Maryland Certified Organic
All of our animals are pastured on grasses, resulting in better tasting food with higher nutritional value. Read about the nutitional value of pastured products here.
Frederick County Maryland
Links
A
griculture
American Livestock Breeds Conservancy
The American Livestock Breeds Conservancy is a nonprofit organization working to protect over 150 breeds of livestock and poultry from extinction.
Eat Wild is a comprehensive source of accurate information on the benefits of raising animals on pasture. They link consumers with local suppliers of all-natural, delicious, grass-fed products.
Farm to Consumer Legal Defense Fund
The FTCLDF provides affordable legal counsel to farmers and consumers in need, it will make the needs of the small farmer and the concerned consumer known to our government, and it will promote a shared vision.
The best organic food is what's grown closest to you. This website allows people to find farmers' markets, family farms, and other sources of sustainably grown food in your area, where you can buy produce, grass-fed meats, and many other goodies.
Maryland Independent Consumers and Farmers Association
To promote and preserve unregulated direct farmer-to-consumer trade that fosters availability of locally grown or home-produced food products. An advocate for small farms and consumers alike.
Slow Food is an idea, a way of living and a way of eating. It is a global, grassroots movement with thousands of members around the world that links the pleasure of food with a commitment to community and the environment
An excellent organization that every small farmer should join. They represent the right for small farms to sell healthy, nutritious products directly to consumers.
G
oats
A farm in Western Maryland that raises Myotonic and Pygmy goats.
Wonderful resouce for information on goat health and husbandry, cheesemaking and home dairying, and natural remedies. We referred to this website a lot when we were first getting started.
International Fainting Goat Association
Fainting goat breed club and registry.
Myotonic goat breed club and registry. They also sponsor annual shows.
Shanghai Shaggies Fainting Goats
Great source of Tennessee Fainting goats and other heritage breeds. Helped us get started with our herd.
P
oultry
If you want to know what a particular chicken or turkey looks like, then this is your site. The most comprehensive collection of photos of different breeds and varieties of poultry I've come across on the web.
If you want to breed chickens, you need to join this club. They set the official standard for all poultry breeds recognized in the U.S. They sell and update the APA Standards of Perfection which I highly recommend. They also sponsor numerous shows all over the country.
My favorite breed-specific poultry club! Excellent quarterly newsletter & website. I've learned a lot from these people.
A poultry club dedicated to the preservation and restoration of Delaware chickens.
The premier breed club for Marans.
Another Marans Breed club with a newsletter.
The number one source for information on Marans. I refer to the site often and always learn something new. If you speak French you definitely should join this club.
A great source for custom built and pre-fabricated chicken coops. Perfect for backyard hobbiest just getting started. A variety of designs to choose from.
S
heep
This is hands down the best manufacturer of sheep and goat handling equipment.
An excellent resource for information on Johnes's developed by the University of Wisconsin's School of Veterinary Medicine. Johnes's, also known as Paratuberculosis, is a serious and often neglected disease of sheep, goats, and cattle.
Katahdin Hairsheep International
Katahdin Hairsheep breed club
Excellent resource for information on all things sheep and goat. Owned and operated by Susan Schoenian.
National Sheep Improvement Program
NSIP collects performance data from purebred producers and provides them with across-flock EPDs, which is an industry standard for reliability, integrity, and accuracy.
OPP Concerned Sheep Breeders Society
A network of producers and veterinarians who are working to eradicate and control Ovine Progressive Pneumonia. An excellent resource center for shepherds concerned about OPP, Everyone should be testing their flocks for this insidious disease.
H
ogs
This is breed club for the preservation and promotion of Hereford hogs. They have a breeders list and annual show.
Gloucester Old Spots Pigs of America
An excellent resource for information on Gloucester Old Spot pigs.
O
ther
Chef Andrew Little embodies the "farm-to-table" and "buy local" philosophy and goes the extra mile to work with local farms. He is an energetic, talented chef. He works wonders with food.
This website will tell you more about our town in fabulous Frederick county.
A wonderful magazine that covers many agricultural and sustainability issues.
Southern Consortium for Small Ruminant Parasite Consortium
The Southern Consortium for Small Ruminant Parasite Control was formed in response to the critical state of the small ruminant industry associated with the emergence of anthelmintic resistant worms.