* Host: FROM INSIDE THE BARN MARYLAND AGRICULTURE DID YOU KNOW THAT OYSTER FARMS THE CHESAPEAKE BAY; THAT HORSES PROVIDE GREAT AND THAT ORGANIC BERRIES DON'T GO ANYWHERE.

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HI, I'M JOANNE CLENDINING MARYLAND FARM AND HARVEST .

AND THIS IS FOXY.

HE'S ONE OF THE NINE HORSES COMING UP, BUT FIRST, AND INTUITIVE ANIMALS.

SEE HOW THOSE QUALITIES HELP FOR HEALING...YEAH.

* Dawn Leung: NOW, AND REMEMBER YOU GOT TO WHEN WE COUNT TO THREE.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

GOOD BOY, MAGIC.

Cindi Silva: HIS JOURNEY GOING FORWARD HERE AT THE FARM.

OF DOING THINGS THAT HE NEVER CAPABLE OF DOING BEFORE.

BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE HERE HE NOT ONLY GETS FROM BUT FROM THE HORSES AND IT HAS TOTALLY CHANGED Dawn: HOORAH, HOORAH.

WE GOT THIS.

Joanne: CINDI SILVA FINDS IT IT FEELS TO WATCH HER SON, DO THINGS THAT MOST PEOPLE Cindi: I'M BLANKING BUT I FEEL SERENE IN BEING AND HAVE BRIAN WORK HARD, "THIS IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SO, I REALLY CAN'T THINK OF I WANT TO USE.

Joanne: BUT BRIAN SUMS IT UP Brian Silva: Dawn: BRUSH, BRUSH, BRUSH.

Joanne: HIS JOURNEY AT IN MONKTON, OVER THE PAST YEAR BOTH MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY.

THIS WELCOMING OASIS THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITIES, FOLLOWING A TRAGIC * Cindi: BRIAN WENT TO AND THEN BECAME PART OF THE F-15 HE WAS TWO DAYS BEFORE BEING CROSSED BOTH SIDES OF COULDN'T GET AROUND HIM, THEY DIDN'T EXPECT HIM TO LIVE AND THEN, WHEN HE DID LIVE, TO BE ABLE TO DO ANYTHING.

SO, THIS HAS TRULY BEEN A GIFT TO BE WITH US.

Joanne: AND WITH MAGIC, BY HIS SIDE, BRIAN HAS MADE HE STARTED TO USE HIS EVEN WHILE STANDING.

Dawn: OH, GO BRIAN.

THAT CORE STRAIGHT.

KEEP YOUR KNEES STRAIGHT.

GOOD JOB.

EXCELLENT WORK, BRIAN Joanne: PROGRAM FOUNDER, HAS DEDICATED HER FARM TO EMOTIONAL, COGNITIVE, BY HONING IN ON THE SPECIAL AND ANIMALS.

Dawn: THE BEAUTY OF THIS IS THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITIES ON LEARN TO COMMUNICATE WITH WHEN THEY'RE COMMUNICATING BREATHE IN.

GO AHEAD, SAY HI.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF HUMAN/HORSE AND IT'S THROUGH THAT BOND THAT PEOPLE FIND A WELLNESS Joanne: THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN HELPING HEAL NOT JUST HIS BODY, Cindi: HE IS MUCH FAR RELAXED, AND HIS MUSCLES ARE STRONGER.

HIS LEGS ARE ABLE TO SUPPORT THEY HAD ORIGINALLY.

HE'S ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD AND THE DRIVE TO WANT TO BE Joanne: ESPECIALLY...MAGIC.

Brian Silva: MAGIC IS AND GIVES ME A THIRD AND HELPS ME TO MOVE FORWARD.

AND THEN, I DIDN'T THINK, I COULD DO.

SO, IT'S REALLY BEEN FANTASTIC.

Joanne: AND THERE'S A FRIEND REGARDLESS OF AGE.

Felicity Forest: IF YOU NEED THEN JUST COME HUG A HORSE.

