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CEDAR MEADOW

FARMS

The Groff family is a fourth-generati on farm family who look at farming their

300+ acres in a very unique way. Partly because they farm a hilly part of Southern

Lancaster County and partly to keep the soil out of the Chesapeake Bay, they

are a strict no ti ll farm. They are committ ed to looking at farming diff erently,

including the use of cover crops and helping other farms apply these techniques

to grow vegetables with higher nutriti onal density. Uti lizing cover crops can

ferti lize soil, suppress weeds, and impede pests–all things that might otherwise

require chemicals like ferti lizer, herbicides, and pesti cides.

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