Lancaster Farming
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Future of 340-Year-Old Farm in Lower Makefield Township Uncertain
The future of Patterson Farm in Lower Makefield Township remains uncertain as the township and a local group both seek to preserve the space in different ways, writes Dan Sullivan for Lancaster…
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Local Farmer Declines Multi-Million Data Center Bid to Preserve Land Instead
A farmer in nearby Cumberland County has turned down a multi-million dollar bid to use his farmland for a data center thanks to a partnership…
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Local Farmers Bypass the Middle Man to Sell Directly to Schools, Other Institutions
Many local farms are expanding their businesses by selling directly to schools and other institutions, writes Philip Gruber for Lancaster Farming. Jake and Becky Yohe…
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Pottstown Couple Fights to Save Historic Farm After Tax Sale
Andrew and April Gawrys are fighting to keep historic Spring Meadow Farm in Pottstown after it was sold in September by Chester County Tax Claim…
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Perkasie Farmer Running for President of Pennsylvania Farm Bureau
Perkasie hay and straw farmer Don Buckman, who runs Lonely Willow Farm, is running for president of Pennsylvania Farm Bureau, writes Philip Gruber for Lancaster…
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New Book Offers Glance at Local Private Gardens Around Region
We all know that the Philadelphia region has some of the most beautiful and historic gardens to visit like Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square or…
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Pipersville Meat Processor to Bring Lancaster-Style Foods to Bucks County
A Bucks County meat processing facility is utilizing traditional methods of food production that have been a longtime standard in Lancaster. Dan Sullivan wrote about…
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Hay! What a Good Idea! Quakertown Inventor Harvests Abundant Savings on Heating Oil Costs
A Quakertown mechanical engineer has reconfigured a biomass boiler — a natural-burning, hot-water producer for home heating — to run on hay fed to it…
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Bishop Estate Vineyard & Winery Finishes Multiyear Renovation, Putting Its Dairy Farm Roots Out to Pasture
The long-term renovation of Bishop Estate Vineyard & Winery in Perkasie (the approvals alone took three years) have been completed. It has now shed all…
