* Dawn: WE HAVE EIGHT-YEAR-OLDS SO, WE HAVE THE WHOLE SPAN.

AND PEOPLE COME HERE FOR WHETHER THEY'RE A VOLUNTEER * Joanne: AFTER SERVING FOR 27 99-YEAR-OLD VETERAN, HAS FOUND ANOTHER WAY OF Orville Hughes: THEY HAD CERTAIN THINGS AND CERTAIN THINGS THEY LIKE WHEN YOU BRUSH A HORSE, HE IS RESPONDING OR NOT.

Dawn: THERE YOU GO.

Orville: HE LIKES THIS.

Dawn: HE DOES.

Joanne: WHILE, ANYONE CAN COME THAT WELLSPRING OF LIFE FARM DAWN HAS A SPECIAL PROGRAM FIRST RESPONDERS, Dawn: BOTH MY ADULT CHILDREN ONE'S COAST GUARD AND THE COOL ASPECT IS NOW THAT SO, WE REALLY THINK THAT'S Joanne: AND FOR DAWN, IS HER WAY OF GIVING BACK TO * Cindi: BRIAN LOOKS TO THE PEOPLE AND THEY TREAT HIM LIKE, IT'S AN EXPERIENCE THAT I THINK * Joanne: WELLSPRING OF LIFE FARM HORSE DISCOVERY CENTER, THAT WELCOME THE PUBLIC TO LEARN * Joanne: ALL RIGHT, YOUR AGRICULTURAL EXPERTISE.

HERE IS OUR THINGAMAJIG NOW, DO YOU THINK KNOW HERE'S A HINT.

IT USED TO BE A PLASTIC JUG, STAY TUNED AND WE'LL HAVE OF THE SHOW.

NOW, ANY FARMER WILL TELL YOU, AND SOMETIMES, THE BEST THEY HAVE PAWS.

WE ASKED FARMERS TO SEND TO OUR FACEBOOK PAGE, * OFTEN THERE ARE FINANCIAL PARTICIPATE IN PROGRAMS SUCH AS PLANTING COVER BUT DID YOU KNOW THAT ALSO * IT'S HARVEST DAY AT IN QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY.

AND WHILE, MOST OF THE ARE DESTINED FOR THE RAW BAR, FOUNDER SCOTT BUDDEN AND HIS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

Scott Budden: WE'RE ENDING UP WITH DEMAND BEING DOWN WE JUST SAW PRETTY MUCH FROM RESTAURANTS OVERNIGHT.

Joanne: BUT THE OYSTERS Scott: WE FOUND A WAY TO A SECOND BRAND TO MOVE Joanne: THESE ARE Scott: THE PRIMES ARE THE IDEA BEHIND THOSE IS GREAT FOR COOKING.

THE MEAT CONTENT IS SO LARGE AND THERE'S STILL Joanne: LIKE ALL ANIMALS, SOMETHING THEY DO PRETTY AND HERE IN THE CHESAPEAKE BAY, WHETHER WILD OR FARMED, ECOLOGICAL FUNCTION.

Scott: OYSTERS ARE A FILTER AS WATER FLOWS THROUGH BASICALLY...ANY ALGAE, THROUGH THAT, THEY WILL ACTUALLY AND TAKE IT OUT OF Joanne: THAT ALGAE IS CAUSED BY AGRICULTURE MEANING THAT AS THEY FEED, HELPING TO CLEAN UP THE BAY.

YOU CAN SEE HOW IT WORKS AT ORCHARD POINT'S NURSERY EVERY OYSTER THAT SCOTT SELLS, Scott: THEY'RE ABOUT THE SIZE AND WE BASICALLY PUT THEM AND PUMP WATER ACTIVELY IT BASICALLY IS BRINGING TO THEM CONSTANTLY.

Joanne: AS THE WATER FLOWS THEY CHOW DOWN, AND LEAVING THE WATER Scott: YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE OF THE SILO AND INDIVIDUAL SO, YOU KNOW THAT THEY'RE THEY'RE DOING THEIR JOB.

