Maryland Grazers Network

Mountains-to-Bay Grazers Alliance Supports Farmers Interested in Grazing

Thanks to a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), a new alliance is providing farmers with information, resources, and assistance to expand livestock grazing efforts in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.

The Mountains-to-Bay Grazers Alliance includes CBF, Virginia Forage and Grassland Council, Future Harvest–Chesapeake Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture, University of Maryland Extension, Red Barn Consulting, Maryland Grazers Network, Maryland-Delaware Forage Council, and Capital Resource Conservation and Development Area Council, Inc. The grant will allow the Grazers Alliance to support farmers interested in grazing, and so increase the number of pasture-based livestock operations in the Bay watershed portions of Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania.