Tag: Pennsylvania farm
Dialing in: Wilcox connects with nature, local food, through mushrooms
Espo Wilcox's interest in mushrooms started with foraging. Now, he's taking it another step further with the PA Mushroom Co., in Clarion, Pennsylvania, cultivating and selling mushrooms
Western Pennsylvania century farms recognized
Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding recognized nine Pennsylvania families for their contributions to agriculture at the 106th Pennsylvania Farm Show.
Contingency resources for Pa. dairy farmers available
The Center for Dairy Excellence is working to ensure Pennsylvania dairy farms have contingency plans in place to protect their employees and businesses.
Four Pa. farms receive clean water farm award
The Pennsylvania Association of Conservation Districts Inc. honored the operators of four farms with the Clean Water Farm Award on July 18.
Low-interest loans support Pa. family farms
Seven new low-interest loans were approved to help small family farms in Adams, Bedford, Berks, Columbia, Lancaster, Northumberland and Snyder counties.
Pa. preserves 34 farms in 15 counties
Pennsylvania's Agricultural Land Preservation Board added 2,724 acres to the farmland permanently preserved for agricultural production.
In northwestern Pa., Sperry Farms processes 4 million eggs a day
This family farm is planning for the future. Last year, Sperry Farms, located in Atlantic, Pennsylvania, added on 30,000 square feet to house new egg processing equipment, which moves 53 eggs through the system per second, or 530 cases an hour.
