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From Helping Patients to Raising Chickens

From Helping Patients to Raising Chickens

About five years ago, Amy Tran came to a realization about her future. “My background is in the medical field, but I wanted to get away from the city life in Baltimore — and not have to wake up in the morning to fight traffic to go to work,” she says.That epiphany led...
The Doctor who Makes House Calls

The Doctor who Makes House Calls

“All Creatures Great and Small,” a Masterpiece series on PBS, provides a look into the fictionalized world of a rural veterinarian in 1930s England. It explores his deep compassion and love of animals while traveling from farm to farm treating animals. That glimpse...
New Ways to Reuse Litter to Benefit Maryland’s Environment

New Ways to Reuse Litter to Benefit Maryland’s Environment

One Maryland company is finding a new way to reuse “litter” from poultry farms. And, it’s not the type of litter you’d find on the side of the road. Poultry litter contains manure, spilled feed, feathers, and bedding, like wood shavings, that chickens roam around on...
Gobble Up Some Farm-Fresh Turkey

Gobble Up Some Farm-Fresh Turkey

Ask most folks what they’re serving for their holiday meal, and odds are it will be turkey. In fact, across the U.S., it’s estimated that over 46 million turkeys will be consumed on Thanksgiving, and 22 million more on Christmas. While a frozen bird will do, it’s the...