Rescuing food for Aliquippa
Brenda Jean Dudek struggles to make ends meet as a home health care specialist. Every day, she stops at the House of Prayer (HOP) Lutheran Church in Aliquippa to pick up pantry staples. The church is part of a bigger food distribution network called 412 Food Rescue, which is based in Pittsburgh.
Pumpkin season: Picking, cooking and preserving fall’s favorite fruit
October is peak pumpkin season. Aside from fall decorations, pumpkins can be used for cooking and offer nutritional value.
Christmas Baking Photo Contest
Take a photo of your child helping you bake Christmas goodies and send it to us for a chance to win a $50 Amazon gift card! Photos will be accepted until Monday, Dec. 21 at 9 a.m.
Here’s What’s Cooking in Brenda Baker’s Kitchen
Congratulations to our Week One Reader's Kitchen Winner, Brenda Baker! Learn a little about our winner and get her featured recipes!
Fall facts: 12 things you may not know about autumn
As fall foliage creates a colorful display and children frolic in leaf piles on the lawn, you may want to learn a few lesser-known facts about autumn.
Ellsworth Acres helps women recovering from addiction, through agriculture
Ellsworth Acres has three acres of earth that are rich and fertile. The air is fresh and clean. It's a place where you can heal and grow, and tell your addiction story. Erin Helms started Ellsworth Acres when she noticed that addiction recovery services did not address the person as a whole.
FFA project turned business: It’s for the squirrels
Matthew Ruff from Circleville, Ohio, develops corn business that's for the squirrels. It began as an FFA supervised agricultural experience and has grown into a robust online business.
Continued growth in meat supply hurts livestock prices
COLUMBIA, Mo. – As a livestock economist, Scott Brown hears the same question every day: “How low can prices go?”
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How to carve and decorate pumpkins for Halloween
Carving a Jack-o’-lantern is no longer the most popular way to decorate a pumpkin for Halloween.
Stark Co. farmer Ben Klick embraces technology, new challenges
Klick has farming in his blood. He is part of a farm family that’s in its fifth generation. According to Klick, farming is a business, and everyone should be open to the entrepreneurial side. In the meantime, he is giving voice to a new generation.
