BEDFORD — The Pennsylvania Beef Council (PBC) has announced that, to date, 117 school districts within the Commonwealth are participating in the PA Beef to PA Schools Program (PBPS) for the 2024-2025 school year. Now in its third year, PBPS connects schools and food service professionals ...

UNIVERSITY PARK — All communities rely on physical spaces that are vital to the well-being of their citizens, such as grocery stores, recreational facilities and pharmacies. But what happens when these places are lost, especially in rural areas where no alternatives exist? Two new studies ...

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania performers will sing the National Anthem daily and at special events during the 2025 Farm Show. Finalist nine-year-old Cadence Kline from Barnesville, Schuylkill County got the most social media fan-votes in the 2025 PA Farm Show National Anthem contest, Oh, Say Can ...

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania is investing $10,215,541 to purchase development rights for 2,842 acres on 31 farms in 13 counties, protecting them from future residential or commercial development. In 2024, Pennsylvania preserved 167 new farms and 13,847 prime acres of farmland across the state, ...

PHILADELPHIA — Theresa Ackerman begins plotting her holiday decorations a few weeks after the festivities end. Jan. 15, to be specific. She lives on the 1600 block of South 13th St. in Philadelphia, which lights up like a constellation every December to celebrate the season. A flashing ...

HARRISBURG — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will be collecting information about colony loss in the honey industry throughout the United States. The next Quarterly Colony Loss survey will be conducted during January of 2025. This survey ...