Environmental Stewardship - Cleremont Farm - 2010 Region I Award Winner

Cleremont Farm, GP, near Upperville, Va., is a 2010 regional Environmental Stewardship Award winner representing Region I of the National Cattlemen's Beef Association. Cleremont, a commercial Angus operation, honors the stewardship ethics of the late George Horkan Jr. and family friend, the late Lorna Talbot. Recognized as a model example of a sustainable beef cattle operation, Cleremont is dotted with 4.5 miles of protected streams, 33 mixed grass pastures, 130 acres of riparian buffers for wildlife habitat and 1,000 acres of hardwood forest -- 400 acres of which comprises the largest flatland timber stand in the county. Currently, Cleremont's beef operation has no mandated local, state or federal environmental regulatory requirements but voluntarily follows conservation "best practices," especially in terms of water resources.

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• Warming
• Conservation
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• agriculture
• beef
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