Reposted from Lancaster Farming - Apr 13, 2023 Philip Gruber, pgruber@lancasterfarming.com KUTZTOWN, Pa. — Gov. Josh Shapiro wants Pennsylvania to be the nation’s leader in organic farming. That would mean tripling the state’s organic sales to keep pace with much bigger California. Still, according to Ag Secretary Russell...
Written by Tom Venesky Originally published on Lancaster Farming on Aug. 31, 2021 A new program has lofty goals for increasing grass-based dairy farming in southeastern Pennsylvania, and it could come with big financial benefits for farmers. Using a $1 million grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Pasa...
Chris Sigmund, President of TeamAg accepted an award from the Chester County Conservation District for Conservationist of the Year. We are appreciative and honored to have received this award....
On January 3, 2018, PENNVEST and Chester County Conservation District settled on funding to install agricultural best management practices (BMPs) on Elam King’sfarm located in Colerain Township, Lancaster County. The BMPs funded include a circular manure storage facility, a heavy use area, a slatted under...