Farm Bureau aims to stay grounded

Annual banquet topics run gamut from chips to ticks By Kathleen Brady Shea, Special to UnionvilleTimes.com Joe Fecondo, the local Farm Bureau's vice president (from left); Ed Herr, president of Herr's; Thomas Matthews, a Farm Bureau board member; and Dan Miller, the bureau's board president, display a donation check for the Lighthouse in Oxford. WEST CHESTER – When the original...

Pocopson boosts farm district

144 acres added to Twp. Agricultural Security Area, total of 1,629 acres now protected By Kelli Siehl, Staff Writer, UnionvilleTimes.com A map of Pocopson Township showing areas in green that represent argicultural easements and areas in light green show areas covered by the Argicultural Security Area, which townhip supervisors expanded by 144 acres this week. POCOPSON — Farming is alive and well...

Hillendale students get hands-on lesson about agriculture

Farm Bureau trailer spends a week at school, helps grow students minds By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com Fourth grade students at Hillendale Elementary School learn about making glue from cow's milk during a lesson in the Mobile Agriculture Education Science Lab, which visited Hillendale this past week. PENNSBURY — While Pennsylvania’s farms have been feeding people for hundreds of...