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John Fischer has been called one of
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania's "most cutting-edge agricultural innovators."
Fischer — an organic dairy farmer and a member of the Old Order Amish
— has donated the stream-bank of a creek that runs through his pasture
for a conservation experiment. Environmental groups are planting commercially
valuable shrubs and perennials along this stream buffer to see whether
they can reduce the soil erosion and, in turn, improve water quality
and wildlife habitat. Streams like the one on Fischer's property,
which flow into the Susquehanna River and the Chesapeake Bay, are
among the most impaired water sources in the state.
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Amish Farmers
This Watershed Radio program was based on Bay
cleanup effort takes root on Amish farms, an article in the Bay
Journal.
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LINKS
About Amish farmers in the Chesapeake Bay watershed
Bay
cleanup effort takes root on Amish farms. An article in the Bay
Journal by Sara Nicholas. January-February 2001.
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