According to the Baltimore Sun this morning, The O’Malley administration has struck a deal for the State to buy a Kent County farm for $2.8 million, and then lease it for $1 a year to the Eastern Shore Food Hub Corporation, controlled by Cleo Braver an organic farmer and Democratic campaign donor. The company would also receive $500,000 in bond money toward the cost a $2.3 million “food hub” in Easton to process and distribute organic and sustainably produced food.
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Rachel Goss says
$1 lease…no way!
Margaret Fallaw says
This proposed transaction is highly improper and ought not to be carried out.
Kimberley Morgan says
I’d love to hear the rationale behind this decision.