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Contact Info
EMail: jont@umd.edu
Mailing Address:
Home & Garden Information Center
12005 Homewood Road
Ellicott City, MD 21042-1542
Phone: 410 531-5556
Fax: 410 531-5567

Mr. Jon Traunfeld
Senior Agent & Director & State Master Gardener Coordinator & Extension Specialist
Home & Garden Information Center
Senior Agent & State Master Gardener Coordinator & Director, HGIC & Extension Specialist
Maryland Master Gardener Program

Jon Traunfeld has over 25 years of agricultural and gardening experience. He earned a Masters Degree in Agricultural Extension Education from the University of Tennessee and was active in vegetable production and marketing in East and Middle Tennessee.

In 1989 he became Urban Gardening Coordinator for Maryland Cooperative Extension in Baltimore City where he helped develop community gardens and trained and supervised Master Gardeners. In 1994 Jon became the Regional Specialist in Fruits and Vegetables at the Home and Garden Information Center in Ellicott City, where his focus is on small-scale food production. He also serves as State Master Gardener Coordinator.

Please visit these web sites:
www.hgic.umd.edu
mastergardener.umd.edu

Area of Expertise:

Fruits & Vegetables IPM, Organic Food Prod. (home & community) compost utilization, Master Gardener Program