Eastern Shore, Maryland
At their farm near Chestertown, Maryland, Edwin and Marian Fry milk 250 cows and raise 225 replacement heifers annually as they spread dairy manure on crop fields. This summer, they also won the Patrick Madden Award for Sustainable Agriculture. "The award is SARE's way of encouraging a whole farm approach to agriculture," says Fred Magdoff, Northeast SARE regional coordinator. "We look for farmers who see their farms as a natural, complex system and use that understanding to become profitable and sustainable." Add the Frys: "As part of an American farming tradition, we have strong values associated with land stewardship and the addition of food. ... We help consumers recognize that healthy food comes from healthy earth."
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