We tend to forget them in intervening years. But without fail, every 13 and 17 years various parts of the United States are visited by hordes of emerging cicadas — which have been sitting quietly where they were laid by females more than a decade earlier. They are found in urban as well as farm […]
Thanks to the generosity of this amazing community, 116 donors gave $10,412 to Centre County Farmland Trust during Centre Gives. These funds will help preserve more valuable land. Our beautiful countryside and delicious local food are just two of the benefits of preserving land and help make this a great place to live and visit. […]
“Majestic Rural Pennsylvania” — an exhibition of original artworks that celebrate the landscapes, farmlands, and cultural legacy of Central Pennsylvania — is on display at The Gallery, 15 N. Water Street, Lewisburg, now through May 24. This group show features the Farmland Preservation Artists of Central Pennsylvania, who use their talents to raise awareness about the […]
Landowners who remove invasive, non-native tree and shrub species can receive up to five replacement trees for free this year from a new Pennsylvania program. Register in advance for a tree pickup event in Scranton Sunday, May 18. If you can’t attend an event, the website is still valuable for its lists of invasive trees, […]
The Centre Gives fundraising event, May 14 – May 15, offers supporters of farmland protection a great opportunity to help raise $12,000 toward preserving our next farm! Every dollar donated during the 36-hour, online community giving event returns more than $1 to help the Farmland Trust preserve and protect more land in Centre County. Centre […]
Joseph Griffin believed he would someday return to his boyhood home on 14 acres. But then he found new stewards and preserved the land. For decades, Joseph Griffin believed he would return to his cherished boyhood home and live in the little log house on 14 acres of sloping field and forest next to the […]
Shirley Rossman’s whole life has unfolded among the house and barn on 84 acres of preserved farm fields and woods two miles east of Old Fort along Route 45. Her family has held the land since 1862, when Shirley’s great-great-grandfather James Grove bought 102 acres and began farming. Shirley grew up in the house. She […]
The Centre County Farmland Trust celebrated its 30-year anniversary and thanked donors and supporters with barbecue, art, birthday cake and wine at its 2024 Summer Solstice Thank You Picnic at Mount Nittany Vineyard and Winery, June 19, 2024. “With this event,” said Dan Guss, president of the CCFT Board of Trustees, “we are celebrating land […]