Table of Contents

Features

4 New Law Eases Path for Solar in the Ag Reserve
Farmers say agriculture now threatened by high prices solar companies pay to lease land
BY STEVEN FINDLAY

9 Tina Thieme Brown
From environmental activist to visual chronicler of the Agricultural Reserve
BY WIB MIDDLETON

14 For Sydney’s Sake
Old buildings create new connections while maintaining links to the past
BY PAUL TUKEY

22 The General Store Lives on with the Poole Family
BY MELANE KINNEY HOFFMAN

39 The Promise of Growing Grapes in Montgomery County
What makes a site suitable for production?
BY DR. JOE FIOLA

44 Say Cheese!
Bluffing Goat Farm launches goat cheese operation in the Agricultural Reserve 
BY WIB MIDDLETON

Departments

14 From the Ground Up
Sisters’ Ancestral Roots Run Deep into the Soil
BY AMANDA CATHER

26 An Eye for Beauty
Fascinating Fungi
BY CAROLYN THOME

28 Out in Nature
Finding Your Way Back to Nature
BY ALIKA MIDDLETON

34 Wild Thing
The State of Things with Our Feathered Friends
BY GENEVIEVE WALL

38 Poetry Corner
BY GENE KINGSBURY

49 Treasures of the Reserve
Savoring the Summer in the Ag Reserve
BY SARAH ROGERS