All Eyes on Conservation: Can You Defend Your Operational Choices?
Global Farmer Network member Jennie Schmidt farms in the Chesapeake Bay watershed in Maryland. With no-till, cover crops and precision fertilizer placement as d...
Jennie Schmidt
Where food grows, bugs go
Jennie Schmidt, Maryland, a member of the Global Farmer Network, shares how she produces wine grapes, tomatoes, green beans and tofu and the technology she uses...
Supporting Science and Innovation are the Best Defense
The reports of the death of dicamba are greatly exaggerated-but farmers and consumers ought to worry about the death of innovation.
Last month a three-judge pan...
USA Farm Tour-Tomatoes
Jennie Schmidt is a Maryland farmer. In this video she is cultivating tomatoes which are grown for the canning industry.
...
Specialty Crop Interests Rise Amid Trade Tensions
Specialty crops that end up on your grocery store shelf are part of the diversification that has helped Schmidt farms stay relevant in the face of changing weat...
Setting the Record Straight about Food Protection Products
Do you lock your door at night? Wear a coat when its cold outside? Put a case on your cell phone?
If you do any of these things, its because you believe in...
The Great Guacamole Crisis of the 2019 Super Bowl That Wasnt
Imagine a future with less guacamole.
It might be here sooner than you thinkespecially if the United States further damages its trading relationship with Me...
The Power of a Farmer's Story
Christmas is a season for stories. We tell tales about the Nativity and the three kings. We also laugh about the time when Uncle Klaus wore the awful sweater to...
This Farmer Dietitian Does Not Trust the Wizardry of Dr. Oz
Its time to pull back the curtain on Dr. Oz and expose him for the fearmonger that he is.
The daily television show of the man whose full name is Mehmet Oz ...
GMO Beyond The Science III: Collaborative GLP and GFN Project
The Global Farmer Network (GFN) has collaborated with the Genetic Literacy Project (GLP) on GMO Beyond The Science III that follows the earlier I and II multi-p...
Jennie Schmidt
Farmer, Maryland, USA
Jennie is a third generation farmer. The family farm grows grains, vegetables and wine grapes on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. The farm's mission is to practice "synergistic farming" using the best of all farming methods to create healthy soils and sustain healthy food production.