and hands-on activities, educational displays, and local environmental education groups including the University of Maryland Extension Master Gardener Program, the Community Ecology Institute, and more!

 Keith Ohlinger is standing in a pasture with his grazing cattle.
Cost
Free Event
Location
Porch View Farm LLC
About the Organizer
Contact
Amanda Grev
Phone: 301-226-7575

Pasture Walk at Porch View Farm

  • Tuesday, September 09 - Tuesday, September 09
Registration
Cost
Free Event
Location
Porch View Farm LLC
About the Organizer
Contact
Amanda Grev
Phone: 301-226-7575

Event: Pasture Walk at Porch View Farm
Date: September 9, 2025  |  Tuesday
Time: 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.  |  Cost: free
Location: Porch View Farm LLC, 2790 Florence Road, Woodbine, MD 21797
Description: Join University of Maryland Extension, NRCS, and Keith Ohlinger for an educational pasture walk at Porch View Farm in Woodbine, MD (Howard county). Porch View Farm is a family farm dedicated to raising heritage breed livestock on a silvopasture system. The farm currently raises Irish Dexter cattle and honey bees but has previously had pigs, goats, sheep, rabbits, chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, and guineas. Our host, farm owner Keith Ohlinger, will share his experience implementing practices like silvopasture, rotational grazing with mixed species, and using amendments like biochar and compost to build soil health on the farm.
For more information or to register: https://go.umd.edu/pasture-september

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Registration

Please complete the registration form or call 410-638-3255.

Register Now
Cost
Free Event
Location
3525 Conowingo Road,Street,MD,US,21154

Agronomic Drone School

  • Thursday, August 21 - Thursday, August 21
Registration

Please complete the registration form or call 410-638-3255.

Register Now
Cost
Free Event
Location
3525 Conowingo Road,Street,MD,US,21154

Please note this workshop is available in two separate locations from 9:00 am -1:30 pm:

August 21, 2025-- Harford County Extension Office in Street, MD
August 26, 2025- Charles County Soil Conservation Office in Waldorf, MD

Please indicate on the registration form which day you will be attending and if you have any dietary restrictions or special assistance is needed.

For more information, please contact Andy Kness at akness@umd.edu or Erika Crowl at ecrowl@umd.edu

Building A Better You: Wellness for 50+ in Maryland
Cost
Free Event
About the Organizer
Contact
University of mary

Second Summer Series- Building A Better You: Wellness for 50+ in Maryland (FREE)

  • Tuesday, June 10 - Tuesday, July 01
Cost
Free Event
About the Organizer
Contact
University of mary

June 10: Health Insurance Management, build up your skills to better understand, manage, resolve, and avoid health cost conflicts.
June 17: MIND Diet, nutrition for better brain health
June 24: Emotional Grief, managing grief and loss through narrative
July 1: Kitchen Eye Spy, learn best practices to save food and maintain your health

Keith Ohlinger standing in pasture with dexter cattle.
Cost
Free Event
Location
2790 Florence Road,Woodbine,MD,US,21797
About the Organizer
Contact
University of Maryland Extension
Phone: 301-226-7575

Pasture Walk at Porch View Farm

  • Tuesday, June 24 - Tuesday, June 24
Registration
Cost
Free Event
Location
2790 Florence Road,Woodbine,MD,US,21797
About the Organizer
Contact
University of Maryland Extension
Phone: 301-226-7575

Join University of Maryland Extension, NRCS, and Keith Ohlinger for an educational pasture walk at Porch View Farm in Woodbine, MD (Howard county).

Porch View Farm is a family farm dedicated to raising heritage breed livestock on a silvopasture system. The farm currently raises Irish Dexter cattle and honey bees but has previously had pigs, goats, sheep, rabbits, chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, and guineas. Our host, farm owner Keith Ohlinger, will share his experience implementing practices like silvopasture, rotational grazing with mixed species, and using amendments like biochar and compost to build soil health on the farm.

Sponsored by University of Maryland Extension

University of Maryland Extension programs, activities, and facilities are available to all without regard to race, color, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, age, national origin, political affiliation, physical or mental disability, religion, protected veteran status, genetic information, personal appearance, or any other legally protected class. If you need reasonable accommodation to participate in any event or activity please contact us at least 2 weeks prior to the event.

