STEVENSVILLE, Md. (AP) - A Maryland state agency is promoting fresh ideas in agriculture during a one-day conference in Stevensville.
Thursday's Grow Maryland Summit is sponsored by the Rural Maryland Council, a state rural development agency.
The meeting is about value-added agriculture. That's an umbrella term covering on-farm production of everything from wine to wood chips. It includes meat and vegetable production, cheesemaking, agri-tourism and horse-riding stables.
The event includes a session on politics led by Kevin Atticks, executive director of the trade groups for Maryland wineries, brewers and distillers. Atticks also teaches communication at Loyola University of Maryland, and heads a Baltimore-based lobbying firm called Grow & Fortify.
