The state’s trout growers were quite busy in 2021, producing trout valued at $20.7 million.
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State offers $303,000 in matching funds to promote agricultural products
Pennsylvania is looking to expand sales of agricultural products in the state and beyond.
Read More »State Ag Bureau of Food Safety and Laboratory Services earns national honor
The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture Bureau of Food Safety and Laboratory Services received a national honor for its food safety programs this year.
Read More »Pennsylvania invests nearly $8.2 million to preserve 32 farms
Pennsylvania protected 32 farms in 18 counties, investing nearly $8.2 million in state, county and local dollars. The state Department of Agriculture said 2,264 acres have been protected from future development. This brings Pennsylvania’s total to 6,076 farms and 613,884 acres in 58 counties, now forever protected from commercial, industrial or residential development. Pennsylvania continues ...
Read More »Collaboration brings pickle-centric products to market in time for summer
Fishtown Pickle Project and New Tripoli’s Eight Oaks Farms Distillery have collaborated on two new pickle-centric products just in time for summer.
Read More »Bowery Farming launches operations with tour of Bethlehem facility
Bowery Farming officially opened Thursday with tours for local and state dignitaries and community members to show how vertical farming can feed close to 50 million people in a 200-mile radius of the facility at 1925 Feather Way in the Lehigh Valley Industrial Park VII.
Read More »Deadline approaches to apply for Hurricane Ida disaster loans
The U.S. Small Business Administration is reminding businesses in Pennsylvania that affected by the remnants of Hurricane Ida from Aug. 31 to Sept. 5 of last year to apply for working capital loans before the June 10 deadline.
Read More »The Rodale Institute selected to receive federal money for agricultural sustainability
The Rodale Institute, Berks County, is one of 23 projects across the state to receive a federal grant intended to grow markets and increase the quality, safety and sustainability of the state’s specialty crops.
Read More »Pennsylvania ranks second in nation for direct food sales from farms
Pennsylvania farms produced $600 million in revenue in 2020, making the state second in the nation for direct food sales, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service.
Read More »Agricultural research proposals sought by state
The state Department of Agriculture is looking for research proposals on sustaining and growing Pennsylvania’s $132.5 billion agriculture industry.
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