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Manure management workshop set

MIDDLEBURG - The Snyder County Conservation District will hold a workshop to aid farmers and livestock/equine owners/boarders in writing their own manure management plans (MMPs).This workshop will be held on Wednesday, February 3, 2016, 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the Conservation District Office, 10541 Route 522, Middleburg. Participants will leave the workshop with knowledge and information to complete a manure management plan workbook that meets current environmental regulations required by PA Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). MMPs are now required by any person who raises ...

Food safety training for volunteer quantity cooks

MIFFLIN - Penn State Extension is offering a workshop, "Cooking for Crowds: A Volunteer's Guide to Safe Food Handling." Participants in this three hour workshop will learn up-to-date methods for safely handling and preparing food for large groups. The workshop is appropriate for non-profit food providers such as churches, fire companies, granges and sports teams' food stands.February 9, Tuesday evening, 6:00 9:00 P.M. at Trinity United Methodist Church, 104 Juniata Street, Mifflin, PA 17058.The cost is $50 per organization (4 or less) each additional ...

Dairy Princesses working together

Speakers share messages with club

MEXICO - Juniata County Business and Professional Women hosted several speakers at their meetings in November and December.Two speakers were featured at the Nov. 17 meeting- Donna Jenkins, from SUN Home Health & Hospice, and Judy Fitzgerald, from Mifflin/Juniata Counties Big Brothers/Big Sisters.Jenkins provided information on the services offered by SUN Home Health.Fitzgerald spoke about the impact that Big Brothers and Big Sisters can have on a child, and the great need there is for people to become a Big Brother or Big Sister.At the Dec. 15, meeting, the speaker was Daunis ...

Winning recipes

Angel FoodCakeContestPam Foor of Everett, Bedford County, repeated her state contest-winning achievement in the 2016 INCREDIBLE! Egg Angel Food Cake Contest on Sunday at the 100th Pennsylvania Farm Show in Harrisburg.In 2011, Foor placed first with her Lemon Poppyseed recipe. Last year, she took home a blue ribbon, along with a $500 prize, for her updated Triple Lemon Angel Food Cake. She maintains her title during the 100th Pennsylvania Farm Show in the Angel Food Cake Contest with her Bee Mine Angel Food Cake. Foor represented the Bedford County Fair. The winner of each county and ...

Group needs help to feed 50,000

MILLERSTOWN - As many as 50,000 people could be fed in Juniata and Perry counties this year thanks to Greenwood High School Future Farmers of America.Krista Pontius is the agriculture teacher and FFA advisor. The Greenwood Chapter has packaged meals for hungry individuals in the past - but on an international level. Pontius said the students are excited for the opportunity to help the hungry locally with meal packing Feb. 5 at Greenwood Elementary School in Millerstown.Last year one of Pontius's students took part in the FFA Washington, D.C. Leadership Conference.The conference partners ...