What is a waterpenny?

Waterpennies are beetle larva that can only live in clean water. Their presence in a stream, along with a diversity of other macroinvertebrates, indicates that the water is healthy. Our farm is named for the waterpennies we find in the North Fork of the Thornton River, which borders our farm. We intend to run our farm in a sustainable way that allows the waterpennies, and our local ecosystem, to thrive.

       This is a
                       waterpenny

For more information on stream monitoring using macroinvertebrate sampling in Virginia, go to the VIrginia Save our Streams website: http://www.vasos.org/pages/methods.html

 

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Hi, We're Rachel Bynum and Eric Plaksin, and we run Waterpenny Farm. Enjoy learning about our farm.

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Waterpenny Farm
Rachel Bynum & Eric Plaksin
53 Waterpenny Lane
Sperryville, VA 22740
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Phone: 540-987-8567

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