Resources

During this farmer listening session, Alyssa Charney from Pa. Senator Bob Casey’s office and John Hollay from United Fresh Produce respond to questions and listen to concerns about the impact of COVID-19 on H-2A farm workers.

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This is an open-source checklist created by Pasa Sustainable Agriculture, in collaboration with Penn State Extension, for developing a continuity of business plan during the coronavirus pandemic. Farmers, market managers, and related businesses are permitted to use, modify, and distribute this resource as needed. We encourage farmers in Pennsylvania to review our blog post and […]

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During this webinar, we review guidelines on COVID-19 for farmers, markets, and related ag businesses. 

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Through our Soil Health Benchmark Study, we’re discovering soil health problems farmers are facing. During this webinar, we review several common soil health challenges and explore how farmers are working to fix them.

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A vegetable farmer grapples with improving soil health on her persistently wet fields.

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When you have employees on your farm, implementing best labor management practices is key to both creating a hospitable work environment and meeting your farm’s production needs.

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We explore how a row crop farm could utilize cover crops to remediate the damaging effects wet weather has had on its soil aggregate stability.

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A farmer considers how he can improve efficiency—and therefore profit—on his third-generation pastured livestock farm.

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Are you planning to lease or purchase farmland? Or are you preparing to transition your farm property to new owners?

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During this webinar, we’ll explain how you can participate in our Soil Health Benchmark Study, which will help you not only implement more sustainable soil management techniques but also maximize yields and profits.

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They say “What gets measured, gets managed.” Given that there is a lot to manage on a working farm, effective record-keeping tools are essential to the success of any farm business.

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Agritainment can diversify and add revenue to your farm business. However, whether you host U-Pick crops, fall festivals, farm dinners, weddings, or other on-site events, bringing the public onto your farm also brings risk.

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Can soil health influence the nutritional value of produce?

Farmers collaborate to troubleshoot stagnant organic matter levels.

Excessive phosphorus has negative consequences for crop yields and the environment.

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Learn about our Soil Health Benchmark Study and how you can participate.

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The economics and logic behind management decisions on a third-generation dairy farm.

Write and implement a meat-processing business plan that meets the needs of small-scale, sustainable farmers.