November 18, 2016
Hungry Harvest is a weekly to-your-door produce delivery service located in Baltimore, MD currently serving over 5,000 customers in the MD, VA, & Philadelphia area. We work with growers to provide paying outlets for either their (a) surplus or overproduced product that may not have a direct outlet or (b) aesthetically imperfect produce that does… Read More >
November 11, 2016
Check out the article from VISTA.Today featuring Spring Brook Farm in Pocopson.
October 30, 2016
Check out the VISTA.Today article for full details.
October 26, 2016
Northeast SARE is offering two separate opportunities for supporting innovative sustainable ag ideas on farms and in communities. Application deadlines for 2017 awards are this fall. Farmer grants are available to help producers try new farming strategies, find solutions to problems, offer on-farm demonstrations, or test innovative approaches to marketing. Farmers cooperate with a technical… Read More >
October 17, 2016
Registration is now open for the next AgBiz Masters class that will be held November 2016 through March 2017. The registration deadline is October 31. Register online today!
The Center for Dairy Excellence Foundation of Pennsylvania, along with Professional Dairy Managers of Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania Dairymen’s Association, invites students and farms to participate in the On-Farm Internship Program. The internship program provides the opportunity for students to gain hands-on experience with a host farm that is committed to mentoring and teaching the next… Read More >
October 11, 2016
Are you a livestock or poultry farmer who wants to improve animal welfare on your operation? You may be eligible to receive a Fund-a-Farmer grant from FACT! FACT will award grants of up to $2,500 for two types of projects: Animal Welfare Certification Projects and Pasture Improvement Projects. Check out the grant guidelines for the full details and apply online!… Read More >
September 26, 2016
Jodi Gauker does, in fact, wear many hats. In addition to her duties as program manager for CCEDC’s AgConnect Program, she also helps run her family business – Gauker Farms, and is mom to Callie, a vivacious almost 2 year-old. Recently she was interviewed for the “2 Weird Hungry Girls” podcast.
August 23, 2016
“Leftovers for Livestock: A Legal Guide for Using Food Scraps as Animal Feed“, published by University of Arkansas and Harvard’s Food Law & Policy Clinic, is a legal guide to using food scraps as animal feed. It covers all applicable state and federal laws regarding using different kinds of food waste, such as brewers grains,… Read More >
August 22, 2016
Sunday, August 21, 2016 By Jeff Werner: advance@buckslocalnews.com WRIGHTSTOWN TOWNSHIP >> State Agriculture Secretary Russell C. Redding dropped in on the Middletown Grange Fair on Friday to personally deliver a proclamation to a special friend of the fair. After watching Bucks County 4H members show off their prized Holstein cows, Redding stepped into the fair’s… Read More >