Outside the Farm-to-Table symposium hosted by Montgomery County Council member Laurie-Anne Sayles, tables laden with greens from Sandy Spring Gardens appeared under a banner declaring the “Kalebration.”

Sayles was quick to point out that with 93,000 acres of land set aside for agriculture, “We have the largest ag reserve in the nation.”

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But, she said, there’s not enough food produced in Montgomery County that eventually finds its way to the tables of county residents.

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