Rooftop Farming – New Wave!
Member Bettsy Mosimann ran across this article in the New York Times and heartily suggested it for our members. NYT Article on Rooftop Farming
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June Farming Notes
FARMING NOTES – JUNE 2015 The case for intensive agriculture – A recent article by Ted Nordhaus, based on a June 3rd speech at the Institute for Food and Agricultural Literacy Symposium, made the case for decoupling the intensification of … Continued
Member Carl Brown’s Model Feed Mill
Do livestock receive more nutritious food than we do? A recent visit to a regional feed mill gave me the impression this might be the case! During recent years science has been contributing to livestock nutrition as it has to … Continued
Food Waste Action – France
Interesting developments in France to limit food waste. Echoes of PSPA’s first lecture in our current series. Check out the article: France Cuts Food Waste
Investing In Public Ag Research
This recent downloadable article from C.A.S.T. should be of vital interest to all Society members. Investing in a Better Future through Public Agricultural Research
Farming Notes for May 2015
Farmers Markets – Our region has a wide range of farmers markets and direct sales outlets such as farm stores and stands. Nationally farmers markets have grown from only 1,755 in 1994 to 8,268 in 2014 up from 3,706 ten … Continued
Ralph Bartholomew Retires After Thirty-three Years as Secretary
At the Society’s recent meeting on May 7 at Longwood Gardens, Ralph Bartholomew, longtime secretary of the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture, was honored on his retirement after 33 years of outstanding service. The master of ceremonies, Daryl Biery, shared … Continued
President Allison Urges Attendance in June
Rasmussen To Bring Concluding Program Our whole program this year has been focused on understanding what sustainability means when used in relation to agriculture. We have been fortunate in having many distinguished speakers who have been able to describe sustainability … Continued
Hicks Squares Off Against Wall St. Journal
Dr. Kevin Hicks, Society vice-president, recently undertook to correct information appearing in a Wall Street Journal opinion piece regarding biofuels and fossil fuels. While WSJ published only a small portion of Dr. Hicks’ reply, you can read the entire … Continued
Urbanchuk Review of Ethanol in 2014
Society vice-president, John Urbanchuk, recently published his review of the ethanol arena for 2014. This makes for interesting reading and you can access the full text right here >> 2014 Ethanol Economic Impact