Did you open the link? It says yes. I'm not sure about the Amish had anything to do with this. The family looks "English", not Amish.
New Businesses Coming to Southern Maryland
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NorthBeachPerso
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I missed it. Most of the Stauffers are Amish/Mennonite down there.
I know.
TPD
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More info on the Southern Maryland Ag Center:
americanfarm.com
New site for So. Md. ag center? - American Farm Publications
HUGHESVILLE, Md. — As St. Mary’s County nears the bidding process to build a new regional agricultural center, its partner in the project is considering a backup plan in case the final price tag exceeds its $6.2 million budget. The Southern Maryland Agricultural Development Commission, which is...
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I hope they quickly can make this happen one way or another. The few times we purchased 4-H hogs, they were sent away to Delaware for processing.
NorthBeachPerso
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I dated a Stauffer girl, not from here, fifty years ago. She was a lot of fun. Obviously she was not a member of the order, or her family had fallen away.I know.
I somehow have some Pennsylvania Dutch in my tree from my paternal grandmothers side.
Our - well, Earl's - beeves get slaughtered and processed up in Warrenton, VA.
It's funny. Way back, Penn Dutch (Deutsche) didn't mean members of the order.
Really? I haven't tracked that down.
Basically to the Quakers and other English of PA, any of the German immigrants were PA 'Dutch'.
NorthBeachPerso
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Yes. The theory is that it will be a local centralized outlet for SoMD producers so they don't have to travel so far to sell their stuff. The planning for this has been going on almost as long as the planning for a TJ replacement.
Thank you for the lesson.
TPD
the poor dad
but we already have the Barns at New Market for the selling part that is still fairly new.
The main reason as I understand it for this new ag center is for the processing of animals AFTER they have been slaughtered, not an actual slaughter house. The other reason is for a commercial kitchen so people have an "approved" facility to make some jams and pickle some beets. If our health department regulations weren't so stringent, there wouldn't be a need for this commercial kitchen - the farm wives could continue baking their bread and jamming their jellies in their own kitchens like they've done for years without killing their own family members or john q public. But it is the role of government to keep themselves in business and to stay relevant by creating all these unnecessary regulations that just keep making things more expensive so they then can ask the question of why is inflation out of control and why is everything so damn expensive. This crap just pisses me off - a waste of taxpayer money!
TPD
the poor dad
NIMBY - Not in my backyard!
That's been the problem - this county doesn't want a full on slaughter house. Neighbors don't want one. I've been out of the loop awhile on this issue since it doesn't affect me, but I thought I recall an amish slaughter facility on Thompson's Corner Road and also the one mentioned above on the Dixon Farm. If I remember, the health department and/or USDA had a real problem with the amish facility(surprise!) since it has no electricity. It's the only one in the nation like this apparently so the govt officials don't know how to handle it, but they have proven they can do it by the book.
Here is a bit of the history on locally produced meat in SoMD.
Southern Maryland Meats: It’s What’s for Dinner
Farmers and producers are pulling in customers from surrounding urban areas like Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Annapolis, Maryland, and Arlington and Alexandria, Virginia. They are conscious consumers who want to know
Not sure if Mr. Knott is still doing this mobile trailer thing.
Mechanicsville meat processing wins approval
A mobile meat-processing trailer was approved Thursday night for Reeves Road in Mechanicsville. It will be the only USDA-inspected operation for processing livestock in Southern Maryland. Johnny Knott, president of
NorthBeachPerso
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That's like the rural pioneers we had here several years ago who started complaining about the watermen pulling their pots offshore, it made us look low class. That went on for a few years but stopped when the "We love this little Town but here's what has to happen to make us happy" people sold their "forever homes" here and went on to their next "forever home".
woogie
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Underground go-kart track and off track betting parlor.