Environment & Natural Resources

This food preservation series is intended to provide a hands-on learning experience for beginners and advanced canners.  Each workshop begins with a class lecture then participants go into the kitchen to make their own canned produce to take home.  Fee includes instruction, recipe, and all the equipment and produce to process your own preserved jar.

Drying Herbs & Fruits - May 11;     Canning Pickled Peppers - August 17;     Canning Cranberry Orange Chutney - November 16

Register for 1, 2 or all 3!

The 7th-grade students of Queen Anne’s County Public Schools are invited to participate in a once-in-a-lifetime educational experience to learn about Maryland’s number one industry, agriculture. As our population continues to grow, agriculture is crucial for our survival; therefore, a coalition of agricultural educators and professionals join together to host an educational experience for all 7th-grade students across our county.

It's the Year of Heirloom Tomatoes.  Join us to learn about this fantastic fruit!

Learn:

• what Heirloom tomatoes are and why they are important
• how to choose the right variety of Heirloom tomatoes for your needs
• how to plant successfully
• plant care
• disease prevention
• harvesting tips

 Participants will receive a free Heirloom seedling!!!

Join Robin Way of Rumbleway Farm for an educational experience and demonstration of proper food handling.

Learn:

• the difference between layer birds and meat birds
• proper feed rationing
• best practices for a healthy, grass-fed flock

Queen Anne’s County Master Gardeners are busy getting ready for their 9th Annual Plant Sale slated for Saturday, May 11th at the University of Maryland Extension-Queen Anne’s County Office (505 Railroad Ave, Centreville, MD 21617) from 8:30-11:30, rain or shine. In addition to mingling with a group of passionate and knowledgeable gardeners, you can buy plants, introduce the kids to pollinator-friendly gardening, or ask questions about your landscape. You are welcome to request advice about flowers, fruits, vegetable beds, and plants that can beautify your yard and provide a friendly habitat for wildlife like songbirds, butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds at our ‘Ask A Master Gardener Plant Clinic.’ Master Gardeners are volunteers who are trained by the University of Maryland Extension and will help you select the perfect plant for your garden. Maybe you’ve been longing to have some herbs by the kitchen door, or finding the most delicious variety of heirloom tomatoes, or try a new kind of pepper but don’t know how or where to find the plant (like the fish pepper or shishito pepper). Master Gardeners will be there to assist you on your gardening journey.

For further information please call or reasonable accommodations to participate in this event email the University of Maryland Extension Queen Anne’s County, Senior Agent Associate for Horticulture and Master Gardener Coordinator, Rachel J. Rhodes, at 410-758-0166 or rjrhodes@umd.edu by Friday, April 26, 2024.

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.

Learn how to identify fruiting spurs, how and when to prune, the importance of thinning fruit, cutting out rootstock, suckers, water sprouts, and cleaning tools.

Come see the latest varieties we have to showcase. Fresh strawberries will be served at the conclusion of the tour.

Cecil County Master Gardeners will teach the basics and benefits of vermiculture from setup to harvest, that can help even the smallest spaces yield big results.

Being able to accurately determine costs and returns in business allows you to plan to maximize potential profit and determine expenses, cash flow, and other important aspects of management. In a business with as many risks as aquaculture, this is a wise choice to begin your business planning. This online tool will allow you to do “what if” scenarios when planning your business. As you gain more accurate figures from the operation of your business it will be a valuable tool to track and make better projections for fine-tuning it.

Attend this workshop to get hands-on training with the tool and interpretation of the results.  Time will be provided for attendees to use the tool and ask questions.

Attendees should bring a WIFI-enabled device to access the tool during the workshop.

Lunch will be provided.

If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate in this event, please contact Matt Parker (mparke11@umd.edu or 301-226-7436) before March 26, 2024.

Climate change is a widespread and ongoing issue that is threatening our existence more and more every day and is reflected in matters such as global warming and food and water scarcity. Human activities have become the main factor at play when it comes to the rapid deterioration of our environment, mainly due to the burning of fossil fuels which consequently produces heat-trapping gases when burned.

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