Opportunities in Agriculture for a Thriving Chesapeake Bay Watershed Beyond 2025

*July 23, 2024 - Optional Reception/Mixer in the Evening (Time: TBD)

July 24, 2024 - Workshop (8:00 am - 4:30 pm)

Chesapeake Bay Beach Club

500 Marina Club Rd.

Stevensville, MD 21666

Join a conversation with leading agricultural scientists and experts from across the Chesapeake Bay Watershed to discuss the latest advances in:

• Nutrient management and soil health;
• Economic and other incentives for conservation practice adoption;
• Nutrient flows across the supply chain;
• Movements and markets for local food;
• Agricultural land preservation.

Through an interactive discussion with the workshop participants, scientists will share their recommendations based on decades of agricultural research in the Bay Watershed and how we can sustain thriving agriculture AND have a healthy Chesapeake Bay. Workshop recommendations will be shared with the Chesapeake Bay Beyond 2025 Steering Committee to inform efforts post-2025.

View a detailed agenda HERE.

**If you need to reserve a hotel room for the evening of July 23, you are responsible for making your own hotel reservation. Please call the hotel directly at: 410-604-5900 and refer to Booking Name: Harry R. Hughes Center for Agro-Ecology. Individual guest information, including the credit card to secure the reservation, is required at the time of calling in. The deadline to reserve rooms under this block is Thursday, July 11, 2024.**

The Thriving Agricultural Systems in Urbanized Landscapes project (https://thrivingag.org/), a 5-year,

$9 million project funded by USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), aims to achieve economically and environmentally sustainable agriculture in urbanized landscapes over the next 25 years. Urbanized landscapes are located in suburban and exurban areas where agricultural activities are interspersed with housing, retail, and other urban land uses.

Find the project overview here.