Millions in funds for Pennsylvania farms and food banks, including Philabundance, in jeopardy as USDA ends program
Food banks and farms in Pennsylvania are set to lose millions in funding after the Department of Agriculture ended a program.
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Pa. invests nearly $6.7M to protect farms
Pennsylvania is investing $6,699,378 to purchase development rights for 1,837 acres on 19 farms in 16 counties, protecting them from future residential or commercial development. These joint ...
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Central Pa. farmers raise concerns over China's retaliatory tariffs
AND LANCASTER COUNTY PRESIDENT OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE GRANGE, MATT ESPENSHADE, OWNS A 140 ACRE DAIRY FARM IN ELIZABETHTOWN. HE SAYS DAIRY FARMS ARE SO NARROW THAT ANY DISRUPTION CAN CAUSE A ...
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Over 600 acres of land to be preserved in Huntingdon County
A property in Huntingdon County is now under a conservation easement to help protect forests, streams and wildlife that call it home. According to the Natural Lands and ClearWater Conservancy, the 667 ...
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Central Pennsylvania awarded over $1.3M in agriculture innovation grants
PENNSYLVANIA (WTAJ ... Clearfield County Manno Farms – $36,000 for enhancing land management and invasive species control. The program was proposed as part of Governor Shapiro’s 2024-2025 ...
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Pa. Gov. Shapiro demands USDA uphold contract with farmers and food banks
Justin Fleming, Central Pennsylvania Food Bank CEO Joe Arthur and Pa ... U.S. Department of Agriculture to terminate a contract that connects food from 189 Pennsylvania farms with 14 food banks. “My ...