Summer Meeting Agenda

Maryland Horse Council Farm Stewardship Committee

Summer Meeting

Thursday, August 22, 2013

Sagamore Farm

3510 Belmont Ave.

Glyndon, MD  21071

Special Request:  Please bring your own folding chair so we can hold our meeting in Native Dancer’s Barn!  Thank you. 

3:00 pm   Welcome   

               Jane Thery, Chair, Farm Stewardship Committee

3:15 pm   Sagamore Farm Tour

Randy Lewis, Sagamore Tours Director, and Jon Passero, Sagamore Grounds Manager with

commentary from Gerald Talbert, Director, Farm Stewardship Certification and Assessment Program (FSCAP)

4:00 pm   Update on Equine Issues in the Soil Conservation District

               Ciara McMurtrie, Baltimore County Soil Conservation District Equine Specialist 

4:15 pm  Update on The Maryland Agricultural Certainty Program Regulations*

               Doug Myers, Chesapeake Bay Foundation

4:30 pm   End of program, informal networking

5:00 pm   Leave farm 

*This is a new voluntary Maryland state program to certify agricultural operations willing to meet tough water quality requirements for nitrogen, phosphorus and sediment in line with the Chesapeake Clean Water Blueprint. Certification will provide the farmer flexibility as to when he or she has to meet potential new regulatory requirements or nutrient and sediment load reallocations for a period of 10 years. The farmer still must comply with any potential laws or rules by the end of the certification period.