Growing food for people and animals, using native plants and sustainable practices, on publicly accessible land. A pretty simple concept, right? While the idea of cultivating a local "food forest" has only recently caught on here in Maryland, it's truly starting to sprout all over. Many of our Sustainable Maryland municipalities have either created a food forest in the past couple of years or are actively planning one. A recent article in the Frederick News-Post profiles the Brunswick Food Forest, which was created in 2013, as well as a food forest that sprang up organically in the City of Frederick, which is planning to nurture this green patch with the help of volunteers as well as educators, who would use it as an outdoor classroom in which to teach edible plant classes to residents. Other food forests have popped up in Greenbelt and Baltimore, and Hyattsville has two separate forests planned for Fall 2016. We look forward to connecting communities looking to create a food forest with the ones that have already planted the seeds!