Society members and guests will tour the Agricultural Research Service’s Eastern Research Center, Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania. This pioneering research lab was built in 1940, partly in response to an initiative from our former PSPA officers, including former Farm Journal Editor Wheeler … Continued
The next meeting of the Society will take place on May 2, 2013 in the Lincoln Memorial Room of the Union League at 12:00 Noon. Our Guest speaker will be Karyn Malinowski, a Society member and director of the Rutgers … Continued
The United Nations says the decline in honey bee populations, first seen in the U.S. and Europe is now being seen in China, Japan and Africa. Leading bee experts working on behalf of the U.N. warn that numerous factors may … Continued
Promoting Agriculture in a Changing World: 225 Years of the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture, 1785 to 2010, is a superbly researched and written new volume that documents the role the Society has played in American agriculture. Author Elizabeth A. … Continued
The University of Pennsylvania is hosting one of the most important conferences of the coming year on one of the most important subjects facing mankind — how to feed the cities as they grow beyond the wildest dreams of many … Continued
In April, L. Stockton Illoway was elected president of the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture. Stock is a lifelong resident of Chester County and is married to Eleanor Morris Illoway, also a lifelong resident of Chester County. Stock graduated from … Continued
At it’s a April 2011 meeting, the Society elected John Frazier Hunt as its new president. Hunt was raised on a farm near Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. After the family farm was sold he worked at a nearby fruit and … Continued
Bill was raised in Philadelphia where his grandfather operated a greenhouse and plant nursery business. His appreciation for plants and their positive impact in an urban environment was established at an early age. His interest in horticulture and agriculture continued … Continued
Dr. Mark Haskins is a professor of pathobiology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He and his colleagues conduct research on metabolic diseases caused by deficient enzyme activity. Such diseases have similar manifestations in animals and in children. … Continued
In June, Marilyn Horner of Salem, New Jersey was elected President of the Society. Marilyn had her formative years on the plains of western Nebraska. Her farm experience revolved around wheat, corn and cattle production as well as the raising … Continued
