When PSPA went to the Lincoln Financial Field early this Spring, we were all amazed by the machines that to the striping for sports events. Our field trip to the Philadelphia Cricket Club on June 4, 2026 allowed us to … Continued
Continuing the theme of America 250, PSPA members traveled to Harriton House in Bryn Mawr on May 7, 2026 to visit the home of Charles Thomson, one of founders of the PSPA. Thomson also know as the “Sam Adams of … Continued
At the April 9, 2026 meeting of the PSPA at the Union League in Philadelphia, the program took some time to reviews the nexus between early Republic times and the founding of PSPA with presentations on the Hessian fly infestation; … Continued
President Mike Fidanza introduced Marian Hollenbeck, one of the Winners of Fred Winter Memorial Scholarship for Excellence in Horticulture, and her parents to Barbara Winter and son Robert at the April 9, 2026 meeting of PSPA at the Union League … Continued
In late March, several of those in leadership at the PSPA took a trip to the National Agriculture Library in Beltsville, MD. It is one of the largest libraries of its kind in the world with not only print material … Continued
On Thursday, March 5, 2026, I had the opportunity to accompany colleagues from the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture to visit the “low-mowed pasture” aka the football field at the Lincoln Financial Field in Philly. The head groundskeeper explained to … Continued
The Shapiro Administration urges poultry producers and companies serving them to remain on high alert and reinforce on-farm biosecurity measures PUBLISHED ON February 19, 2026 by Office of the Governor, Harrisburg, PA Governor Josh Shapiro recently announced that his Administration … Continued
Thank gene editing SaveShare March 4, 2026 “YOU DON’T notice the seeds in a blackberry until you’ve tried a seedless one,” says Tom Adams, the boss of Pairwise, a biotech company in North Carolina that is working on the first iteration … Continued
At the Pennsylvania Farm Show on January 15, 2026, the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture recognized the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture, particularly the Urban Agriculture Committee chaired by Dr. Tiffany Turrentine and Jessica McAtamney, for its collaboration with the Department … Continued
Marian Hollenbeck is a recipient of the Fred Winter 2026 Memorial Award for Excellence in Horticulture given by the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture. Hollenbeck is a senior at Rutgers University School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, New Brunswick, NJ … Continued
