Try growing forgotten foods
n 2011 Blackberry Meadows Farm started Heritage Seed Co., the first and only seed bank in the southwestern Pennsylvania region focusing on providing local growers with seeds for heirloom varieties of plants native to the region.
Historical marker commemorates first Pennsylvania extension agent
A state historical marker commemorating the first extension agent in Pennsylvania -- and one of the first in the United States -- was dedicated June 7 in Schellsburg, Bedford County.
White oak decline evident this year in West Virginia
CHARLESTON, W. Va. -- Extensive white oak decline and mortality has been observed in several areas of Wood County. A local forester, Jack Mathers,...
Growers, scout for potato leafhopper in alfalfa earlier this year
WOOSTER, Ohio -- The near-record warm winter Ohio experienced this year has not only caused alfalfa to an earlier first cutting than usual, it's...
Pa. Preservation Board protects nearly 2,400 acres of farmland
HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Pennsylvania Agricultural Land Preservation Board protected 2,389 additional acres on 28 farms from development through the state’s nationally recognized farmland...
Keep those mineral rights in the family
SALEM, Ohio — With 30 years experience navigating the minefields of mineral rights and real estate, Monroe County attorney Richard A. Yoss often advises...
Never say never: Selling rights might be OK for some
There are those who say selling your mineral rights can be a good thing, depending on your situation
Don’t be in a hurry to sell your mineral rights
Take a ride in eastern Ohio and it is evident the landscape is changing. In some areas, driveways for gas well sites are being constructed, well pads are being poured and drilling is commencing, all for the much-touted energy boom.
USDA reports the cost to raise a child in 2011 was $234,900
WASHINGTON -- USDA recently released the annual report, Expenditures on Children by Families, finding a middle-income family with a child born in 2011 can...
New nutrient labeling rule for meat
Consumers are seeing changes in the meat cases, but the changes are slight, said a Penn State College of Agricultural Science meat expert.