Joanne: ONCE, THE YOUNG OYSTERS THEY'RE TRANSPORTED ABOUT EIGHT LARGE FLOAT LEASE ON WHERE THEY'LL SPEND MOST OF 12 TO 14 MONTHS, FEEDING, AND PERIODICALLY...TUMBLING.

Joanne: BELIEVE IT OR NOT, HELPS IMPROVE SHELL STRENGTH, EVEN THE TEXTURE OF THE MEAT.

Scott: WE ARE THE ONLY ORCHARD POINT IS, THAT IS DOING OYSTER FARMING Joanne: BUT UP UNTIL THE 1800Ss, WITH WILD OYSTERS.

SINCE THEN, AND DISEASE HAVE TAKEN AND TODAY, THE OYSTER POPULATION ONE PERCENT OF WHAT IT ONCE WAS, FOR WATER QUALITY.

BUT THE STATE'S GROWING NUMBER AT LEAST A PARTIAL SOLUTION.

Scott: TWO YEARS AGO, LAST YEAR, ROUGHLY ABOUT 6-MILLION OR SO SUFFICE IT TO SAY, MILLIONS OF OYSTERS, ON THE FARM, IT'S CONTRIBUTING Joanne: AND AS OF 2019, CASH IN ON THE OYSTERS' BY TAKING ADVANTAGE OF "THE NUTRIENT CREDIT A MARKET-BASED SOLUTION Scott: BASICALLY, THE IDEA WHO ARE NET DISCHARGERS OF, OR PHOSPHOROUS... Joanne: THE TWO MAIN NUTRIENTS Scott: THEY'RE ACTUALLY BASED ON STATE LAW.

Joanne: THROUGH THE NUTRIENT A DISCHARGING ORGANIZATION, LIKE CAN OFFSET THE NUTRIENTS BY BUYING NUTRIENT CREDITS.

Scott: A DISCHARGER WOULD LIKE US, WHO IS A NET REDUCER THE COSTS FOR AN OYSTER OUT IS WAY LESS THAN SAY, TREATMENT PLANT.

SO IT'S A WAY TO BASICALLY AND TO THEN ALLOCATE TO A COASTAL INDUSTRY WHERE OF SUCCESS STORIES IN COASTAL Joanne: IT'S A PRETTY NEW IDEA.

IN FACT, BACK IN THE FALL BECAME THE FIRST OYSTER FARM A NUTRIENT CREDIT TRADE, TO THE BALTIMORE Scott: THE CONVENTION CENTER BUT THEY WANTED TO RAISE OF HOW THIS MARKET SYSTEM WORKS.

I THINK IT COULD BE A HUGE BECAUSE IT REALLY COULD HELP OF DOING BUSINESS AS WE KNOW IT.

Joanne: WHICH COULD EVENTUALLY AND MORE OYSTERS IN THE BAY.

OF COURSE, WHEN IT COMES THERE'S NO ONE SILVER BULLET, Scott: OYSTER FARMING IS A TOOL IN THE TOOLKIT TO OF THE BAY AND WATER QUALITY YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE SUFFERING YOU'RE GOING TO GET A THOUSAND SO, IT'S NOT THE END-ALL WE HAVE TO DO WHATEVER WE CAN PERSONALLY.

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AND DID YOU KNOW, ANGELS ON FOR BACON WRAPPED OYSTERS?

OF COURSE, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN OF WAYS, FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT FROM THEN TO NOW.

* CHESAPEAKE BAY OYSTERS HAVE SINCE NATIVE AMERICANS IN AROUND 2,500 BC.

WHEN COLONISTS ARRIVED IN THEY COULDN'T HELP BUT TAKE ONE ENGLISH SETTLER NOTICE 13 INCHES.

IN THE 1700s, LONG TOOLS WITH RAKES ON THEIR AT GREATER DEPTHS.

IN THE 1800s, BROUGHT DREDGES TO THE BAY, OF OYSTERS FROM THEIR BEDS.

BY THE MID-1880s, 20-MILLION BUSHELS PER YEAR.

NEW CANNING TECHNOLOGY, AND STEAM POWERED SHIPS TOOK AROUND THE WORLD.

