This gives a whole new meaning to living off the land: The U.S. Department of Agriculture is funding a cybersecurity education program in Maryland’s Carroll County.

Westminster’s Mid-Atlantic Gigabit Collaboratory (MAGIC) received a $30,000 Rural Business Development Grant to support its education and workforce development programs.

“This support from the USDA will help us create more cyber jobs and opportunities here in Carroll County, where our economy is increasingly being driven by the cybersecurity industry,” said Graham Dodge, executive director of MAGIC, which is the nonprofit tasked with tech ecosystem growth around Westminster’s municipal fiber network. “Ultimately we want to reverse the outward flow of commuters and connect ‘Gen Z’ back into our own communities.”

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