FARMING NOTES – DECEMBER 2015 by Duncan Allison, past president (PSPA) Christmas provides a wonderful opportunity for families to be together and sit round a table and enjoy seasonal food. This usually signals our family’s roots in Germany, Italy, Sweden, … Continued
The Amazing Honey Bee Join us for an edifying and entertaining program on honey bees. Jim Bobb will reveal the life of the Italian honey bee. First, we will look at the female bees and discuss why the women in … Continued
Member Earl Ainsworth caught this article which should be of real interest concerning cloning advances being pushed in China. From the article in the Albany Daily Star Chinese company Boyalife has revealed its plans to build the world’s biggest animal cloning factory for … Continued
Member Bettsy Mosimann suggested this article from the New York Times regarding the burgeoning egg business for free-range. The market, while still small, is growing fast for pastured eggs, which means that hens live in housing that allows them to … Continued
Past president, Duncan Allison, again illuminates the ag issues – near and far. FARMING NOTES – NOVEMBER 2015 Agriculture continues to be a key driver of the US economy, providing $2 trillion in revenue annually and employing 19 million people. … Continued
Bevin Buchheister, Maryland Director of the Chesapeake Bay Commission, held sway at the Union League presenting to the Society’s December luncheon meeting, outlining the many initiatives to create energy from animal waste in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. These groundbreaking initiatives are testing the feasibility … Continued
At the Society’s December 3 meeting our guest speaker will be Bevin Buchheister, Maryland Director of the Chesapeake Bay Commission. Her topic will be “Manure to Energy.” Handling the animal waste produced within the Chesapeake Bay watershed is a major challenge. … Continued
The Historical & Library Committee was authorized by the Executive Committee to continue the project to digitize our holdings at the University of Pennsylvania. One aspect was the digitizing of the two prior histories of the Society. Those are now available and can … Continued
Our past president, Duncan Allison, continues his series of enlightening articles on a variety of current ag topics. Enjoy! FARMING NOTES – OCTOBER 2015 Science, Scale, Mechanization and New Technology – … Continued
In the past the Society has explored aquaculture as one answer to a sustainable food supply. We sponsored one of our field trips to a fish farm operation in Delaware. In this YouTube program featuring one of the Ted talks, and … Continued
