FRESNO, Calif. — As demand for locally grown fruits and vegetables has increased, so too has the number of urban farmers markets sprouting up across the nation. The U.S. Department of Agriculture will announce Friday that the number of direct-sales ...

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A Washington County jury has backed a teenage horse farm worker’s argument that when she was injured on the job, she was an employee and not a contract worker.

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Maryland senators say a farm bill passed by the Senate retains important bay conservation programs. The Chesapeake Bay Foundation, meanwhile, says it is encouraged by the bill passed Thursday. The foundation says the Senate had originally eliminated $50 million a ...

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Today, many homes have multiple high definition televisions, along with drawers full of remote controls to effortlessly click your way through an endless variety of on-demand programming. There’s often a TV in nearly every room, some even sport a flat ...

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On fields overlooking a Quiet Waters vista, a mop-headed dog named Finn McCool weaves in and out of rows of vines, his tail sweeping by bunches of tiny pearl-sized grapes. Finn lives on the 28-acre Harness Creek Vineyards with vintners ...

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In this column, we focus almost exclusively on residential real estate, since the housing market affects all of us, and this is the category where we do business. But, real estate can come in many other forms. There are a ...

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CENTREVILLE — The owner of a Centreville horse farm where 140 horses were found to be malnourished has been charged with animal cruelty. The Queen Anne’s County state’s attorney’s office has filed criminal charges against 66-year-old Marsha Parkinson, the owner ...

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More than 27 years ago, the Baltimore Colts were exported to Indianapolis, and the region was up in arms. Today, Sharon Clark is exporting real Maryland horses to China, and officials hope it’s just the start. Clark, who owns Rigbie ...

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JEFFERSON — Looking back on the fire that razed H.C. Summers’ 3,700-square-foot feed section in 2008, Tom Summers is grateful the five-generation business is still in operation. Though the damage was extensive, the business — a pet, livestock, farm and ...

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A southeastern West Virginia wind farm that was the subject of a federal lawsuit involving endangered Indiana bats is in operation with limited hours, a company official said Monday. David Groberg, vice president of Beech Ridge Energy ...

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