The Stroud Water Research Center and famous Doe Run Farm are the destinations for our next field trip coming up on March 7, 2019. Here are some details from the recent email announcement: Here’s the schedule for the day: 10am: … Continued
Prof. Lori Lynch Presented at February Meeting The presentation at our February meeting by Prof. Lori Lynch struck a distinctly international tone. Dr. Lynch covered, with fascinating photographs, her recent sabbatical in Columbia studying sustainable villages. Her data and observations … Continued
Thanks to member Bettsy Mosimann for tracking down this most interesting article on the application of high tech agriculture on small farms. Rivendale Farms outside Pittsburgh is a laboratory for applying technology to smaller farms. About 150 Jersey cows in … Continued
Thanks for member Duncan Allison for these notes each month. The largely bipartisan Farm Bill has been signed by President Trump and proves that both parties can work together – the House was 369 in favor and 47 against with … Continued
The February 7, 2019, Society meeting at the University of Pennsylvania Van Pelt Library (3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia) is coming soon! The speaker will be Dr. Lori Lynch, University of Maryland, Agriculture and Resource Economics (see more below) and her … Continued
“Dr. John Fulton, of Ohio State University, presented one of the year’s most engaging presentations at the last meeting of the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture. Dr. Fulton’s fast-paced coverage of the vast topic “Big Data and the Ag Industry” … Continued
Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture thanks society member Duncan Allison for this monthly updates and incite. My attempt at considering some challenges to farming in the future. Agriculture is universal as we all must have food. Trade between countries has … Continued
PHILADELPHIA — When the Cumberland Valley School Board began proceedings in March to take a preserved farm by eminent domain, one of the factors working against preservationists was the farm’s isolation. Over the years, suburbia had grown up around the … Continued
Thank you to Society member Duncan Allison for this wonderful article and insight. Photo Credit: “Lancaster Farming” Exciting times for agriculture – I sense an excitement within global agriculture about the prospects for bringing together so many different technologies … Continued
The Lanternfly is becoming a scourge in our region and PSPA will likely focus one of our meetings next year on this subject. This came up as a priority in a recent survey of members, conducted by our president-elect Carl … Continued
