Organic farming can be lucrative, but is not without its pitfalls, farmer Ed Fry warned March 17, during a presentation at Calvert Library Prince Frederick for cultivators considering making the transition.
Fry and his wife, Marian, own two farms, one in Chestertown and one in Gambrills, and use a variety of strategies, and a mix of conventional and organic agriculture to thrive, he explained. Among their ventures are agro-tourism, grain farming and husbandry of both organic and conventional beef cows. Marian Fry is in charge of growing organic vegetables for sale in a “community supported agriculture” system, where consumers buy a share of the farm’s produce for the year, as well as at a farmers market.
Fry cited the sense of collaboration among organic farmers, the increased sense of community it engenders, and the increased interest among those in all walks of life in eating organically grown food among the pluses. The minuses are the highly increased government regulation, oversight and paperwork involved.
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