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Tractors rule at Old Time Plowboys show in Kutztown - Morning Call The Plowboys Summer Show will be held at The Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center at Kutztown University. And don't forget ...

Both Schweitzer and standard barns in the region are frequently found with a practical large earthen bank at its rear, which allowed wagons carrying sheaves of grain or loads of ...

In 1683, William Penn reported to friends in England, “Here is plenty of cow cattle.” Cattle, together with all other farm livestock, were brought to the Delaware Valley from Europe ...

→ Before Thanksgiving there was Harvest Home - Reading Eagle De Ern Karrich was a tradition that focused on helping the needy in the community while giving thanks for the bounty of ...

→ The fight to legalize industrial hemp - WPMT FOX43

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→ Organic dairy in Paradise is a breed apart - LancasterOnline The 40 strong purebred Dutch Belted herd that produces the milk for Amish-owned Dutch Meadows Organic Dairy thrive on the 100% grass-based ...

For anyone who has ever admired a barn on an old country lane, this is the story of that barn and many others in Southeastern Pennsylvania, or, specifically, "the hearth," ...

→ Preserving Pennsylvania: A series about the state's 25-year history of saving local farms - PennLive.com Starting Monday, PennLive will begin its series "Preserving Pennsylvania," which will tell their stories. Lancaster leads ...

→ Silverstone Inn & Suites has big plans for historic barn - LancasterOnline After renovations are complete the barn, originally built in 1815, will be able to host 275 people for ...

→ Tour of Saucon Valley barns offers glimpse in farming history - The Morning Call For more information go to sauconvalleyconservancy.org.

→ The Historian: Fences and the Antes Garden - berksmontnews.com

→ Homegrown hemp on the horizon? - LancasterOnline I bought some delicious peanut butter filled Hempzel brand hemp pretzels at Sonnewald Natural Foods in York County once and I was very satisfied ...

→ A Look Back in History: ‘The Granary of the American Revolution’ in the East Penn Valley - Berks-Mont News

→ A Look Back in History: Colonial Trade with the Port of Philadelphia - Berks-Mont News

→ The Historian: Clover, Part I - Berks-Mont News → The Historian: Clover, Part II - Berks-Mont News

→ Renfrew Museum to rebuild historic summer kitchen - Herald Mail Media Ever been to the Renfrew Museum & Park? If not, a great time to see it would be on Saturday, ...

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Bread, the staff of life in provincial times, was more than a dietary staple and in many 18th century households of this bygone era, it was the main course, together ...

It's been an exalted ingredient of Iranian cuisine since ancient times. It lends its distinctive hue and pungent flavor to Spanish paella, Afghani pulao, and the fragrant couscouses of Morocco. ...

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