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The Maryland Horse Council’s Farm Stewardship Committee, continued...


how to build proper dry lots and create better manure management practices. In addition, T ery says that bridging the gaps


between farmers and environmental groups has been a big part of the Committee. “We’ve been able to cross boundaries and form positive relationships with organizations such as the Chesapeake Bay Foundation,” she said, adding, “Pastures are great fi lters for the environment.”


The Next 35 Years As MHC heads into its next 35 years, T ery


has a few goals in mind for the Farm Steward- ship Committee and top on the list is a new Green Ribbon Farm Stewardship Recognition Initiative. In short, the program would cel- ebrate horse farms within the state that main- tain good stewardship practices. Details are still in the works but you can read more in the side- bar “New Green Ribbon Program.” Second on T ery’s new list of Committee


goals is to assist horse farm owners in being a part of the State’s Water Implementation Pro- gram (WIP3). Each county has diff erent line items related to “horse pasture management” with a 2025 goal of reducing nitrogen produc- tion. “Having farms be champions of the WIP3 program is very important,” T ery stated. Manure management is still on the action


plan list for the Committee, as with horses, it is the one common item that all horse farms have! “In general, we all need to be better aware of how to manage manure,” T ery said. She sees a need to be able to educate people one on one of what will work best for their individual farms. One way to accomplish


these goals is to create a vol- unteer network that could go from farm to farm in various regions to help with the ac- tual work needed to bring farms up to better steward- ship practices. Ultimately, T ery says the


Committee continues to ad- dress the need to change the public image of what horse farms are. “T ese aren’t just a bunch of rich people riding horses,” she said, “they care about their land and want to protect it.” To read more about Jane T ery, see page 21 of this issue.


“Green Ribbon Farm Stewardship Recognition Initiative” by Jane T ery, Farm Stewardship Committe chair T e Farm Stewardship Committee is design- ing a “Green Ribbon Farm Stewardship Rec- ognition Initiative” to celebrate the environ- mentally-sound actions taken by horse farm owners and managers that are good for our horses and for the natural environment. We are developing a list of 10 practices in con- sultation with the horse community, the Soil Conservation Districts, the Maryland De- partments of Agriculture and Environment and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. T e idea is to promote these practices across all 16,000 horse farms in Maryland for the benefi t of our 100,000 horses who live on


705,000 acres across the state. T e program is in the development stages with the plan to


award a green ribbon for each of 10 healthy horse farm practices. Some examples would be: healthy pastures through rotational grazing, water management through drainage systems for roof and grounds runoff , and on-farm composting system at an ap- propriate distance from the stable, with minimal run-off for on- farm use of composted manure as a soil amendment. T e “Green Ribbon” practices to include in the program launch will be dis- cussed over the next few months and launched later this year. Comments welcome via the Maryland Horse Council website. More information can be found on equiery.com.


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