Farmer Veteran Coalition is excited to announce the opening of the 2024 Farmer Veteran Fellowship Fund application! The Fellowship Fund is a small grant program that provides direct assistance to veterans who are in their beginning years of farming or ranching. The application will remain open until February 14, with Read more…
Cathie served our country as a Specialist E4 in Army military intelligence. Upon returning toClaysburg, Cathie Dibert, owner of Green"er" Acres Farm, made the move into agriculture after her military service. She enrolled in the Homegrown by Heroes and Pennsylvania Preferred labeling programs. Cathie worked with AgrAbility PA and PA's Read more…
PA Farm Link is now offering a new ag educational tool called the PA Farm Link Academy. Learning modules found within the Academy are geared towards high schoolers, beginning farmers, experienced farmers, and ag professionals. The Academy currently offers learning modules on the following topics:• 4 P's of Finance• Understanding Read more…
It’s sum, sum, summertime! The corn is more than knee high across the state and farmers have settled into the season. The AgrAbility PA team has focused on behind-the-scenes client services – working with a wide range of new clients, farm types, and disabilities. A large part of this work Read more…
Spring has sprung in Pennsylvania which equated to temperature swings, periods of rain, and lots of activity across the Commonwealth for farmers as planting season began. The AgrAbility PA staff held a spring meeting with its Advisory Board. Staff reported project updates which included responses and results from farmer/customer surveys, Read more…
It was that time of year…the annual National Training Workshop (NTW) took place March 20-24 in Spokane, WA -- hosted by Washington AgrAbility and the National AgrAbility Project (NPA). Abbie Spackman and Kendra Martin attend the NTW and from the sessions to the special events – it was a memorable Read more…
Here in Pennsylvania – home of the weather-predicting groundhog Punxsutawney Phil who predicted six more weeks of winter on Feb. 2 – staff made their way around the state conducting farm visits, educating organizations and groups about farming with a disability, and exhibiting at outreach events to share the services Read more…
AgrAbility PA Staff Retreat The AgrAbility PA staff held a retreat in early December. The goal of the retreat included assessing the current standing of grant objectives, combing through feedback provided by the Advisory Board this fall at the annual meeting, and setting goals for the future. It proves to Read more…
November in Pennsylvania was filled with fall temperatures and outreach events and presentations that took the staff around the state and beyond — to Indiana! Abbie Spackman and Linda Fetzer attended the Connecting with Amish and Other Plain Communities conference in Shipshewana, Indiana. The conference was a great way to Read more…
September started out with warm weather but ended with the Keystone state feeling the full effects of Fall – including cooler temperatures and rain. Here’s hoping everyone around the country is having a safe and successful harvest season. Lights! Camera! Action! AgrAbility PA is please to share a new anthemic Read more…