The 1st annual Philadelphia Grain and Malt Symposium, which is being held on Saturday, March 4th, 2017. The event supports our ongoing mission to establish new industry relationships with all members of the local food and beverage grain/malt value chain, … Continued
California Gov. Jerry Brown kept up his assault on climate change Monday, pushing through a law meant to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions from dairy farms and landfills. “You know, when Noah wanted to build his ark, most of the people laughed at him?” … Continued
A article of interest to all PSPA members submitted by Bettsy Mosimann from the New York Times. SAULX-LES-CHARTREUX, France — Two years ago, Elisabeth Lavarde decided to quit her office job in Paris and start a new life in Saulx-les-Chartreux, a … Continued
Trends – At the beginning of a new year I’m starting with an attempt at listing some of the more significant trends in agriculture. My trends focus mainly on crops as I am much less familiar with livestock but many … Continued
At the February 2 meeting of the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture, Akwasi A. Boateng, Ph.D., Lead Scientist, ARS, USDA, brought an enlightening talk titled On-Farm Bioenergy, Biofuels & Biochemicals Via FarmBio3 Fast Pyrolysis Mobile Technology. Dr. Boateng described his … Continued
PSPA Members are invited to the next Luncheon meeting on March 2, 2017, at the Union League of Philadelphia. March’s topic will be Mitigating and Adapting to Climate Change with Regenerative Organic Agriculture. Kristine Nichols, Ph.D., Chief Scientist, Rodale Institute, will discuss … Continued
PSPA invites all members to the February 2, 2017 meeting and welcomes Akwasi A. Boateng, Ph.D. to discuss On-Farm Bioenergy, Biofuels & Biochemicals Via FarmBio3 Fast Pyrolysis Mobile Technology. Akwasi A. Boateng, Ph.D., Lead Scientist, ARS, USDA will describe his … Continued
The Des Moines Register is reporting that “Former Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will become CEO of the U.S. Dairy Export Council, an industry group focused on driving global demand, as U.S. trade takes center stage nationally and internationally.” Read the full story here: … Continued
The Pennsylvania Society for Promotion Agriculture welcomed the presentation from guest Cory Atkins at the recent luncheon meeting on January 5th, 2017, The topic discussed was Challenges and Opportunities for a Young Farmer in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. Cory Atkins, owner of … Continued
The bee findings were not what Syngenta expected to hear. The pesticide giant had commissioned James Cresswell, an expert in flowers and bees at the University of Exeter in England, to study why many of the world’s bee colonies were … Continued
