Table of Contents
Features
4 Saving the Planet in Our Own Backyard
The beneficial role that home gardeners can play
BY JASON GEDEIK
How we can reclaim the dark night sky
BY MELANE KINNEY HOFFMANN
25 Turning Food Waste into a Solution for Hunger
The transformative impact of food pantries
BY VALERIA CARRASQUILLO
Montgomery County’s plans to overhaul waste management
are laudable—with one big exception
BY STEVEN FINDLAY AND LAUREN GREENBERGER.
42 Breathing New Life into the Solomon Simpson Plantation
A tale of saving and stewarding a historic property
BY TOM ROJAS, MARIA ROJAS AND WIB MIDDLETON
Departments
14 Wild Thing
Going to Bat for Bats
BY GENEVIEVE WALL
18 From the Ground Up
A Season of Creativity Dawns in the Ag Reserve
BY JEFF SYPECK
22 An Eye for Beauty
Winter’s Fleeting Grace
BY WIB MIDDLETON
32 Rustic Roads & Waterways
Journey through Time and Nature
BY SARAH ROGERS
36 Treasures of the Reserve
Sustaining Our Water
BY ABBY MANN
39 Young Entrepreneurs
Nourishing Community
AN INTERVIEW WITH GABRIEL TAYLOR
49 Community Supported Agriculture
BY KRISTINA BOSTICK