Relenting, but briefly
A small Worcester County farm has been the subject of an environmentalist maelstrom over the last few years, but recent developments suggest the state is pulling back its full-court press against the...
View ArticleA pair of follow-ups
Just to update a couple stories I’ve featured recently… You likely recall the story about the Hudson farm in Berlin and their trouble with environmentalists determined to extract their pound of flesh...
View ArticleA battle won in the ‘War on Rural Maryland’
There was some good news for a change for farmers and those involved in the local agricultural industry yesterday. This was celebrated by the advocacy group Save Farm Families in a release: A federal...
View ArticleStrong words
Give this a look. It’s interesting that gubernatorial candidate Charles Lollar chose this particular venue as a stop on his announcement tour. This speech was given at the Hudson farm in Worcester...
View ArticleEasy pickins
You wouldn’t necessarily think of him as the farmer’s candidate, but Charles Lollar has at least paid a little bit of attention to how environmental factors affect one of Maryland’s top industries....
View ArticleVoting against their own interests
In light of some updated information, I’ve decided to revise this piece slightly. My point should have been made a touch more artfully. The law of unintended consequences strikes again. It took over a...
View ArticleThe chicken wars
By Cathy Keim Your worldview shapes how you see everything about you, and a great deal of that is shaped by your parents and the times in which they lived. I do not think it’s unfair to say that for...
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