Mushrooms and utensils
Cost
$ $23 including eventbrite fees
Location
4240 Folly Quarter Road,Ellicott City,MD,US,21042
About the Organizer
Contact
University of Maryland Extension

Specialty Mushroom Farming Workshop

  • Monday, June 02 - Monday, June 02
Cost
$ $23 including eventbrite fees
Location
4240 Folly Quarter Road,Ellicott City,MD,US,21042
About the Organizer
Contact
University of Maryland Extension

Are you a specialty mushroom farmer? Are you ready to level up your business? Come learn from other growers and from UMD Extension.

What:

This workshop will include a hands-on demonstration of how to sterilize and inoculate your own substrate grow bags. Each participant will go home with their own bag to grow out.

Grower talks will cover their experiences with producing and marketing specialty mushrooms.

When:

Monday, June 2, from 9am to 2pm

Where:

The Central Maryland Research and Extension Center at Clarksville, 4240 Folly Quarter Road, Ellicott City, MD 21024
Cost:

$23, which includes eventbrite processing fee, lunch, and an inoculated mushroom bag to take home.

Header image credit: Photo by Thanh Soledas on Unsplash

Accessibility and accomodation:

University programs, activities, and facilities are available to all without regard to race, color, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, age, national origin, political affiliation, physical or mental disability, religion, protected veteran status, genetic information, personal appearance, or any other legally protected class.

If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate in any event or activity, please contact Neith Little by phone at 301-226-7415 or by email at nglittle@umd.edu on or before two weeks before the event.

Los programas, actividades e instalaciones de la universidad están disponibles para todos sin distinción de raza, color, sexo, identidad o expresión de género, orientación sexual, estado civil, edad, origen nacional, afiliación política, discapacidad física o mental, religión, estado de veterano protegido, información genética, apariencia personal o cualquier otra clase legalmente protegida.

Si necesita adaptaciones razonables para participar en cualquier evento o actividad, comuníquese con Neith Little a número teléfono 301-226-7415 o al correo electrónico nglittle@umd.edu durante [dos semanas antes del clase].

Les programmes, activités et installations universitaires sont accessibles à tous sans distinction de race, couleur, sexe, identité ou expression de genre, orientation sexuelle, état civil, âge, origine nationale, appartenance politique, handicap physique ou mental, religion, statut de vétéran protégé, informations génétiques, apparence personnelle ou toute autre classe légalement protégée.

Si vous avez besoin d'une commodité raisonnable pour participer à un événement ou activité, contactez-vous avec le bureau d'extension de l'Université du Maryland. 301-226-7415 nglittle@umd.edu

所有人均可使用大學課程、活動和設施,而不必考慮種族、膚色、性別、性別認同或表達方式、性取向、婚姻狀況、年齡、國籍、政治背景、身體或精神殘疾、宗教信仰、受保護退伍軍人身份、遺傳信息、個人外貌或任何其他受法律保護的階層。

如果您需要合理的住宿條件來參加任何活動,請聯絡您當地的馬里蘭大學推廣辦公室。301-226-7415

대학 프로그램, 행사_및 시설은 인종, 피부색, 성별,성 정체성 또는 표현, 성적 지향, 결혼 여부, 나이, 출신 국가, 정치적 소속, 신체적 또는 정신적 장애, 종교, 보호재향 _군인, 정보, 외모 또는 법적으로 보호를 받고 있는_기타 계층에 관계없이 누구나 이용하실 수 있습니다.

행사 활동에 참여하기 위해 적절한 숙박 시설이 _필요하시다면 해당 지역의 메릴랜드 대학교 확장 사무소에 문의해 주시기 바랍니다. 301-226-7415 nglittle@umd.edu

Программы, деятельность, и объекты материально-технической базы Университета доступны всем желающим, независимо от их расовой принадлежностирасы, цвета кожи, пола, гендерной идентичности или гендерного самовыражения, сексуальной ориентации, семейного положения, возраста, национальностип, политической принадлежности, физических или умственных ограничений, религиозных взглядов, наличия недостатков, религии, статуса защищенногозаконом статуса ветерана вооруженных сил, генетической информации, внешних особенностей, а также другим категориям населения, права которых охраняются законом.

Если для участия в определенном мероприятии Вам необходимо, чтобы обеспечивалось разумное приспособление, учитывающее Ваши индивидуальные потребности, пожалуйста, свяжитесь с Вашим местным офисом-представительством Университета Мэриленда. 301-226-7415 nglittle@umd.edu

Building A Better You: Wellness for 50+ in Maryland (FREE)

  • Thursday, May 22 - Thursday, June 12

Note: One Zoom link will cover all four sessions.

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.
If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate in any event or activity, please contact the educator, Dr. Henley, on or before May 8th, 2025, at shenley@umd.edu

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