Each year at our Sustainable Agriculture Conference, we honor farmer, community, and business leaders who serve as examples for advancing sustainable agriculture through innovation and collaboration. We’re pleased to share this year’s award recipients. Rolling Harvest Food Rescue Sustainable Agriculture Community Leadership Award Rolling Harvest Food Rescue works to increase access to donated fresh produce and […]

By Lisa Mason Ziegler Lisa Mason Ziegler is a cut-flower farmer, author, and nationally recognized speaker on organic cut-flower farming. She founded The Gardener’s Workshop and Flower Farming School Online, and is the award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers. Lisa is one of 200+ farmers and food system professionals who will be leading sessions at […]

By Acadia Tucker Acadia is a carbon farmer and gardener, and author of Growing Good Food: A Citizen’s Guide to Backyard Carbon Farming. Acadia is one of 200+ farmers and food system professionals who will be leading sessions at our 2020 Sustainable Agriculture Conference, happening February 5–8 in Lancaster. Update: Due to unforeseen circumstances, Acadia […]

Three years ago, Joseph Moyer had recently graduated from high school and was living on the dairy farm where he grew up in Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Though his two brothers had worked on the farm, Joseph was the youngest and had never helped much with the cows. But at that point, Joseph’s brothers had both […]