BUT THIS INTERNATIONAL AND SOMETIMES VIOLENT AND TONGERS, AND WATERMAN WITH HARVESTING THIS CONFLICT BECAME KNOWN AND IT CONTINUED UNTIL BY THEN, THE BAY HAD BECOME DUE TO OVER-HARVESTING AT THE END OF THE 20TH CENTURY, 200,000 BUSHELS PER YEAR.

TODAY, IS TAKING OFF IN THE BAY, BETWEEN 2013 AND 2017, HARVESTED FROM MARYLAND INCREASED MORE THAN THREEFOLD.

WHILE, AQUACULTURE CURRENTLY OF MARYLAND'S TOTAL IT'S AN IMPORTANT STEP THE OYSTER POPULATION.

* Joanne: COMING UP, AL SPOLER, DAIRY FARMER TO BERRY FARMER.

BUT WHILE, FEW CAREERS HAVE AS MUCH VARIETY AND EVERYONE SEEMS TO HAVE WE DECIDED TO LEARN MORE * Jana Shaw: MY FAVORITE THING TO WITH THE PEOPLE ON THE FARM.

WE MANAGE ABOUT AND WE HAVE TONS OF CUSTOMERS IT'S SO MUCH MORE THAN GROWING I FEEL LIKE, AND TRADITIONS, AND THINGS Barron Shaw: WHEN THAT HARVEST AND I FEEL LIKE, OF RAISING IT, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE EATING THAT FEELS REALLY GOOD.

IT'S THAT SENSE OF Peter Elmore: HONESTLY, IS MAKING COMPOST.

IT'S REALLY SATISFYING TO AND TURN THAT INTO A REALLY AND IT'S ALSO, SO, IT'S MAKING AND CREATING, AND TRANSFERRING LIFE AND USING THAT TO PROVIDE AND TO GROW HEALTHIER PLANTS.

Crystal Dell: MY FAVORITE JOB, WOULD BE MILKING THE COWS.

WE DO IT TWICE A DAY.

WE ONLY MILK ABOUT 85 COWS.

IT TAKES ABOUT AN HOUR AND IT'S JUST BEING WITH BEING AROUND THE COWS.

IT'S GOOD FOR THEM AND IT'S GOOD THEY PRODUCE.

Aaron Cooper: MY FAVORITE HARVESTING THE GRAIN NEAR ESPECIALLY IN THE FALL.

IT'S SATISFYING TO KNOW OF THE REALLY BUSY SEASON, BRING THE CROPS IN, AND BE DONE.

Joanne: GROWING WORK AND GROWING IT ORGANICALLY THANKFULLY, THE REWARDS ARE ON THIS WEEK'S THE LOCAL BUY.

AL.

* Jack King: I CAN RETIRE, BUT IT'S JUST NEVER APPEALED I LOVE TO BE DOING THINGS Al Spoler: AT 74.

MOST PEOPLE ARE READY TO REST, BUT FARMER JACK KING HAS AND IT DOESN'T INCLUDE SO JACK, THIS IS CAREER NUMBER Jack: I WOULD GUESS CAREER NUMBER THREE FOR ME.

I REALLY LOVE FARMING.

I LOVE GROWING STUFF.

SO EVEN THOUGH, THIS LOOKS IT'LL BE FULL RETIREMENT FOR ME.

Al: JACK IS A THIRD GENERATION FOR 35 YEARS, NOW, HE WORKS FULL TIME AT THE U.S. DEPARTMENT WITH THE NATURAL RESOURCE BUT THAT'S NOT THE ONLY THING, Jack: I CAN'T TELL YOU IN FRONT OF THESE BLACKBERRIES I'VE HAD SUCCESS AT Al: IN 2010, HE THAT WAS THE BIRTH OF IN CAROLINE COUNTY.

Jack: IT DIDN'T PARTICULARLY ANIMAL AGRICULTURE.

