At a recent Future Harvest event in Baltimore County, Marilyn Anthony, Executive Director of Lundale Farm in Pennsylvania, raised the notion that the future for farming may be “land lease” rather than “land ownership.” Her reasons were simple...
For most new Maryland farmers today, farming is a choice, not an expectation as it was in centuries past. There are many career options in this semi-urban state that typically has lower than average unemployment rates. New farmers are drawn to the land to grow healthy...
It is rare for August to serve up days as pretty as the 15th. The Twilight Tour was a great chance to pass the time outdoors and learn about the latest organic farming research being conducted at the Central Maryland Research and Education Center in Upper Marlboro....
A farmer recently contacted me about using Maryland FarmLINK to post the need for a farm worker. I encouraged him to do so and noted that there is no charge to post on the farm forum. Availability of farm labor is a common concern. If you are not genuinely interested...
Each month, Maryland FarmLINK membership increases by a couple of dozen new members, most who are looking for farmland. What are they seeking? To begin to understand that question, I reviewed the information submitted by new Maryland FarmLINK members for the last...
Once a trend gets established, it is hard to get people to heed to warning signs. In the early 1930s, farmers in portions of Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Colorado, and Kansas had noticed parched soils, dust and declining productivity caused by a low rainfall and...
