Women in Agriculture
Johnson combines her two passions in advocacy
BEDFORD, Va. — Amy Johnson, the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation’s 2022 Outstanding Woman in Agriculture Award winner credits her career in healthcare and advocacy for farmers to her parents, a public health nurse and a farmer.Farmers’ mental health and safety...
Burger in paradise as luxury-fiber animal farmer
BRANCHVILLE, N.J. — Natalie Burger sums up her view of life and her career in three words.“I love farming,” she said, adding, “I love the culture of farming. I love the fact that every day is different. It’s a lot of work, but very enjoyable and rewarding...
Krome knows her way with horses
WESTMINSTER, Md. — Carolyn Krome has been working in farming for more than 60 years. She operates Persimmon Tree Farm, located on 132 acres of land in Carroll County.Wild persimmon trees – native to the region – do grow here, thus the name for the farm. Few...
Wagyu is the way to go for Ware
CREWE, Va. — Rhonda Ware has been farming since she was a small child. She helped with her family’s poultry farm in Virginia for years. A 1991 graduate of Virginia Tech, she is now the chief executive officer of Triple R Farms. The family farm includes about...
Interest rates, early payoffs: What you need to know (Credit Corner)
(Editor’s note: Deanna Husfelt is Farm Credit regional credit officer and Michael Hosterman is a Farm Credit ag business consultant.) Evaluating your loans, rates, and use of cash reserves each year is a best business and personal finance practice. Planning...
Women agricultural tour scheduled for November
CENTREVILLE, Md. — The Mid-Atlantic Women in Ag and Annie’s Project programs are holding a farm tour in Maryland and Delaware on Nov. 9, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.Cost to attend the tour is $20 per person and includes lunch.Participants will provide their...
NJ-NOFA pioneer Harris a self-starter
HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Stephanie Harris decided more than four decades ago she was going to do something about the world’s pollution and climate troubles. So she embraced organic gardening principles and began to learn as much as she could about restoring...
Piancone turning professional focus to teaching
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP, N.J — Julie Piancone, who graduated from the Career Center in 2017 and is a 2021 graduate of Delaware Valley University in Doylestown, Pa., has returned to Monmouth County Vocational and Technical High School this fall to for a student...
Lansing set to use $6 million grant to study U.S. food waste
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Stephanie Lansing, professor in the Department of Environmental Science and Technology at the University of Maryland, is leading two new grants totaling $6 million from the U.S. Department of Energy to develop sustainable products like...
‘The universe really aligned’ for Farm Chicks
REISTERSTOWN, Md. — In the midst of a worldwide pandemic, Jamie Condon and Lauren Green, longtime friends and farmers, decided they needed to become business partners. In July, they decided to permanently reincarnate the pop-up farmers’ market that had...
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