Hedgeapple Farm
3735 Buckeystown Pike
Buckeystown, MD 21717
Phone: 301-662-0226
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For beef information or questions, email our Executive Director,
Dr. Scott Barao at:
sbarao@hedgeapplefarm.com
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The legacy of Hedgeapple Farm dates to 1731 when the property was granted to the Meredith Davis Sr. family. Since 1956, the Jorgensen family has operated a dairy farm and a beef farm on the acreage, beautifully situated along the Monocacy River. In 1997, the Jorgensens gifted a conservation easement to the Maryland Environmental Trust in perpetuity to protect the farm from future development.
The farm has grown to over 300 acres and is located just north of the historic village of Buckeystown, MD. All the acreage is in permanent grassland and is utilized as pasture and hay for the farm's herd of Black Angus cattle.
The farm's one-mile of frontage along the Monocacy River makes stewardship of the soil and water resources especially important. We work hard to implement best management practices for improving the water quality of the Monocacy and Potomac Rivers, along with the Chesapeake Bay.
and conservation practices reducing our overall impact on the surrounding ecosystem and ultimately, the Chesapeake Bay. We are proud that the many resources on our property - water, plants, animals and a variety of wildlife - coexist because of our farm's conservation-minded stewardship not in spite of our farming operation. In 2010, Hedgeapple Farm was the first farm in Frederick County to be recognized as a "Certified Agricultural Conservation Steward" by the Maryland Farm Stewardship and Certification Program.
In addition, in keeping with the applied research component of the JFF, we participate in the trial use and evaluation of alternative forage species and forage management, including warm-season grasses, summer annuals, and forage stockpiling to supplement and extend the animal grazing season. The results of all of our work is presented and shared through various white papers and through invited presentations at producer-directed workshops and symposia across the northeast and mid-Atlantic region.
The mission of Hedgeapple Farm, the centerpiece of the Jorgensen Family Foundation (JFF), is to develop and demonstrate a beef production model capable of producing (breeding, growing, feeding and finishing) and direct-marketing beef in a way that is both economically and environmentally sustainable. Hedgeapple optimizes the use of on-farm resources such as pasture, hay and facilities which also models environmental stewardship
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