Tag: Pennsylvania

Johnstown, Pennsylvania's Rusty Cat Cafe is more than a cozy spot for coffee—it's helping solve a local animal control crisis. Partnering with the Johnstown Animal Welfare Society, the cafe serves as a foster hub to find loving homes for stray cats and revitalize the downtown community.

Trish Leigey's water ran brown with bovine DNA, leading to a legal battle against Nicholas Meat, a Pennsylvania slaughterhouse that spreads millions of gallons of animal waste on local fields each year. While a jury held the company liable, lenient regulations mean the fight for clean water is far from over.

Key takeaways from Penn State’s 2025 farm safety report reveal shifting age demographics, high impacts on the Anabaptist community and the link between disappearing rural newspapers and public health data tracking. Read the most critical insights from the study here.

Severe spring freezes have devastated Ohio and Pennsylvania orchards, causing record-breaking crop losses. After early blooms were destroyed by dropping temperatures, local farmers are facing drastic shortages of apples, peaches and plums.

With the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act signed and USDA rules finalized, the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau is urging schools to bring whole milk back for the 2026-27 school year. Local dairy leaders highlight the nutritional benefits and high student demand for these options at a recent Cambria County press conference.

A new partnership is breathing life back into former coal mines in Appalachia. Non-profit Bosland Growth, with support from Suntory Global Spirits, is reclaiming strip-mined land in West Virginia and Pennsylvania by planting thousands of native trees. The project focuses on the white oak—a species critical for wildlife and the bourbon industry—which is currently struggling to regenerate.

State and local officials celebrate the opening of the Keystone Animal Diagnostics Center in at Penn State Beaver's campus. Funded by a $6 million state investment, the new lab will slash testing wait times for Western Pennsylvania farmers and bolster the state's defenses against animal disease.

The project would span more than 100 miles and is intended to strengthen the electric grid and support growing energy demand from data centers. But those opposed say it could affect farmland, property rights and future land use across rural communities.

From the cockpit of a Black Hawk helicopter to the rolling pastures of Utica, PA, veteran Tom Greenlee and his wife Lisa are on a mission to preserve one of the world’s rarest horse breeds. With fewer than 3,000 Shire horses left in North America,Tom and Lisa Greelee, of Greenlee Farms, are dedicated to breeding, educating and promoting these "gentle giants."

Pennsylvania House Bill 1834 would establish data center regulations to protect ratepayers from rising electric costs and incentives clean energy projects.