Regional Agriculture Initiative

Agricultural land is an integral part of our growing region’s green infrastructure. The challenge to local, state, and regional planning agencies and other organizations will be to help farmland and other green and open space lands maintain their importance in the changing landscape for food production and the other benefits they provide.

COG’s Regional Agricultural Initiative seeks to provide information on the current and historical state of agriculture in the Washington Metropolitan Area, and to create a regional agriculture network to link farmers, consumers and policymakers.  A committee of regional agricultural representatives meets tri-annually to discuss pressing issues regarding agricultural concerns affected by a rapidly developing region.  COG collects basic information on regional agriculture that includes: gross statistics on agriculture in the region, information about actions that can be taken to support local agriculture, and a database listing local farmer's markets, pick-your-own farms, and vineyards.

For more information, visit National Capital Farms, COG’s web portal to regional agriculture.