UNIVERSITY PARK — Greenhouse growers, nursery operators and garden center managers and employees interested in learning about the latest research-based information and management practices for their businesses can attend an upcoming Penn State Extension workshop. The “Central Pennsylvania ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) is proposing changes to strengthen the stocking requirements for retailers participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). These changes would protect the program, participants, and ...

HUNTINGDON — Members of the Big Valley FFA chapter traveled to the Huntingdon County Fairgrounds on Sept. 25 to compete in the Fall Career Development Event. This year, the Fall CDEs consisted of seven different events that the members of Mifflin County — along with the Juniata and East ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is delivering on its commitment to support child health and American agriculture by opening applications for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grants. Through this grant opportunity, USDA will invest up to $18 million in ...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins has announced that Dr. Benjamin S. Carson, Sr., M.D., was sworn in as the National Advisor for Nutrition, Health, and Housing at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. “There is no one more qualified than Dr. Carson to advise on ...

What did the teenage cheese yell at its parents? Leave me provolone! What do you say to someone who is trying to steal your cheese? This is nacho cheese. If that didn’t get you laughing, I have plenty more to share, but did you know that October is national cheese month? This is dairy ...