Resources

Pasa’s Diversified Vegetable Apprenticeship staff discussed a variety of topics, including the benefits of education-based farm work, improving employee retention, stipends and benefits, bringing skilled and passionate apprentices to your team, and more.

Pasa’s policy team walks through a recent policy project focused on supporting and reducing barriers for urban farmers in Pennsylvania. This collaboration shows the power of community-focused policy and how lived experiences can play a vital role in developing impactful policy.

Monteverde’s Produce is a fourth-generation produce distributor who has been partnering with schools for over 50 years and has learned a great deal about best practices for connecting farms to school buyers.

Although it was challenging to start People’s Farm during the pandemic, the experience demonstrated the vital role that local food systems play in supporting the health and wellbeing of the Ligonier community during times of crisis.

Discover how sharing your farming experiences can help build a better food system, and spend time creating your own advocacy plan!

In this webinar, legal experts explain how farm owners and documented farm employees can advocate for the rights of their undocumented colleagues, neighbors, and community.

The Organics Clearinghouse provides resources for organic farmers of different backgrounds and stages in their farming journey, including resources for agricultural advisors, transitioning to organic farmers, international and national organizations, training programs, financial and marketing assistance, and much more!

In rural Northwestern Pennsylvania, three independent markets, each with a similar mission to provide their community with local food, have been working together since 2022 to aggregate and distribute locally grown and made products among their markets.

Join us for a virtual learning session and get practical tips for selling your farm’s products to schools.

Discover how sharing your farming experiences can help build a better food system, and spend time creating your own advocacy plan!

In the second of this two-part webinar series, we’ll discuss how climate change will alter the precipitation patterns in our region. 

In the first of this two-part webinar series, we’ll cover the basics of the climate system, including internal variability, external forcings, and warming feedbacks, as well as their influences on extreme weather events.

Join us in looking at best practices for entering your farm business transactions, including some time-saving tips, and share some steps to ensure your numbers are accurate. 

Learn about The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (PDA)’s new Agricultural Innovation Grant program and how to apply. Staff from PDA will provide information and answer your questions.

Tune in to learn and share feedback about House Bill 920, a current proposal in the Pennsylvania General Assembly aimed at strengthening support networks for urban producers.

Tune into this webinar to learn how to simplify your business’ books and get started with a five-minute-a-day habit!

Listen to this virtual discussion on the Farm Bill and discover ways you can influence it.

Each year at our annual Sustainable Agriculture Conference we showcase Farm Innovations—tools and techniques to help increase efficiency, reduce waste, steward the land, and make it a little easier to run your farm. Often featuring unique re-uses of existing on-farm resources, these innovations can encompass anything from DIY machinery to simple time-saving strategies. From biogas […]

Lea para aprender cómo el Servicio de Conservación de Recursos Naturales (NRCS) puede ayudar a su granja.

Learn how the National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) can help your farm.