In what is considered a surprise move, Pennsylvania is rolling out the welcome wagon for industrial hemp production, writes Anthony Salamone for the Allentown Morning Call. Hemp has a number... Read more
Today, Governor Tom Wolf kicked off the 103rd Pennsylvania Farm Show, celebrating our state’s agriculture industry through the 2019 theme, “Inspiring Pennsylvania’s Story.” The theme, which... Read more
You’d think the nation’s biggest privately held company might have an identity crisis, but the Minnesota firm behind much of what you eat is very comfortable in its own skin, so... Read more
High school students from four southeastern Pennsylvania counties will put their computer science skills on display November 9 as they compete in the Spotted Lanternfly Hackathon, a STEM-rel... Read more
The spotted lanternfly, a species native to Asia, was first discovered in Berks County in 2014. In that first year, scientific models predicted that the lanternfly wouldn’t survive the state... Read more
One delicious Red apple – the top of the crop, the go-to apple. Well, no more. The most popular variety of apple is no longer the Red Delicious. It’s now the Gala apple. U.S. gro... Read more
A new variety of tick was confirmed on a wild deer in Centre County recently, and the Department of Agriculture is encouraging people to take precautions to protect themselves, as well as li... Read more
While it isn’t a happy occurrence when someone ‘gets your goat,’ there are a lot of municipalities quite pleased with the goats that are manicuring portions of their proper... Read more
Montgomery County has added another farm to its growing list of farms permanently preserved under the Montgomery County Farmland Preservation Program. The first farm to be preserved from the... Read more
Today is National Strawberry Day. The most likely origin for the heart shaped fruit’s name is that it came about from the leaves that the plant would drop off that would become “strewn” abou... Read more