Rural
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Pennsylvania’s first underground state park opens to public
The facility is a 435-acre park centered around the largest and deepest limestone cave in Pennsylvania. The property includes four miles of cave passages that go as deep as 476 feet and the largest bat shelter in the northeast.
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Why Pennsylvania leads the nation in preserving agricultural farmland
Pennsylvania voters approved the creation of the Farmland Preservation Program in 1988, and since then, 6,673 farms and 662,940 acres of farmland have been preserved for agricultural production across 58 counties, the announcement said.
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From Minneapolis to your block: Real people are proving politics isn’t just for watching
Consuming political news isn’t the same as building political power. From Minneapolis to small-town America, rural organizer Gwen Frisbie-Fulton writes that real change starts with local organizing and civic engagement. Someone once told me this story: Anthropologists visiting an Aboriginal village showed them a newspaper clipping about an earthquake that destroyed a town halfway across…
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Pennsylvania farm bankruptcies increased 160% in 2025
The American Farm Bureau Federation’s Samantha Ayoub reported that “the U.S. Courts report that 315 farm bankruptcies were filed in calendar year 2025, up 46% from 2024. While still down from recent highs, this is the second year in a row of increased filings.”
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Federal agriculture secretary asks struggling Pennsylvania farmers for patience
Pennsylvania farmers have faced a combination of issues, like the fallout from trade wars impacting exports, as well as rising equipment and fertilizer costs.
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Mullets, milkshakes, moos, and more: A Pennsylvania Farm Show preview
Whether you’re looking to see a lifesize sculpture made of butter, or witness the miracle of calf birth, you’ll find it at the 2026 Pennsylvania Farm Show, which opens Saturday in Harrisburg.
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Effort underway to revive cancelled federal farm and food bank program in Pennsylvania
U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan said his proposal will be an important part of the Farm Bill 2.0 discussions.
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Shapiro visits Lebanon County to celebrate farm preservation milestone
As a result of the Farmland Preservation Program, Pennsylvania has preserved more than 6,600 farms and 650,000 acres of farmland for agricultural use.
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Federal cuts to SNAP are squeezing families and farmers in Pennsylvania
Republican-backed cuts to the SNAP program could hit nearly 144,000 Pennsylvanians and send a ripple effect through farms and small businesses. Here is one small farmer’s story.
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What potential funding cuts to NPR, PBS will mean in Pennsylvania
A House vote is all that stands in the way of President Trump’s effort to claw back more than $1 billion in funding to the public radio and television stations that serve Pennsylvania’s biggest cities and smallest rural communities.
