Table of Contents

Features

4 Saving the Planet in Our Own Backyard

The beneficial role that home gardeners can play

BY JASON GEDEIK

11 Starry Nights

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

28 Talking Trash

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