Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture January 5, 2023 Virtual via Zoom Urban Agriculture as practiced in any given context picks up characteristics of that city.  However, surveying in Philadelphia found that four themes drive the missions of urban agriculture programs:  … Continued

Ralph E Bartholomew, Ed. D.  PSPA extends the sympathy of its members to the family of Ralph Bartholomew – fellow member, leader, mentor, teacher, and friend – to generations of PSPA colleagues.  If you have a story to share, please … Continued

On December 1, 2022, the PSPA lecture was entitled “Data-Driven Planning in Agriculture: USDA AMS Specialty Crops Market News with Joseph D. Harrison (SCMN) Reporter”.   More than 25 members and guests attended the meeting at the Union League including students … Continued

For the tenth year, the Philadelphia Society for the Promoting Agriculture (PSPA) will award the Fred Winter Memorial Scholarships for Excellence in Horticulture to outstanding regional college students who plan to pursue careers in horticulture. In 2023, the PSPA will … Continued

Jessica Herr, a first-year student at Penn State, has been elected to the National FFA Organization’s officer team as secretary for 2022-23. Herr, who is majoring in agricultural science with a minor in leadership development in the College of Agricultural … Continued

What’s happening in agriculture in our region?  Who better to ask than Secretaries of Agriculture of Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Michael T. Scuse was reappointed by Governor John C. Carney as Delaware Secretary of Agriculture in January 2017. … Continued

Happy to be the part-time Secretary (like Administrator) of the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture, the oldest (1785) agricultural society in the country. Our monthly meeting in October took us to Longwood Gardens which is one of the premier horticultural … Continued

Please join PSPA in expressing sympathy at the passing of Francis ‘Nick’ DuPont, a long time PSPA member, passed away on July 21, 2022.  See his obituary https://www.delawareonline.com/obituaries/wnj125002 which mentions his connection to PSPA.  Condolence cards can be sent to Maria du … Continued

On September 1, 2022, Paul Brauer presented the PSPA Monthly Lecture.  He is the President & Chief Operating Officer for Brown’s Super Stores, Inc., a growing twelve-store supermarket chain trading under the ShopRite and Fresh Grocer banners and part of … Continued