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Group takes new look at food safety
WASHINGTON — Vice President Biden, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announce suggestions for upgrading the food safety system. Food safety. Created by President Barack Obama in March to advise the administration on how to upgrade the food safety system for the 21st century, the working group is
Farm and Dairy’s week in review: 7/25
This week’s top stories include the Trumbull County Fair sale, how to create stamps out of garden produce, common garden problems and solutions and more.
6 ideas for gardening with kids
As spring approaches, think about making your garden, or at least a portion of it, kid-friendly.
Food miles and farmers: Shortening the distance between farm and table
Food miles matter to farmers. Learn 13 ways that farmers can reduce the carbon footprint of food production.
PA Preferred: It’s relationships that count
By ANDY ANDREWS Special correspondent HARRISBURG, Pa. – This year’s Pennsylvania Farm Show is all about building “relationships.” Guests of the Pennsylvania Farm Show’s new PA Preferred Reception, hosted the night before the Farm Show’s official public opening, sampled delectable entrees from a host of locally grown and processed food items. Most importantly, visitors learned
Irrigated acreage in Pa. down from 2003
HARRISBURG, Pa. — There were 1,090 farms with 17,359 acres being irrigated in Pennsylvania with a total of 13,000 acre-feet of water on all acres irrigated during 2008 down from 1,589 farms and 19,633 acres in 2003, according to the Pennsylvania Field Office of USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Producers report irrigating corn, corn for
September’s gardening to-do list
September’s gardening tasks include planting hardy perennials, tending to fall crops, cleaning up spent plants, fertilizing and saving seed.
Bio-dome imagines future of food in space
The ecosystem provides protein and carbohydrates in the form of fish, vegetables and herbs.
Ohio Valley Giant Pumpkin Growers set new world record
The Ohio Valley Giant Pumpkin Growers set a new world record for weighing the heaviest top 10 average pumpkins grown this year at its annual weigh-off.
Leetonia man breaks world pumpkin record
David Stelts of Columbiana County, Ohio, broke the world and state records with his 1,140-pound pumpkin during the Great Pumpkin Commonwealth weigh-off.
