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All People While Respecting the Natural Environment

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FEATURED EVENT

THIS WEEKEND! 
Ways to Give Event 
Saturday, July 18
11:00am - 3:00pm 
Hockessin, Delaware
   
PASA's Permanent Business Partner, Harvest Market Natural Foods, is celebrating their 20th anniversary with a Food Fair on Saturday, July 18th. To show their dedication to local farming, Harvest Market will be donating 5% of total daily sales to PASA! Be sure to stop by this Saturday, July 18!   
   

Grower Education Events 

Thursday, July 16
Irwin / Westmoreland County
 


 

Randy Morris of  Morris Farm

will demonstrate his dynamic means of growing vegetables without crop damage or loss, while coexisting with area wildlife. The techniques are simple and work in harmony with organic practices while maintaining good relations with neighbors that like to have a thriving deer herd. The methods covered also apply to turkeys, groundhogs and insect pests such as cabbage worms, squash bugs, vine borers, and cucumber beetles.


Morris Farm has been certified organic since 1994. After renting farm fields close to their previous home for several years, Morris purchased the 22 acres in Irwin, PA, where they've lived since 2001. With 12 acres under production and a full-time, off-farm job, Morris sells most of his produce through a pick-your-own customer-based model. Extra vegetables are then gleaned from the fields by volunteers "working for food" and sold at a local farmers market. 
 
 H&H Cattle
Middletown / Dauphin County 
In collaboration with PA WAgN


Located in Dauphin county, H&H Cattle is a farm that focuses its efforts on raising Scottish Highland cattle for shows and breeding. Owner, Marjie Hartz will be joined by Dwight Eisenhauer, who has raised Highland cattle since 2005 and has served on the Mid-Atlantic Highland Cattle Association Board of Directors as a Director and President. He is also currently serving on the Board of Director for both the Northeast Highland Cattle Association and the National Highland Cattle Association. Dwight & Marjie will speak about why this particular breed is well suited to a grass-based and help you to better understand their behavior, temperament, nutritional requirements and benefits of choosing Highland cattle.

 

Scholarships Available!
PASA's 2015 Summer Conference

 August 6 & 7, 2015
Grange Fairgrounds
Centre Hall / Centre County 
 
The PASAbilities Fund, first introduced at the 2015 Winter Conference, is able to offer support to a few current farmers who are looking to transition their farm to more sustainable practices. Learn more here.
 
This two-day in-depth learning experience will dive into practical and effective practices to build and maintain soil health.  
  • A keynote presentation, field walk and in-depth workshop with Gary Zimmer.
  • Breakout classroom sessions and field visits.
  • Networking time with event attendees, speakers and sponsors.
  • A delicious, locally-sourced Thursday night dinner!
A detailed agenda is available on the registration page. 
 
 

  

 
 Featured speaker  
Gary Zimmer
of Midwestern BioAg
 
Special thanks to our lead sponsor - Organic Valley

 

PASA Fundraising Events  
  
Ways to Give Event
Dine Fresh, Dine Local for PASA
Harrison's Wine Grill
State College / Centre County
Sunday, August 2 - Saturday, August 8

Download and bring this flyer, or simply mention your intended support for PASA or Buy Fresh Buy Local to your server and 20% of your check, before tax & gratuity, will be donated to PASA.




Consumer Events  

Centre County Local Foods Week  
& Annual Farm Tour
August 2-8 
 


Saturday, August 8:
10th Annual Farm Tour

Take advantage of the opportunity get to know your food, your farmer, and the process of it all! Each farm will feature a step in the process of growing your food. Some farms will have products available for purchase, and many offer samples or a chance to see animals. The farm tour is self-service, so you can choose where to go.

 

PASAbilities Award Nominations  

PASA is currently accepting nominations from our membership for our annual PASAbilities Awards Series.
The awards are presented during our annual winter conference in February.

Award winners are selected by a committee of the PASA Board of Directors, and will be announced in January 2016.


Dairy Dash 5K & 1-Mile Memory Walk
 
Saturday, September 5
Lambs Creek Recreation Area
Mansfield / Tioga County 
to benefit the Shon Seeley Legacy Fund for Sustainable Farming Education
 
- Chip Timed & Awards
- Free Souvenir T-shirts for Early Registrants
- Delicious Refreshments
 
 

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