Local cattle farm earns Clean Water Farm AwardCulpeper Soil and Water Conservation District (CSWCD) awarded its annual Greene County Clean Water...
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Culpeper Soil and Water Conservation District (CSWCD) awarded its annual Greene County Clean Water Farm Award to Virginia Grassfed Beef, a 200-acre farm owned by Barbara J. Fried in Ruckersville. The award recognizes farms in the commonwealth that utilize practices designed to protect water quality and soil resources.
The farm maintains a herd of about 90 pairs (cows and calves) on 200 acres of pasture, with an additional 40 acres of forest land and riparian buffers which have been protected through three livestock stream exclusion projects. As part of the CSWCD’s Virginia Best Management Practice cost-share program, the farm began the first project in 2016 and completed the final phase in 2019 to exclude livestock from all streams on the property. These projects created 21 acres of new riparian buffer along Buckner Run, the South River and associated tributaries on the farm.
https://dailyprogress.com/greenenews/lifestyles/local-cattle-farm-earns-clean-water-farm-award/article_ba38bc10-c6ab-11ea-95d8-f75a2c273510.html
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