News / Press Releases
Press Coverage Regarding Our 2010 Educational Outreach Events
Common Sense Sustainable Forestry: Barriers and Opportunities to Renewing Forests - April 10
A Plant's Eye View of Compost & Foliar Sprays - May 6 & 7
Press Coverage Regarding the 19th Annual Farming for the Future Conference
Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
http://www.lancasterfarming.com/node/2799
http://lancasterfarming.com/node/2795
http://www.lancasterfarming.com/node/2801
Philadelphia City Paper
http://citypaper.net/articles/2010/02/11/food-first-at-last
The Daily Collegian
http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2010/02/08/pasa_conference_plans_for_futu.aspx
Energy Bulletin
http://www.energybulletin.net/node/51684
Websites
Rodale Institute
http://www.rodale.com/growing-shiitake-mushrooms
http://www.rodale.com/organic-food-statistics
http://rodaleinstitute.org/20100208/Organic_program_head_lays_out_strict_and_sensible_approach_to_strengthen_integrity_ease_producer_barriers
Homegrown Happy Valley
http://homegrownhappyvalley.org/2010/02/get-schooled-in-food-without-picking-up-a-knife/
Transition Times
Radio
WPSU
http://wpsu.org/radio/single_entry/LL-2785/stories
The Allegheny Front
http://www.alleghenyfront.org/story.html?storyid=201002162318520.634561
Blogs
Civil Eats
http://civileats.com/2010/02/19/redefining-sustainable-agriculture-at-pasa/
Path to Organic Program - Pennsylvania Helping Farmers Transition to Organic
Emerging Market Opportunities for Small-Scale Producers
Read the report that includes advice from industry insiders on how small-scale farmers can access institutional, restaurant, and retail markets, as well as an overview of the various market channels available to small-scale farmers.
Visualization of the Global Seed Industry
PASA's Fundraiser at Boyd & Blair Vodka & the PA Pure Distillery
Read the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article.
PASA's Food Safety Statement
Read PASA's position on food safety legislation.
From Farm to Fork Article - Altoona Mirror
PASA's Summer Farm Start
Press release available here.
PASA's 2009 Educational Outreach Events
Healthy Herd Management - May 11
Hands-On Biodiesel Production - July 10
Agriculture Deputy Secretary Merrigan Announces Funding for New Organics Initiative
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition's Memo on this program - read more here.
Find your local NRCS office to apply here
PA NRC Fact Sheet
Local Food Focus of Article in Pennsylvania Borough News
Farm Fresh Movement a Growing Trend - CNN Coverage
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/04/17/gsif.farm.fresh/index.html
Press Coverage of Community Supported Agriculture in Western PA
http://postgazette.com/pg/09085/958263-34.stm
Press Coverage Regarding the 18th Annual Farming for the Future Conference
Radio
WPSU - http://www.wpsu.org/radio/features.php
Newspaper
http://www.lancasterfarming.com/node/1745
http://lancasterfarming.com/node/36
http://www.pafarmnews.com/Articles/2009/090223_farmorgs.htm
http://www.lancasterfarming.com/node/1755
Blogs
http://seedsimple.com/cricket-chirps/food-sovereignty-and-you/
http://www.newsminer.com/news/2009/feb/09/natl-speaker-highlight-agricultural-conference/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kerry-trueman/the-politician-whos-ready_b_165592.html
http://realneo.us/content/stuff-interest-pasa-farming-future-conference-2009
http://livingthefrugallife.blogspot.com/2009/02/things-i-learned-at-conference.html
Press Coverage Regarding PASA & Food Alliance Partnership
PASA and Food Alliance Partnership
Archival Information
An Examination of Pennsylvania's Meat & Poultry Processing Industry
Pew Report on Industrial Farming
Milk Labeling (2007 - 2008)
Articles/Publications
New York Time Article 11.11.07
Pittsburgh Post Gazette 1.24.08
Editorial
Secretary Dennis Wolff’s Editorial 11.3.07
PASA, PCO & Rodale Institute Editorial 11.3.07
PASA, working cooperatively with our friends at Pennsylvania Certified Organic and the Rodale Institute have already issued a public response which has this has already been published in the Lancaster Farming and Farmer’s Friend newspapers. Please feel free to distribute this response to whomever you feel needs to see it.
Brian Snyder Editorial 11.20.07
