We're just a bunch of ordinary folks (mostly professional farriers) who live on a spit of land that extends south between the Chesapeake and Delaware bays.  This little spit of land is called the DelMarVa Peninsula.  It is made up of the Eastern Shore of Virginia, the Eastern shore of Maryland, and Delaware.  For years we had talked about getting together and forming an organization so that we could hang out and learn about farriery without having to travel to the big cities where all the national farrier education events take place.  We figured that if enough of us got together we could afford to bring some of the top educators in our field to our neighborhood.  In 2004 we finally got enough of us together in one place to create a real organization.  Requires Acrobat Reader™ Get it here for free!:

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Our founders decided that the DFA would be an independent organization - we are not affiliated with any national farrier group or any other organization.  We also decided to focus our educational events on a hands-on format.  This gives everybody a chance to learn by doing instead of just watching somebody or falling asleep during a lecture. 

Evidently our idea was a good one.  In our first 4 years we have grown to over 100 members.  Folks come to our clinics from all over the east coast Mid-Atlantic region and beyond.  What started out as a grass roots organization has turned into one of the largest regional farrier associations in the world.  We hosted over TWENTY farrier education events in our first 5 years . . .  AND, we're just getting started!!!