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Connecticut Producer Recognized for Conservation Achievements in National
Campaign
“Robin and Lincoln Chesmer and their family have been recognized for their
conservation commitment as part of a national conservation campaign recently
launched by the USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS),” said Margo
L. Wallace, State Conservationist for NRCS in Connecticut.
The Chesmer’s, owners of Graywall Farms, are featured in the NRCS national
campaign entitled,
Conservation…Our Purpose. Our Passion. The Chesmer’s join seven other
landowners and their families –from Florida, Hawaii, North Dakota, Ohio,
Oklahoma, Oregon, and Washington State – who are being honored for stellar
conservation achievements. The campaign’s educational outreach materials include
a five-minute video, website, exhibits, and a brochure.
“This family demonstrates its commitment to conservation by voluntarily taking
actions that yield invaluable public benefits such as cleaner air, cleaner and
more abundant water, and improved wildlife habitat,” said Wallace.
The Chesmer’s, who entered the dairy business in 1989 without formal training,
have managed to build their farm into one of the state's finest dairy
operations. They credit their success to hard work, a strong conservation ethic,
creative marketing, and wise management decisions. Some of the practices
installed on their farm include a conservation cropping system, diversions,
forage harvest management, strip cropping, waste storage facilities, silage
leachate collection, manure transfer, nutrient management, solids separator, and
a runoff management system. In addition, they have permanently protected much of
their farm from development by participating in state and federal conservation
easement programs.
The Chesmer’s are just two of the thousands of conservationists who make a
difference on the nation’s landscape. To showcase the diversity of these
conservationists, NRCS has developed a web-based, searchable database that
contains additional information about the eight featured conservationists as
well as hundreds of others. These compelling stories demonstrate the landowners’
passion for conservation and their ability to use USDA programs and services
effectively to achieve their conservation goals.
The Chesmer's have an overwhelming love for the land and for farming. “I wasn’t
brought up in agriculture,” said Robin Chesmer.” “I was actually born in England
and had exposure to a dairy farm at a very young age. I loved it and ever since,
I wanted to be a farmer when I grew up. And here I am,” he said, “I grew up and
I’m a dairy farmer.”
“This land is important to me, and to my family,” said Lincoln Chesmer. “It's a
unique opportunity for my children to have this land and be able to continue
farming in the future,” he said.
NRCS employees work with many partners throughout the country to help accomplish
the agency’s mission of helping people help the land. Because of significant
contributions of partners such as soil and water conservation districts, other
federal agencies, state and local government, and volunteers, NRCS can honor
these landowners for conserving natural resources on private lands.
For more information on the campaign:
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