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Edwin Remsberg. Hand holding a small melon on the vine.

Hybrid Remote: PSA Produce Safety Rule Grower Training

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Who Should Attend? Fruit and vegetable growers and others interested in learning about produce safety, the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Produce Safety Rule, Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs), and co-management of natural resources and food safety. The PSA Grower Training Course is one way to satisfy the FSMA Produce Safety Rule requirement outlined in § 112.22(c) that requires ‘At least one supervisor or responsible party for your farm must have successfully completed food safety training […]

A Dairy Farmer’s Unlikely Success during the Pandemic

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By: Devin Doolan The COVID-19 pandemic has blown Maryland’s dairy industry into uncharted waters, but Brooks Long, a seventh generation dairy farmer in Williamsport, MD, has found success during a time when many local operations are dwindling. He and his wife, Katie, bought their dairy operation in 2009, but it was their decision to begin producing and selling their own milk in 2019 that put them in a position to succeed during the pandemic. Their […]

Why Milk Producers had to Dump Milk because of COVID-19

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Katie Dotter-Pyle, Co-Owner and Farmer at Cow Comfort Inn Dairy and Creamery, has put together this video explaining why dairy farmers were forced to dump some of the milk they produced as a result of COVID-19 disruptions. Her explanation was so thorough that she is now being interviewed by various news outlets, including Bloomberg News, to share her knowledge of the pandemic’s impact on milk production. To the benefit of us all, Katie will be […]

How to: Develop a Sanitation Program

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By: Dr. Angela Ferelli

Unlikely Opponents in the Chesapeake Bay Clean-up: County Governments vs. the Conowingo Dam

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By: Sarah Everhart According to Chip MacLeod, Esq. the Chesapeake Bay clean-up effort has focused on non-point sources such as agriculture, septic tanks, and stormwater and ignored the impacts of the mighty Susquehanna River as the single largest source of pollution to Chesapeake Bay and the Conowingo Dam factor. The Conowingo Dam, owned and operated by Exelon Generation, has been Maryland’s largest source of hydroelectric energy for more than 90 years. The Dam also […]