PA’s Pumpkin Farmers Dealing With Lower than Normal Crop Yields
Heavy summer rains kept away important pollinators and spread fungal disease.
Food and Agriculture
Will New Pork Rules Put the Meat on Your Plate and Workers at Risk?
New rules for pork production put some of the oversight into the hands of industry and allow for processing speeds as fast as industry wants - from 16 hogs/minute to even 1,100 hogs/min.
‘It’s Just Baffling’: Apple Growers Face an Unknown Threat That’s Killing Trees
Rapid Apple Decline could be caused by a combination of factors like weather, herbicides or newer farming methods.
‘This is no longer about the science. This is somebody’s ideology.’
A top climate scientist resigned from the USDA. Lewis Ziska says the agency buried his research for political reasons.
There’s This Really Good Hot Dog Stand. In the Middle of a River.
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The Famous River Hot Dog Man has been serving tubers coming down the Delaware River for more than 30 years.
Chesapeake Bay Watchdog Criticizes Pa Over Pollution Reduction Progress
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation says the state's goals are "woefully short of what it will take to save the Bay."
Is The Bumper Crop of Pa. Farmers Markets Putting the Squeeze on Profits?
Are the more than 300 farmers markets bad for business or vital to local farms?
Native Fungi Found to be Deadly to Invasive Pest in Pa
A particular strain of the fungus may be killing spotted lanternflies. Researchers say there is a chance it could stabilize the population of the pest in the future
Would This Bleeding Veggie Burger Get You to Skip the Meat?
Scientists have been working in the lab to create the Impossible Burger that bleeds like beef without the environmental downsides.
Pa. Looking for New Ways to Fight Spotted Lanternfly
Despite efforts to contain it, the insect has spread to neighboring states. The Secretary of Ag says it's invasive "economically, socially, and environmentally."
