Tagged Stories: "agriculture"

An urban farm cultivates crops and community on just one acre of land.

Dairy farmer Luke Brubaker's sustainable agriculture practices ensures his land will stay in the family for generations to come.

Farmers planted nearly 430,000 acres of cover crops in fall 2011, the largest planting in Md. history.

When Susan Benedict talks about her forest – a 200,000 acre property in Centre County, Pennsylvania -- she talks about family.

The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation will receive nearly $850,000 to help farmers convert manure to energy.

More than 1,700 Md. farmers will plant 550,000 acres of winter grains this fall through the state's Cover Crop Program.

What do farms, manure, and a developing technology for creating fertilizer have to do with the Chesapeake Bay?

A USDA study shows that conservation practices have reduced nutrient and sediment pollution to the Bay and its rivers.

A new partnership provides financial assistance for conservation practices that improve habitat conditions for critical species.

Maryland farmers planted a record 398,679 acres of cover crops on their farms last fall, exceeding the state's cover crop goal.