Links

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/montgomery-county-to-target-young-farmers/2012/08/06/b5dcab4a-e04a-11e1-84c9-6d5fd326775d_story.html?wpisrc=emailtoafriend

The Kojo Nnamdi Show on "The Farm Bill: What Consumers Should Know."  The U.S. Senate debates a bill that touches on everything from sugar to food stamps and may change the way tax dollars support the nation's food production.  About an hour.

http://thekojonnamdishow.org/audio-player?nid=21562

An interesting site that allows searching down to the county level on the recipients of various farm subsidies.  Gives a view into the economics of farming.

http://farm.ewg.org/index.php

Earlier this week, three farm boys from Kansas dubbed the Peterson Farm Brothers released an ag parody of "I'm Sexy and I Know It" song, changing the words to "I'm Farming and I Grow It" and got 1.5 million views.

In the links below you will find the agricultural fact sheets which helps to demonstrate the significance of the agricultural industry in Montgomery County.

http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/content/ded/agservices/pdffiles/agfactsheet2010.pdf

http://www6.montgomerycountymd.gov/agstmpl.asp?url=/content/ded/agservices/agfacts.asp