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The Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC), also known as the National Agricultural Research Center, [3] is a unit of the United States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service. It is located in unincorporated Prince George's County, Maryland, [4] with sections within the Beltsville census-designated place.
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The first documented Africans were brought to Maryland in 1642, as 13 slaves at St. Mary's City, the first English settlement in the Province. [1] Slave labor made possible the export-driven plantation economy. The English observer William Strickland wrote of agriculture in Virginia and Maryland in the 1790s:
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Map showing the Reserve within Montgomery County The Agricultural Reserve is a designated land use zone in Montgomery County, Maryland . The 93,000 acres (380 km 2 ) zone was created in 1980 by the Montgomery County Council to preserve farm land and rural space in the northwestern part of the county.
The Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) is a state agency of Maryland. Its headquarters are in the Parole census-designated place in unincorporated Anne Arundel County, near Annapolis. [1] [2] The Department was established in 1972. [3] As of 2023, the Secretary of the department is Kevin Atticks, appointed by Governor Wes Moore. [4]
Outside of metropolitan areas, there was a push to adopt agricultural zoning for farmland in rural areas. To be included in 'agricultural preserve' initiatives, the agricultural zones with minimum lots of 40 acres or more were favorable for tax treatment and special support specifically for agriculture. [11]
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