Farm Bureau aims to stay grounded
Annual banquet topics run gamut from chips to ticks
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Special to UnionvilleTimes.com
Joe Fecondo, the local Farm Bureau's vice president (from left); Ed Herr, president of Herr's; Thomas Matthews, a Farm Bureau board member; and Dan Miller, the bureau's board president, display a donation check for the Lighthouse in Oxford.
WEST CHESTER – When the original...
Pocopson boosts farm district
144 acres added to Twp. Agricultural Security Area, total of 1,629 acres now protected
By Kelli Siehl, Staff Writer, UnionvilleTimes.com
A map of Pocopson Township showing areas in green that represent argicultural easements and areas in light green show areas covered by the Argicultural Security Area, which townhip supervisors expanded by 144 acres this week.
POCOPSON — Farming is alive and well...
Hillendale students get hands-on lesson about agriculture
Farm Bureau trailer spends a week at school, helps grow students minds
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
Fourth grade students at Hillendale Elementary School learn about making glue from cow's milk during a lesson in the Mobile Agriculture Education Science Lab, which visited Hillendale this past week.
PENNSBURY — While Pennsylvania’s farms have been feeding people for hundreds of...