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FireFly Farms Medals at World Cheese Awards 2008

FireFly Farms Medals at World Cheese Awards 2008

As Life Spins On, the Midway Beckons

IN 1932, when the Great Depression was getting its second wind, a New York-based wire editor for the Associated Press published a novel about the agricultural shows he remembered from his childhood in a middle-of-nowhere Iowa town that doesn't even exist anymore.

Thurs. Egg Recall Roundup: Eggs Being Laid at Recall Farms Won’t Be Tossed

Fresh eggs being laid at producers involved in the recall will be pasteurized and processed into liquid products and food.

Crackdown on Iowa eggs helps local farmers

At a recent farmers market, David Smith sold 10 dozen of his eggs — to one customer. Smith, owner of Springfield Farm in Sparks, sells at farmers markets in Annapolis and Bethesda on weekends. He typically sells "one or two dozen" eggs at the markets.