Imagine entering your neighborhood grocery store and heading over to the apples. Of the half-dozen varieties on display, imagine that four are grown in orchards you’re familiar with or by people whose names you recognize. And as you push your cart through the aisles, you find products manufactured in Maryland on every shelf.

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WASHINGTON — The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History working with farmers to build a new collection showing the evolution of modern agriculture. The museum announced Monday that it’s working with the American Farm Bureau Federation to collect items that ...

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WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration on Friday proposed the most sweeping food safety rules in decades, requiring farmers and food companies to be more vigilant in the wake of deadly outbreaks in peanuts, cantaloupe and leafy greens. The ...

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Michael Koch loves Garrett County — the scenic mountains, the small-town charm, the booming agriculture and the tourism.

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Berlin farmer Alan Hudson said he got “one the best Christmas presents” when a federal judge held Thursday that he and Perdue Farms Inc. did not violate the Clean Water Act. Senior U.S. District Judge William N. Nickerson found in ...

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CUMBERLAND — The Teamsters union has ended a 9-week strike by Potomac Farms Dairy workers in Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia. The Cumberland Times-News reports that members of Teamsters Local 453 ratified a new contract Saturday. Potomac Farms is owned ...

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WILMINGTON, Del. — The Delmarva peninsula’s poultry industry is up and running after emerging from Superstorm Sandy relatively unscathed. The Delaware Department of Agriculture said Thursday that there was no significant flooding or poultry house damage, and that chicken farmers ...

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ST. LOUIS  — Farmers in a stretch of Illinois where most of the nation’s pumpkins are grown say their crop looks relatively smashing and is likely to be one of the few successes in a year when severe drought baked ...

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INDIANAPOLIS — Devastating spring freezes and a historic drought have stripped some charm from rustic fall destinations, leaving some corn too short to create mazes, orchards virtually devoid of apples and fall colors muted. Extreme weather has forced agritourism ventures ...

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ANNAPOLIS — State officials say grants of up to -$200,000 are available to Shore farmers looking to upgrade the energy efficiency of their farms. The Maryland Energy Administration says the program is aimed at covering up to 75 percent of ...

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