May 6, 2016
Penn Street Market announces the return of the Berks Farm Bucks incentive match program in 2016 to support all shoppers who use Food and Nutrition Service plans. View full press release here.
May 3, 2016
Portable Equipment Can Help Producers, including Small-Scale and Local Farmers, Get Products to Market Quickly COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 29, 2016 – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will provide a new financing option to help farmers purchase portable storage and handling equipment. Farm Service Agency (FSA) Administrator Val Dolcini and Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Administrator Elanor… Read More >
May 2, 2016
Last week, House Bill 1589 of the 2015-16 budget became law. This allows for distribution of approximately $25 million of the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (PDA) budget, which includes $1.5. million for the agriculture research, $5.3 million for the Animal Health Commission, and $5.3 million for the veterinary lab system, as well as funding the… Read More >
April 25, 2016
Johnson & Johnson has a large, 38 plot community garden and around 1800 employees at their campus in Ambler. They are interested in purchasing seedlings from a local farmer and opening up the sales to the rest of their employees. For those growers that might have extra seedlings for spring sale, or those that would… Read More >
April 21, 2016
Lancaster Farming- April 16, 2016 HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania farmers still have time to help share their individual agriculture conservation stories by completing Penn State’s Survey Research Center’s best management practices survey. The survey, which is to be completed by April 30, was designed to capture those conservation practices farmers have installed — at their… Read More >
April 19, 2016
Authored by: Charlene M. Shupp Espenshade, Special Sections Edition, Lancaster Farming Another hurdle in the 2015-16 Pennsylvania state budget was cleared on Wednesday when the Legislature passed an amended version of House Bill 1589 to amend the state’s fiscal code. For agriculture, the bill transfers about $25 million from the Race Horse Development Fund to… Read More >
April 11, 2016
PASA’s 5-Year Plan to Advance Sustainable Agriculture Education Our region faces major challenges in food and farming, including insufficient access to healthy food, soil degradation, and an ongoing loss of farmers and farmland. To bring real change, we need to train a new generation of farmers, advance innovative practices for better farmland stewardship, and effectively… Read More >
April 4, 2016
Contact: USDA Office of Communication (202) 720-4623 press@oc.usda.gov USDA Announces over $90 Million Available to Support Local Food Systems, Specialty Crop Producers WASHINGTON, April 1, 2016 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the availability of more than $90 million in competitive grants to help strengthen local and regional food systems, develop new… Read More >
March 28, 2016
The Pretzel Park Farmers Market is in its fourth year. It is an independent market, not associated with The Food Trust or Farm to City. Pretzel Park is a green space in Manayunk (4300 Silverwood St., Phila. 19127; Green Lane exit of I-76) which was created in 1929, and it also contains a playground and… Read More >
March 23, 2016
Published by Harvest Public Media– Authored by Peggy Lowe The Western Farm Show in Kansas City, Mo.., is a long way from Silicon Valley. But here in a huge arena, set in what used to be the Kansas City Stockyards, the high-tech future of agriculture is for sale. Casey Adams and Scott Jackman, co-owners of… Read More >