Maryland unveiled an agricultural climate plan for the state on Jan. 15. The plan was initiated by a senator who sponsored a grant for $500,000 to the University of Maryland to develop the plan to provide for food security for the state and the nation and help Maryland farmers to adapt to and mitigate climate change.

The study found springs have been wetter, more false springs, summers drier, storms more extreme, droughts longer, and more pests and invasive species moving into the state associated with changing USDA growth zones. All of the above impact both animal and crop producers. Further saltwater intrusion is destroying crop land in Maryland and in the Carolinas with rising sea levels.

Maryland documents 19,000 acres lost. Study has developed programs to teach farmers resilience and regenerative methods of farming, increasing productivity and incomes.

So … what is resilience? It is being the ability to adapt, recover and return to where the

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