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May 9, 2012: Soccer fields: Brickyard Coalition accuses Leggett of hiding records
March 26, 2012: 2 ways you can help today!
March 21, 2012: Emergency Legislation Could Impact Brickyard.
March 21, 2012: "Learning Farming Organically," cover story of the Potomac Almanac
March 20, 2012: Montgomery Council Wants Say In Plan To Sell County Property
March 20, 2012: Some Montgomery County executive powers could be stripped
March 15, 2012: "Council Prepares Legislation to Reduce Executive’s Power," by Ken Moore, in the Potomac Almanac, available here.
March 14, 2012: Brickyard Educational Farm Hosts Area Students
March 8, 2012: 2nd generation farmer seeks to continue educational agriculture on Nick’s Organic Farm
March 8, 2012: Montgomery County Council bill would reduce executive's power, stop Potomac soccer field plan
March 8, 2012: MontCo lawmakers want to take away Leggett's power on land sales
March 7, 2012: Status Of Brickyard Proposals Is Undecided
March 7, 2012: Soccer fields, educational farm proposed for Brickyard Road
March 1, 2012: Brickyard Farm Supporters Submit Official Proposal For Educational Farm
December 16, 2011 press release from Nick's Organic Farm: Nick’s Organic Farm Gets Extension To Farm Until Aug. 15
December 19, 2011: Nick Maravell’s farm isn’t just any Montgomery farm

Recent comments from Nick on a regional food system:

“What I have been working towards with many other people has been a regional approach to our food supply. This approach relies on many small farms and relies on much more direct contact between producers and consumers, so that we know where our food comes from, we know how it's produced, we know it's safe, and we can rely on it without having to worry about disasters or events in far-away places. There's a food-security aspect to a regional food supply."

“The majority of focus from the state level has not been on regional food systems. Whether intentional or not, the small farmer—and for a long time the sustainable and organic farmer—has been left out of the process. It's time to express our views in the policy debate, in things like the Farm Bill, so that we're not put at a disadvantage but also so that our vision can become a larger vision for others who engage in agriculture."