Workgroup: Agriculture
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USDA Farm Service Agency Co-Hosts Spring Skill Share Event with Sankofa Community Farm at Bartram’s Garden in Philadelphia
Link: https://www.fsa.usda.gov/state-offices/Pennsylvania/news-releases/2023/usda-farm-service-agency-co-hosts-spring-skill-share-event-with-sankofa-community-farm-at-bartrams-garden-in-philadelphia?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery Workgroup: Agriculture
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USDA’s CLEAR30 Offers Producers with Expiring Voluntary Conservation Contracts Longer Term Options
Link: https://www.fsa.usda.gov/state-offices/Pennsylvania/news-releases/2023/usdas-clear30-offers-producers-with-expiring-voluntary-conservation-contracts-longer-term-options?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery Workgroup: Agriculture
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Twin Valley elementary students release rainbow trout into Hay Creek
Link: https://www.readingeagle.com/2023/04/24/twin-valley-elementary-students-release-rainbow-trout-into-hay-creek/?utm_email=849A24E8F4A53422A4A5344CA3&g2i_eui=fraL7OADfGlK3FrvmAUZvA%3d%3d&g2i_source=newsletter&lctg=849A24E8F4A53422A4A5344CA3&active=no&utm_sou Workgroup: Agriculture, Engagement & Stewardship, Recreation
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Unlock the Potential of PA Ag with Pioneering Research: Gov. Shapiro’s $2.187M Proposal
Link: https://www.mychesco.com/a/news/pennsylvania/unlock-the-potential-of-pa-ag-with-pioneering-research-gov-shapiros-2-187m-proposal/ Workgroup: Agriculture
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Governor Shapiro Discusses Budget Investments in Pennsylvania Agriculture & Organics at Flinchbaugh’s Orchard and Farm Market in York County
Link: https://www.governor.pa.gov/newsroom/governor-shapiro-discusses-budget-investments-in-pennsylvania-agriculture-organics-at-flinchbaughs-orchard-and-farm-market-in-york-county/ Workgroup: Agriculture
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Shapiro Administration Invests $5 Million To Protect 22 Farms, 2,038 Acres In 13 Counties From Future Development
Link: https://www.media.pa.gov/Pages/Agriculture_details.aspx?newsid=1311 Workgroup: Agriculture
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PA to get $6 million in grants for climate change planning from the Environmental Protection Agency
Link: https://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2023/04/14/pennsylvania-climate-change-planning/ Workgroup: Abandoned Mine Drainage, Agriculture, Engagement & Stewardship, Pathogens and Point Source, Stormwater, Watershed Land Protection
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EPA awards $1.8 million to the Delaware Estuary Program, including support for mussel hatchery at Philadelphia’s Bartram’s Gardens
Link: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-awards-18-million-delaware-estuary-program-including-support-mussel-hatchery#:~:text=PHILADELPHIA%20(April%2013%2C%202023),of%20national%20significance%2C%20the%20U. Workgroup: Abandoned Mine Drainage, Agriculture, Engagement & Stewardship, Pathogens and Point Source, Recreation, Stormwater, Watershed Land Protection
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DEP Starts Accepting Growing Greener Plus, Section 319, SMCRA Mine Reclamation, Pipeline Penalty Projects, Stormwater Planning, Watershed Restoration Grant Applications April 21
Link: http://paenvironmentdaily.blogspot.com/2023/03/dep-starts-accepting-growing-greener.html Workgroup: Abandoned Mine Drainage, Agriculture, Engagement & Stewardship, Recreation, Stormwater
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USDA Extends Deadline for Underserved Producers to Receive Additional Pandemic Assistance
Link: https://www.farmers.gov/coronavirus/pandemic-assistance#open Workgroup: Agriculture
Cover photo credit: Ed Bacon