At the MOFFA Winter Meeting – soil health tops the agenda

Face it. Most humans treat soil like. . .well dirt. At USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), there is a new urgency for people to know more about our soil, as good soil is disappearing due to erosion, compaction and loss of organic matter. NRCS...

Climate change. How might Maryland farmers fair in the long run?

Earlier this week, I met an older farm neighbor in a local restaurant. We chatted about the winter weather (of course) and then he said, “You know down on the cove, we used to go skating nearly every year. Now it only freezes enough to walk on it once a decade...