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...
Many people have dismissed the local food movement as a fad that will soon pass, saying that there are too many challenges for small and medium sized Maryland farmers to compete in the global economy. That opinion might change as more local, regional, and national...
Howard Buffett, son of billionaire Warren Buffett, measures ‘chances’ as growing seasons. In his book “40 Chances: Finding Hope in a Hungry World.”, he says that most of us have about 40 chances to accomplish our goals in life. The Buffett family is not your typical...
by Mindy Waite We all know that living in Maryland isn’t cheap; cost of living calculators generally rank the state within the top 10-15 most expensive states. In fact, a 2012 study by the Maryland Community Action Partnership suggested that a family of four (two...
The proof is in the pudding! Janna Howley, Ag Marketing Specialist, University of Maryland Extension, Prince George’s County, began last Thursday’s farmland leasing workshop (one of three in the last month) with two concrete examples of the growth of the...
On the evening of November 22nd, I was grateful to be one of four panelists in a room of 40+ young farmers. As I understand it, this was the first time that the Southern Maryland Farm Bureau Young Farmer groups had been invited to a regional mixer and all five...
