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Penn State Cooperative Extension Economic and Community Development group took a new approach with their informational booth at Ag Progress Days this year. The new focus was to provide visual, and hands-on learning to the many children who attend the event. |
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Adams County is one of the fastest growing counties in Pennsylvania in reference to people moving in and the development needed to support them. Land use is becoming an issue because there is a steady loss of farmland to development and open space is... |
For those who have recently acquired land or are fairly inexperienced with the agriculture business, Indiana County’s March Income Opportunities in Agriculture provided participants with viable information regarding the potential of farming property. |
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As a result of Penn State Cooperative Extension’s Future of Agriculture Program, the York County Farm & Natural Lands Trust endowed the York County Community Foundation with the largest grant ever given. |
In September of 2006 the Future of Cumberland County Agriculture (FOCCA), a program of Penn State Cooperative Extension, offered a chance for all residents to get first hand experience with farm life... |
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In the fall of 2005 Penn State Extension Educators Peter Wulfhorst and Dave Messersmith discussed the evolving and expanding horse industry in Pike and Wayne counties. There was a strong need to educate horse owners about a variety of topics and provide a |
Penn State Extension Educator Jim Ladlee led five Ferguson Township elected municipal officials and five department heads/professional staff through the core components of a strategic plan. |
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On Thursday, March 30, 2006, 63 municipal officials, farmers and agency staff from Cumberland County participated in a workshop titled, "Effective AG Zoning, Food for Thought."
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One and a half years ago, county educator Don Tanner attended a conference in New York state about food and kitchen incubator projects that got him very energized. He brought that energy back to Pennsylvania and started to talk to people in the community about what he had learned. |
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In early 2006, Cambria County Commissioner Milan Gjurich asked Penn State Extension Educator Allan Bassler to work with county Grants Administrator Barb Leap to bring together the county’s older and younger residents.
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The Income Opportunities for Rural Areas program based in the Capital Region of Pennsylvania helps producers to explore potential agriculturally-based, non-traditional crops and enterprise opportunities.
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Two years ago, the Warren County agricultural community found itself in need of help. Farming businesses as well as the county’s economic base was in a decline. The agricultural community and consumers were in need of a healing process regarding an issue with use of local farmland. |
Mercer County Prothonotory Liz Fair speaks at the Courthouse Row Officers' Panel during the Township Officials School.
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