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
FARMING NOTES – NOVEMBER 2016 We seem to be going through a period of major change in agriculture. There are certainly plenty of challenges at the moment from depressed commodity prices from milk to corn, soybeans, wheat and cotton. These … Continued
Mark Brault, proprietor and co-founder of Deer Creek Malthouse, brought Society members members up to date on the art and science of malting. The first malthouse in Pennsylvania since Prohibition, Deer Creek is a small, craft malt operation which depends on … Continued
