I Co-hosted an Episode Of the Doomer Optimism Podcast

We discussed the Montgomery County Agriculture Reserve, one of the most unique land use and conservation areas in the United States.

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I have been following and affiliated with the “Doomer Optimist” community on Twitter for quite some time. It’s a wide-ranging and heterodox sphere, but mainly centered on agriculture, community resilience, local production, ecology, climate change, and building regenerative paths to a better future.

I was extremely fortunate to arrange and co-host an episode along with Dr. Jason Snyder about the Montgomery County Agricultural Reserve, starring Kristina Bostick of the Montgomery Countryside Alliance.

You can watch below on Youtube or find an audio version on your favorite podcast app.

Episode description: “Directly northwest of Washington DC, Montgomery County is Maryland's most populated county, with well over one million residents. In 1980, the Montgomery County Council made one of the most significant land-use decisions in US history by creating the Agricultural Reserve. Heralded as one of the best examples of land conservation policies in the country, the Agricultural Reserve encompasses 93,000 contiguous acres – almost a third of the county’s land. Today, the Reserve comprises hundreds of working farms that produce a variety of products plus trails and parks for public use. Moreover, it provides habitat for wildlife, helps the region meet its clean water commitments to the Chesapeake Bay, hosts educational field trips for schools, is a hub of agritourism, and much more, all within 30 minutes of Washington, DC.”