Seven Chesapeake farmers who make conservation a priority

Sustainable farming reduces runoff to the Bay and creates habitat for wildlife

By Jake Solyst |
Roger bends down to observe part of his farm.
Two years of stubble, from corn, wheat and soybeans, are visible in a field rented by Roger Rohrer at his farm in Strasburg, Pa., on April 28, 2021. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
MK of Open Book Farm shares her farm's story with a group of visitors. (Photo by Jake Solyst/Chesapeake Bay Program)
Open Book Farm raises chickens, turkey and cattle on a farm near Cone Branch, a tributary of Catoctin Creek in the Potomac River watershed. (Photo by Jake Solyst/Chesapeake Bay Program)
Roger Rohrer feels the heat of composting chicken litter in an empty poultry barn on the farm he owns jointly with his two sons in Strasburg, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Porgram)
Roger Rohrer visits a three-year-old riparian forest buffer planted through USDA's Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program on Little Beaver Creek.

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