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How to Join
Dues are $10.00 per family, per calendar year. Membership includes listing your farm, your website, your products and photos on this website; the sharing of knowledge, resources, experience, and support between members; helping each other when problems come up; being involved in the many FCSB activities; and our Links to other websites. Membership is open to everyone. Currently have members from 5 counties, plus a few from out-of-state.
To join: call Dawn Richardson, or send an e-mail. Dawn will send you a Membership form.
Please send to:
Frederick County Sheep Breeders Association
Dawn Richardson, Treasurer
Grindstone Ridge Farm
2710A Monument Road
Myersville, MD 21773
phone: 301-908-5985
e-mail: grindstoneridgefarm@yahoo.com
Membership Directory is published every two years, and is an additional $10.00 per listing. The current Directory is the 2012-2013 Members Directory. At least 2,000 copies were printed. The 2012-2013 Directory will be available beginning in January, 2012.
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Membership Benefits
- networking and resource of fellow shepherds in the area.
- each member's farm is listed on the website - with a photo section for each farm.
- listing of members products, services, and farm fresh, custom processed lamb.
- many farms also offer: eggs, chickens, ducks, turkeys, goats, rabbits, beef, CSA vegetables, etc.
- source of members various wool products: raw fleece, all types of roving, dyed and natural handspun yarn.
- members have specialty products: custom handknits, wool blankets.
- provides 4-H'ers with sources of farms for their 4-H project lambs.
- provides sources of ram breeding stock and ram leasing.
- provides sources of ewe breeding stock - both open and bred ewes.
- some members provide ewe breeding services.
- link to many other resources and publications - the "Links" page is extensive.
- members are a resource to each other - help each other with problems, share knowledge and experience, and learn from each other.
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