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Rappahannock News Staff Photos/Monty Tayloe THIRSTY?: Peter Acker of the Culpeper Soil and Water District demonstrates the use of Harmany Highlands’ water troughs.
about her own livestock’s contributions to the pollution in the Jordan River. Harman raises Highland beef cattle and horses outside Flint Hill , and had to limit the amount of pasture land she used because of water limitations. She wanted to keep her animals from damaging the Rappahannock countryside , but found many of the options for making her farm more environmentally friendly to be too expensive.
“I realized that there was no way I could afford it, not justified by a cattle farm,” remembered Harman. Harman got in touch with the Culpeper Soil and Water District, and they put her in touch with VABMP and CREP, and now Harmany Highlands is a model for environmentally friendly farms. While those are just two of many programs, their work provides an example of the opportunities for other Rannahannnrk cnnnhr farms
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