Chicken Farming

To help establish common ground when people approach chicken farming and environmental stewardship from different perspectives, the DLLC produced a data-rich StoryMap, “Our Changing Delmarva: Trends in Chicken and Grain Production, Water Quality, and Life on Delmarva.”

The StoryMap combines the best available science, data, and expertise to illustrate the connections between agriculture, chicken production, and water quality on Delmarva, as well as to support shared understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing our region.

DLLC worked with Green Fin Studio to develop the StoryMap, supported by funding from Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Deerfield Farms, Delaware Center for Inland Bays, Delmarva Chicken Association, Horizon Farm Credit, J.R. Frazee Strategic Consulting, Lower Shore Land Trust, Maryland Soybean Board, Mountaire Farms, Old Mill Farms, Shore Rivers, Sussex Conservation District, Sustainable Chesapeake, and The Campbell Foundation.