{"id":8919,"date":"2023-10-17T14:43:18","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T18:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/sans\/?p=8919"},"modified":"2023-10-17T14:43:44","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T18:43:44","slug":"film-screening-focuses-on-delmarva-farmers-leading-the-way-in-environmentally-friendly-agricultural-practices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/sans\/connections\/film-screening-focuses-on-delmarva-farmers-leading-the-way-in-environmentally-friendly-agricultural-practices\/","title":{"rendered":"Film screening focuses on Delmarva farmers leading the way in environmentally friendly agricultural practices"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2023\/10\/Film.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8920\" width=\"244\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2023\/10\/Film.jpg 488w, https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2023\/10\/Film-175x300.jpg 175w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 244px) 100vw, 244px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">UMES Extension is offering a free film screening of \u201cDelmarva and the Ground for Change\u201d on Nov. 2 in conjunction with its<a href=\"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/extension\/small-farms-program\/conference\/\"> Small Farm Conference<\/a> at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. The environmental documentary follows three family-owned farming operations on the peninsula working to protect soil health and subsequently, the Chesapeake and Delaware bays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Filmmaker Karrah Kwasnik highlights Deerfield (Lewes, Del.), Fair Hill (Chestertown, Md.) and Harborview (Rock Hall, Md.) farms as models for environmental stewardship. Their agricultural practices promoting healthy soils helps safeguard working lands from climate change extremes. Some of the key practices for soil health include: cover cropping, no-till, rotational grazing, planting green and sub-surface drip irrigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kwasnik is the U.S. Department of Agriculture Northeast Climate Hub\u2019s digital content manager. She created the film as a way for farmers in critical areas near the bays to share their knowledge and perspectives on environmentally friendly farming. Kwasnik points to statistics showing the highest reported use of no-till on cropland acres in the country is in Maryland and Delaware, 58% and 54%, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The film screening is open to the public and will be shown at 6 p.m. in the Allen J. Singleton multipurpose room in the university\u2019s Student Services Center. No reservation is required. Attendance at the Small Farm Conference, Nov. 2-4, is a ticketed event. Register for the conference before Oct. 27 <a href=\"https:\/\/UMESsmallfarmsconference2023.eventbrite.com\/?aff=newsletter\">HERE!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Gail Stephens, agricultural communications and media associate, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, School of Agricultural and Natural Sciences, UMES Extension, <\/em><a href=\"mailto:gcstephens@umes.edu\"><em>gcstephens@umes.edu<\/em><\/a><em>, 410-621-3850.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UMES Extension is offering a free film screening of \u201cDelmarva and the Ground for Change\u201d on Nov. 2 in conjunction with its Small Farm Conference at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. The environmental documentary follows three family-owned farming operations on the peninsula working to protect soil health and subsequently, the Chesapeake and Delaware bays&#8230;.<span class=\"cpschool-read-more-link-holder\"><a class=\"btn btn-basic cpschool-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/sans\/connections\/film-screening-focuses-on-delmarva-farmers-leading-the-way-in-environmentally-friendly-agricultural-practices\/\">Read more <span class=\"sr-only\">Film screening focuses on Delmarva farmers leading the way in environmentally friendly agricultural practices<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1168,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","wds_primary_category":45,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,122],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-8919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-connections","category-october-2023"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1168"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8919\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8919"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=8919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}