Advancing Market-Based Approaches in the Agricultural Sector to Support Chesapeake Bay Watershed Restoration
July 8, 2025 - July 9, 2025This workshop will convene in-person on July 8-9, 2025, in Annapolis, MD. Location TBD.
Important Update: After careful consideration, our Co-Chairs decided to postpone the workshop until this summer to ensure we can convene the most productive and impactful event possible.
The Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) will host a 2-day workshop to identify key knowledge gaps and provide actionable guidance for implementing market-based approaches to achieve Chesapeake Bay goals. This workshop will focus on corporate sustainability programs and pay-for-outcomes programs to accelerate the speed and scale of implementation of agricultural conservation practices to address water quality, climate, and biodiversity goals. Discussion will examine synergies and frictions among incentives and frameworks governing the decisions of private-sector and public-sector partners across the food supply chain.
Workshop Steering Committee:
* STAC Member
- Leah Palm-Forster*, UD, Co-Chair
- Yusuke Kuwayama*, UMBC, Co-Chair
- Lisa Wainger, UMCES, Co-Chair
- Doug Austin, EPA
- Jenna Beckett, Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay
- Katie Brownson, US Forest Service
- Elliott Campbell, MD DNR
- Scott Knoche*, Morgan State PEARL
- Kelly Shenk, EPA
- Kurt Stephenson, VT
This page will be updated with workshop details.
If you have any questions, please contact Meg Cole, STAC Coordinator, at colem@chesapeake.org.