In The News
Chicken Run
By Michael Yockel Seated behind the wheel of his golf cart, whose windshield has been playfully stenciled with the words lilly’s layers’ limo, David Smith conducts a fact-drenched tour of Springfield Farm, his 67- acre spread in Sparks, where four flocks of egg- laying, free-range chickens now range freely over snow-covered ground. He parks the ...
He is the Eggman
By Cynthia Glover Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Here, at least, standing in the softly lit interior of a turquoise trailer at Springfield Farm in northern Baltimore County, the answer is clear: the chicken. “The chicks come by mail,” says David Smith, who owns this pastured poultry farm—a small but growing trend ...
Home before the holidays
By Arthur Hirsch Sun Staff The turkeys at Springfield Farm in Sparks roost occasionally in trees surrounding their grassy enclosure, or hop the low electrical fence and walk that edge of the wide world, sampling freedom. Something always brings them back, though. Perhaps it’s the steady feed, or the domestic fowl’s genetic pull toward home. ...
Meet The Real Free Range Eggs
The Results Are In: Eggs from hens allowed to range on pasture are a heck of a lot better than eggs from commercially raised chickens! By Cheryl Long and Tabitha Alterman Most of the eggs currently sold in supermarkets are nutritionally inferior to eggs produced by hens raised on pasture. That’s the conclusion we have ...
No Need to Fight
Patricia Langenfelder uses gestation crates on her Maryland farm and, if you believe her public statements, she isn’t all that interested in hearing new ideas about how she could house her pregnant sows more humanely. Langenfelder is part of a minority group in the Old Line State that uses gestation crates. Her farm is one ...
Alternative Farm Enterprises Agritourism Success Stories
What is the history of your farm and farming experience? This farm has been in our family since the early 1700’s. It was originally part of a 5,000- to 10,000-acre farm granted by the King of England. My great grandfather was deeded this current farm (65 acres) in the mid-1800’s. I grew up here. The ...
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