→ Lehigh Valley fall festivals: a guide - The Morning Call Please note the Scarecrow Fest at The Easton Farmer's Market has been cancelled.

→Farm weekend 1820s Aug. 16 in Welsh Run - Chambersburg Public Opinion The Conococheague Institute will present an interactive look at Pennsylvania farm life in the 1820s  on Aug. 16 and 17 ...

→ A Look Back in History: Georgian Keystones not just for mansions

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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 ...

→ The fight to legalize industrial hemp - WPMT FOX43

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

About 70 people gathered Sunday at the Lower Macungie Community Center and Schantz Barn for the Lower Macungie Barn Expo hosted by the township Histo Source: Barn event in Lower Macungie ...

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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 ...

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 ...

The 200-year-old practice has been a mystery for many in Pennsylvania. → Unraveling the hidden meaning of hex signs | WGAL If you'd like to see a more in depth discussion about ...

→ Pennsylvania folkways: Prolific white cucumber makes a comeback - Reading Eagle Learn about the Landis White Cucumber, an heirloom variety recently unearthed from Dr. Weaver's Roughwood seed collection and now being grown in ...

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

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

→ 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 ...

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In this issue of Glencairn Museum News we explore our current exhibition (open through October 29, 2017), which features artifacts, documents and photographs illustrating a wide range of expression within ...

→ Head of German center to speak in Ephrata on folk medicine - Reading Eagle This is a free lecture that will be given by Patrick Donmoyer at the Ephrata Public Library ...

→ 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 ...

→ The secret healers: Old tradition of powwowquietly survives in some corners of Berks County

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

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 ...

See Pennsylvania Dutch folk art and learn how the culture spread across the nation at Lehigh Valley Heritage Museum's new exhibit, "Pennsylvania Dutch Impact Across America." It debuts at 1 ...

→ Design Intervention: Filling the farmyard - LancasterOnline A short examination of the many types of outbuildings that would've been found on a typical Pennsylvania Dutch family farm.

The notion that Pennsylvania Dutch could go fallow is absurd to the Amish, who have been doubling their population every few decades. “It’s actually considered the fastest-growing small-minority language in the ...

→ Ghanaian officials visit Hershey - Lebanon Daily News

→ 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 ...

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. ...

→ Taste The Harvest | Visit PA Dutch Country Follow the link for more events at the Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center.