SO, I STUDIED UP ON ORGANIC FIGURE OUT WHAT I'D LIKE AND THAT'S WHAT'S LED ME Al: JACK GROWS A VARIETY BLUEBERRIES, AND BLACKBERRIES Jack: WHAT WE CALL HAS TO BE GROWN ON OF NON-ORGANIC MATERIALS.

Al: JACK EVEN MAKES Jack: THIS IS A REAL KEY THE SOIL TILTH AND BEING ABLE WITHOUT A LOT OF SYNTHETIC I'M REAL BIG ON COMPOSTING.

WE NORMALLY, USE CHICKEN LITTER THIS PRODUCT.

NATURE GIVES US EVERYTHING IS STOP AND UNDERSTAND AND WE CAN REALLY GET THERE, AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR BLACKENED THE WAY AROUND SOME REDNESS ON THEM.

THEY'LL BE SOUR.

Al: JACK'S WIFE, VICKI, TO MAKE FRESH ORGANIC JELLY RIGHT FROM THE FARM.

LUCKY FOR US, SHE SAVED SOME A DELECTABLE COBBLER.

WELL VICKI, ONE OF THE BEST IS HAVING A FRESH FRUIT AND YOU'VE BEEN KIND ENOUGH WITH YOUR OWN ORGANIC FRUIT.

MIND IF I TRY SOME?

Vicki King: SURE, HELP YOURSELF.

Al: THIS IS REALLY A PRETTY Vicki: YES, IT IS.

IT'S VERY SIMPLE.

YOU JUST GET YOUR BERRIES, IN YOUR DISH, SPRINKLE AND YOU'RE FINISHED Al: AND THEN, YOU GOT A LITTLE Vicki: RIGHT.

THEN, YOU WANT TO MAKE YOUR FLOUR, EGG, AND IT MAKES KIND OF SPRINKLE OVER, MELT SOME BUTTER, STICK IT IN THE OVEN AT Al: I GOT TO TELL YOU, IT'S REALLY GOOD.

WELL, WE'RE GOING TO PUT IT MPT.ORG/FARM.

YOU CAN TRY IT FOR YOURSELF.

FOR THE LOCAL BUY, I'M AL SPOLER ENJOYING JOANNE.

* Joanne: THANKS, AL.

BE SURE TO CHECK OUT FOR ALL OUR LOCAL BUY RECIPES.

AND YOU CAN WATCH FULL EPISODES ALSO, DON'T FORGET TO FOLLOW US AND A LOOK BEHIND THE SCENES.

NOW, HOLD ON.

WE'RE NOT DONE YET.

REMEMBER OUR THINGAMAJIG?

DID YOU GUESS IT?

OUR HINT WAS THAT IT USED BUT SOMEBODY CUT THE BOTTOM OFF.

THAT'S BECAUSE THIS IS TALK ABOUT A CLEVER WAY CONGRATULATIONS, JOIN US NEXT WEEK FOR ALONG WITH MORE STORIES ABOUT WHO FEED OUR STATE.

I'M JOANNE CLENDINING.

THANKS FOR WATCHING.

CLOSED CAPTIONING HAS BEEN MADE EMPOWERING THOSE WITH TO STAY CONNECTED.

* Announcer: MAJOR FUNDING FOR IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY...

THE MARYLAND GRAIN PRODUCERS INVESTING IN SMARTER FARMING AND AFFORDABLE FOOD, FEED, ADDITIONAL FUNDING PROVIDED BY GOOD FOR YOU, MARBIDCO, HELPING TO SUSTAIN FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS...

THE MARYLAND AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT MID-ATLANTIC FARM CREDIT, AND RURAL AMERICA...

RURAL MARYLAND COUNCIL, A COLLECTIVE VOICE FOR THE MARYLAND SOYBEAN BOARD PROGRESS POWERED BY FARMERS... WEGMANS FOOD MARKETS, HEALTHIER, THE MARYLAND ASSOCIATION OF SOIL AND BY...

THE MARYLAND NURSERY, LANDSCAPE, THE MARYLAND SEAFOOD THE MARYLAND FARM BUREAU, THE KEITH CAMPBELL FOUNDATION AND BY... *