local, fresh, grass-fed, organic, family-owned since 1979

• "Reducing Climate Change with Healthy Soil" presentation for the conference "Scenario 300, Making Climate Cool! How We Can Bring Atmospheric Carbon Down . . . from 400 ppm to 300 ppm in the nick of time!," sponsored by the non-profit Biodiversity for a Livable Planet, April 30, 2017, Washington, DC. See Nick's presentation (minutes 29:45 - 48:32) here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VYKgbT-fN8. Click here for Nick's talking points.

• “What the Food Industry Doesn’t Want You To Know About Pesticides, Pt 1,” a segment of “Dr. Oz” (the TV show), originally aired on Nov. 5, 2013. Click here for a link. (Nick’s segment is right at the beginning.)

• “Sounds Bites” on The Mark Steiner Show of WEAA, with Nick Maravell on genetically engineered and genetically modified foods, Sept. 13, 2012, Hour 2. Available at: http://www.steinershow.org/radio/the-marc-steiner-show/september-13-2012-hour-2.

• “USDA praised for busting fake organic Chinese food scam,” by Ike Wilson, in The Frederick News-Post, Feb. 21, 2011. Available at: http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/art_life/display.htm?StoryID=117036.

• “Adamstown farmer appointed to national organic board,” by Ike Wilson, in The Frederick News-Post, Nov. 22, 2010. Available at: http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/art_life/display.htm?StoryID=112772.

• “Organic Turkeys that Make the Whole Family Happy,” by Jenny Rough, in The Examiner (www.washingtonexaminer.com), Nov. 15, 2010. Available at: http://washingtonexaminer.com/entertainment/2010/11/organic-turkeys-make-whole-family-happy.

• “Spotlight on organically raised beef from Nick’s Organic Farm in Potomac,” by Heidi Price, in Examiner.com, July 12, 2010. Available at: http://www.examiner.com/dc-in-washington-dc/spotlight-on-organically-raised-beef-from-nick-s-organic-farm-potomac-md. 

• “Movers and Shakers: Nick Maravell,” by Kristi Bahrenburg Janzen in Edible Chesapeake, Spring 2007. Available by clicking here.

• “Even Donkeys Eat Local,” by Janis (no last name) in The Farmette Report blog, Aug. 5, 2005. Available at: http://www.farmettereport.com/blog/2005/08/even_donkeys_ea.html. 

• “Organic Beef Industry Expects Sales Boost,” by Associated Press, in Lawrence Journal-World, Dec. 27, 2003. Available at: http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2003/dec/27/organic_beef_industry/. 

• “Better Genes, Not Pills, for Healthier Animals,” by Don Comis, on the website of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Feb. 22, 2002. Available at: http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2002/020222.htm.

• “Organic Grows on America!” (subhead on “Beefing Up Organic Herds”), by Marcia Wood, Lupe Chavez, Don Comis and Jennifer Arnold, originally published in the February 2002 issue of Agricultural Research magazine, and on the website of the USDA’s ARS. Available at: http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/ar/archive/feb02/amer0202.htm.

·         “Farmer Nick Maravell Testifies Before Senate Subcommittee: Urges ‘Multiple Models Approach’ in Combating Water Pollution,” Press Release from Nick’s Organic Farm, Oct. 4, 2011. For full version, click here.

o   For full testimony, click here.

       o   Click here for the verbal summary of the Oct. 4, 2011 testimony.

·         “Secretary Vilsack Names Members to the National Organic Standards Board,” press release from the Agricultural Marketing Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Sept. 29, 2010, AMS No. 190-10. Available by clicking here.