Table of Contents
Features
4 The Good Gift: Montgomery County’s Sole Source Aquifer
Part I: The water that sustains the Ag Reserve and the communities that surround it
BY CAROLINE TAYLOR
Artists find their muse from the products of their land
BY MELANE KINNEY HOFFMAN
13 The HeARTbeat of a Community
The joy and rewards of farming and rehabilitating the land
BY KATIE HECKLINGER
The incredible secret life beneath our feet
BY ELLEN GORDON
28 Agriculture and Rural Open Space
Supported by MoCo’s League for more than 30 years
BY SUSAN ALBERTINE
42 No Stoplight, But Poolesville Music Is on the Move
Emerging venues fill the Ag Reserve with songs
BY PAUL TUKEY
Departments
Hit the ground trail running
BY JILL DISS
Nature’s Inner Sanctum
BY KIETH KOSLOFF
31 Community Supported Agriculture
Who’s Your Farmer?
BY KRISTINA BOSTICK
Welcome to my Garden
BY SHERI LAROWE
A Mooo-ving History
BY HEIDI SCHLAG
What? There’s a bear in the ‘Hood?
BY WIB MIDDLETON