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Updated: October 22, 2024

Spinach crops found with cucumber mosaic virus

Yellowing and puckering of spinach leaves infected with CMV.

Updated: August 10, 2022

Food Safety in Your School Gardens, Classrooms, and Greenhouses (FS-1077)

As interest in educating students about gardening and food production increases, it will be helpful to outline food safety principles in school settings. This fact sheet uses a pre-existing University of Maryland Extension fact sheet and expands it to include more information on rain barrels, lead in soil, chickens, and school policies. It also includes a glossary of terms. Authors: Justine Beaulieu, Heather Buritsch, Shauna Henley, and Jon Traunfeld; Title: Food Safety in Your School Gardens, Classrooms, and Greenhouses (FS-1077)

Updated: September 15, 2021

Southern Blight Found Throughout Maryland this Season

Southern blight is a fungal disease that is most common in the tropics and subtropics, but also is found in the SE United States in the summer. In Maryland we usually find it in the southern part of the state in counties like St. Mary’s, Charles and Wicomico. It has been found this year in more northern counties such as Frederick, Montgomery and Baltimore.