The National Center for Smart Growth Research and Education


Environmental Finance Courses at the Maryland School of Public Policy

New and exciting course offerings for current UMD graduate students AND non-degree-seeking students at the University of Maryland School of Public Policy!

Click HERE for more information.

Eastern Shore Agriculture Collaborative

EFC hosts its third ESAC meeting in Denton, MD, on July 22. For more information and meeting notes, please see the section of our website titled Our Work.

Maryland Online Farmer's Market

Farmers and consumers in Maryland now can connect on this website to buy, sell and trade locally grown food!
Please view www.foodtrader.org

View the press release (COMING SOON).

Maryland Agricultural Exchange

To buy, sell and trade manure and more, please view www.agtrader.org.

View the press release.

PRESS

5/8/08 - Gazette.net - Maryland Community Newspapers Online "New Web site targets Maryland farmers"

5/8/08 - American Farmland Trust E-News, May 2008 "A new agriculture products exchange Web site for Maryland farmers is like a "Craigslist" for farming."

5/7/08 - Shepherd's Notebook, UMCE "Maryland Agriculture Exchange"

5/7/08 - Southern Maryland News "New database could help farmers trim costs"

5/7/08 - American Agriculturist "Buy, Sell, Trade on Maryland's AgTrader Exchange"

5/5/08 - Maryland Daily Record "Farmers' online marketplace"

5/1/08 - EIN News "Unique Maryland Ag Exchange Created Free, User-Friendly, Online Marketplace to Help Farmers"

4/29/08 - American Farm "New Web site allows farmers to trade goods"

Sustainable Infrastructure Forum

Tuesday, May 20 - Thursday, May 22, 2008

To view agenda, speaker bios and presentations, click HERE.

Growing Cooler: Science and Policy

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

To view agenda, speaker bios and presentations, click HERE.

The Role of Transportation in Smart Cities in the Information Age

A Brown Bag Presentation by Dr. Tschangho John Kim

11:00 AM, Friday, April 18, 2008

See flyer HERE.

Bringing Science to Bear on Urban Green Infrastructure Planning

A Brown Bag Presentation by Dr. Melissa Keeley

12:00 Noon, Tuesday, April 8, 2008

See flyer HERE.



Environmental Finance Center
1104 Preinkert Field House, College Park, MD 20742
phone: (301) 405-5036 | fax: (301) 314-5639 | email: efc@umd.edu