Resources

Pennsylvania farmers in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed—The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (PDA)’s Sustainable Ag Grant program, now in its second year, is currently accepting applications through August 28, 2026! Learn more about the grant process in this webinar.

Did you know you can manage your USDA-related activities in an authenticated site? Join us for an introduction to login.gov and learn how farmers.gov can help your small-scale and diversified farm! 

Many Farm Service Agency (FSA) programs require a farmer or gardener to file a crop report with the USDA, demonstrating what is grown on your land and its intended uses. In this webinar, get acquainted with a USDA acreage report and learn all about recordkeeping with the USDA!

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.

Learn the basics of riparian buffer installation and restoration, along with ways to engage your community members on the topic of effective riparian buffers and the importance of protecting local waterways.

In the second part of this advocacy series, we discussed tips and tricks for hosting impactful on-farm events. Destiny Zeiders of the PA House Agriculture Committee and Ty Holmberg of Sankofa Community Farm shared from their many experiences hosting and attending events.

Pennsylvania farmers—explore how the Agricultural Innovation Grant can help you expand your growing operation! In this webinar, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (PDA) staff Mike Roth provides more information about the program, including what projects are eligible and how to apply. 

In this webinar, you’ll hear from representatives from NRCS, FSA, and Pasa Sustainable Agriculture about local and federal resources and funding for your small-scale urban farm infrastructure, including high tunnels, raised beds, and composting facilities. 

Farming at Hilltop Urban Farm comes with intense wind pressures. To design an effective windbreak system, Pasa connected the farm with Paul Hanes Patterson, who designed a multi-layered windbreak system that works with the site’s topography and constraints.

Over the past 10 years, Swallowtail Forest Farm has transformed into a thriving, diversified orchard, with chestnut trees as an economic engine positioned to significantly shift the financials of this marginal ground. They have also become a training ground for the next generation of tree crop farmers in Pennsylvania and a model for what’s possible.

Pittsburgher Highland Farm in western Pennsylvania is implementing a silvopasture and riparian buffer project with mentorship through Pasa Sustainable Agriculture’s Agroforestry Training Program. The farm will plant hundreds of trees and shrubs to shade livestock, improve pasture health, stabilize streambanks, and protect water quality while creating a demonstration site for agroforestry practices.

Learn how you can build a realistic roadmap to transition away from retail sales into wholesale, especially from farm-to-school and other institutional markets. Take away next steps and useful tools, as well as gain a better sense of whether wholesale markets are a good fit for you and your farm business. 

In the first part of this advocacy series, Samantha Gibb of The Food Trust and the PA Farm-to-School Network will discuss the development of the Keystone Fresh Act, an initiative to increase school capacity to source from local farms. Learn practical ways to plug into the farm-to-school movement and deepen your work as an advocate.

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.

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.