Dairy farmers from Maryland, New York and Pennsylvania participated in a social media âtake overâ hosted by American Dairy Association North East and the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay.
During a live, one-hour conversation, the farmers discussed their environmental practices to protect local water quality and to protect their downstream neighbors.
Participating farmers included Katie Dotterer-Pyle of Cow Comfort Inn Dairy in Union Bridge, Maryland; Mike McMahon of E-Z Acres Farm in Homer, New York; and Chris and Laura Landis of Worth the Wait Farms in Stevens, Pennsylvania.
âWe have a responsibility, when you farm in an environmentally sensitive area, to protect it, and our first concern is the neighborhood around us,â McMahon said. âAnd even though weâre 250 miles away from the bay, preservation starts here.â