by Freddy Vasquez | Apr 26, 2022 | Food
Spring is finally here, and that means the growing season is about to start! People everywhere are gathering up their garden tools and getting ready to break ground on their vegetable gardens for the year. If you’re a gardening newbie, growing your own fruits and...
by Freddy Vasquez | Mar 22, 2022 | Agriculture
As the weeks grow warmer and the soil starts to unfrost and become arable, our agricultural experts and farmers know it better than anyone: spring is coming! Now is a great time to prepare for the warm season by celebrating National Agriculture Week (NAW) in Berks...
by Freddy Vasquez | Mar 11, 2022 | Conservation
On December 29, 2010, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) established the Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL), a historic and comprehensive “pollution diet.” The TMDL is the largest ever developed by EPA, encompassing a 64,000-square-mile...
by Freddy Vasquez | Feb 14, 2022 | Uncategorized
It’s hard to believe that in the United States, food travels an average of 1,500 miles from farm to table. Meanwhile out of every retail dollar spent on food, only 15 cents returns to the farmer or rancher. Our supply chain is squeezing every last penny out of the...
by Freddy Vasquez | Jan 25, 2022 | Outdoors
While winter rages on in the Berks County area with cold winds and frequent snowfall, you can still stay warm and comfortable with locally-sourced alpaca wear and wool-based products. Could there be anything better than settling in with a wonderfully-soft alpaca scarf...
