Advancing Market-Based Approaches in the Agricultural Sector to Support Chesapeake Bay Watershed Restoration
July 8, 2025 - July 9, 2025Annapolis, MD
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. 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.
This workshop will convene in-person on July 8-9, 2025 at the Historic Inns of Annapolis in Annapolis, MD in the Maryland Inn building (16 Church Cir, Annapolis, MD 21401). The workshop will convene in the Duke of Gloucester room, on the main lobby floor. Light breakfast and lunch will be available in the Treaty of Paris Dining Room and a beverage station (coffee, teas, water, soft drinks) will be accessible throughout both days.
A remote participation option is also available. Please register using the Zoom Registration Link below to receive access (same link works for both days):
Materials
- Participant List (in-person and virtual)
- Roundtable General Questions
- Supplemental and related readings
- Available in this workshop Google Drive folder (email colem@chesapeake.org if you cannot access the documents)
This workshop aims to identify key knowledge gaps and provide actionable guidance for implementing market-based approaches to achieve Chesapeake Bay goals. A primary focus will be on working cooperatively with federal and state agencies and the private sector to advance corporate sustainability programs and pay-for-performance programs to accelerate the speed and scale of implementation of agricultural conservation practices. 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. Participants will collectively work to propose next steps and recommendations to improve the coordination and implementation of these approaches.
- Day 1 Objective: What is needed to achieve CBP goals, who needs to participate and how, what are their incentives, what drivers and frameworks are guiding decisions?
- Day 2 Objective: What are the opportunities and challenges for implementing effective and scalable market-based solutions in the Chesapeake Bay watershed? What do we still not know (science and policy gaps)? What are some research and policy needs and recommendations for the Chesapeake Bay Program?
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
- David Newburn, University of Maryland
- Elliott Campbell, MD DNR
- Scott Knoche*, Morgan State PEARL
- Kelly Shenk, EPA
- Kurt Stephenson, VT
Presentations:
- Agriculture’s Role in the Chesapeake Bay Restoration: Scaling up Ag conservation — Kurt Stephenson (VT)
- Corporate-Nonprofit Partnership Model: How to Collaborate Successfully to Implement Conservation on Farms — Mauricio Rosales (Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay), Janae Klinger (Maola Local Dairies)
If you have any questions, please contact Meg Cole, STAC Coordinator, at colem@chesapeake.org.