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Pennsylvania Amish Halal Butchery Caters to Muslim Clients
1+ hour, 30+ min ago (249+ words) Customers gather at Shepherd's Touch Farm in Mohnton, Pa. , where buyers can select an animal and have it custom butchered on-site or take part in the butchering process themselves. Shepherd's Touch Farm in Mohnton, Pennsylvania, bills itself as an Amish…...
Researchers Strive to Find Disease-Free Strawberries
18+ hour, 2+ min ago (256+ words) Tim Elkner discusses disease resistance, or lack of it, in the 19 strawberry varieties growing at Penn State's Southeast Agricultural Research and Extension Center on May 29, 2026. LANDISVILLE, Pa. " As disease pressure increases in fruit crops, the pursuit of resistant strawberries is…...
90-Year-Old Drummer Seeking Fair Gigs to Break World Record
19+ hour, 30+ min ago (145+ words) Ginger Miller, a 90-year-old drummer, is hoping to break the Guinness World Record for world's oldest active female drummer. Ginger Miller is rocking her way to a Guinness World Record, and she's hoping some fairs might help get her there....
Farmer Wants a Wife Recap: It's Time To Meet the Families in Episode 7
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (131+ words) Things are getting serious on the farms this week on Farmer Wants a Wife. Episode 7 aired last night on Fox and is streaming on Hulu. Members of the Lancaster Farming news team react to Episode 6 of Farmer Wants a Wife…...
Can AI Be Used to Help Ag, Conservation? [Opinion]
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (104+ words) Two events this month left my head spinning from the wide gap I saw between different perspectives on artificial intelligence. Both Pennsylvania events were led by passionate people who clearly believe in what they promote. While the battle to slow…...
Farmland for Farmers Act Aims To Protect Producers
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (118+ words) The 97-acre Conley Farm in West Hempfield Township was recently preserved with help from Lancaster Farmland Trust and partners including the township. Corporate interests have turned to farmland as their next investment opportunity. A proposed federal law would change that....
Knoebels Amusement Resort Celebrates 100 Years of Amusement
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (187+ words) ELYSBURG, Pa. " What began as a working family farm has grown into a nationally recognized, award winning amusement park celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. Nestled among acres of tree-lined farmland, Knobels Amusement Resort has never strayed from its goal of…...
Revolutionary War Caused Mennonite Rift Over Support for War Effort
4+ day, 19+ hour ago (298+ words) Christian Funk's tombstone at the Funkite Cemetery. HARLEYSVILLE, Pa. " With the hindsight of 250 years, it's easy to back the United States' fight for independence from Britain. For Mennonites in the 1770s, that question was far more complicated, and it led to…...
Pennsylvania Weighs Plans To Regulate Skill Games
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (189+ words) Sen. Gene Yaw, chair of the Center for Rural Pennsylvania, moderates the informational hearing on data centers April 17, 2026, in this screenshot from the livestream. Skill games are proliferating in rural Pennsylvania, and lawmakers are debating how they should be regulated…...
Meet NHA's New Director Sully Sullivan
5+ day, 14+ hour ago (239+ words) This week on the Hemp Show we meet Sully Sullivan. He's the new executive director at the National Hemp Association " and what a time to be taking the helm of a hemp association. A conversation with Maciej Kowalski of Kombinat…...