| PRINCE FREDERICK, Md., -- January 21, 2000 -- The Calvert County
Agriculture Commission announced today that its annual 2000 Agriculture/Farm Poster
Contest will run from January 7 through March 6, 2000. This year’s competition with
the theme, "The Many Crops of Calvert County" is open to any seventh grade
student in Calvert County. All entries in the contest will be judged and displayed at the
annual Calvert County Farm Breakfast to be held on March 11th at the
Huntingtown Firehouse. Additionally, posters will be entered in the 2000 Calvert County
Fair. Winners will receive cash awards and the "grand champion" poster will be
used on the cover of the Calvert County Fair Exhibitor and Premium Book.
According to Ms. Betty Knapp, Agriculture Commission Chairperson, past entrants have
been predominately art students. The subject of the contest however, fits nicely into the
science and social studies curricula and affords students an opportunity to do detailed
research into Calvert’s agriculture past and present.
Calvert County has come from raising a single, cash crop of tobacco to now producing
over 40 different crops and livestock. The Agriculture Commission hopes to draw attention
to the changing face of agriculture in Calvert County and show that farming and
agri-business are still viable industries. Gone are the large tobacco plantations of the
past. Instead, the County has seen farms become smaller and produce products not normally
associated with Southern Maryland.
Entry materials and contest rules were delivered to the principals of each of the
county’s middle schools, public and private. For more information, please call the
Calvert County Department of Economic Development at 410-535-4583, or the Poster Contest
Coordinator, Chris Donley, at Ch’Naca Farm and Fiberworks, (410) 535-4344.
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