Written by Fair Farms intern Grace Callahan About two weeks after moving to Maryland from Florida in a truck stuffed with parts of a hoop house shelter, David and Vicki Haberkorn got their first batch of broiler chickens. They hit the ground running in 2018 when they started Morris Hill Farm in Tracy’s Landing and …
Written by Fair Farms intern Grace Callahan We’d like to give a special congratulations to Andrea Davis-Cetina of Quarter Acre Farm: 2022 will be her first season farming on land that she owns. Andrea created Quarter Acre Farm more than 10 years ago on a quarter acre lot (get it?) way out in California after …
I struggled to write this post, as I had to so much to say but did not know the ways in which to express myself. So I will start by telling you a story, which is how every African woman talks and teaches. The story is not my own but one which I have borrowed …
Written by Nicole Oveisi, Fair Farms Intern This post is the second in a series of conversations with our Farmer Advisory Council members to learn what books inspire them and inform their farming practices. Fair Farms recently chatted with Ellen Polishuk , a member of our Farmer Advisory Council, to discuss her new book, Start …
Written by Nicole Oveisi, Fair Farms Intern. This piece was originally posted on the Million Acre Challenge website. Established: 1939 Farm Size: 177 acres, plus an additional 100 acres rented in pasture and hay. Product/Output: Beef, Raspberries, Free Range Eggs, Honey Region: Western Allegany County Favorite Piece of Farm Equipment: Bobcat 3400 Side by Side …
Written by Nicole Oveisi, Fair Farms Intern This post is the first in a series of conversations with our Farmer Advisory Council members to learn what books inspire them and inform their farming practices. Fair Farms recently caught up with Liz Whitehurst, owner and operator of Owl’s Nest Farm, who has been a part of …