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Women have always been a vital part of Pennsylvania's food production and processing, and the International Year of the Woman Farmer provides an opportunity to highlight their representation.

An informative guide with details and pictures of pink turtlehead (Chelone lyonii).

An informative guide with details and pictures of New England aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae).

Provides a description, characteristics, site conditions, and images of smooth aster (Symphyotrichum laeve).

An informative guide with details and pictures of swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata).

An informative guide with details and pictures of Great Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica).

An informative guide with details and pictures of wild geranium (Geranium maculatum).

Learn to manage landscape plant and turfgrass pests with expert instruction, pest identification, and horticultural best practices at this all-day workshop.

Join the Carbon County Master Gardeners for a one-day workshop featuring practical gardening sessions on beekeeping, dividing perennials, starting garden beds, and winter sowing.

Learn how forest farming supports the cultivation of medicinal plants and other valuable non-timber forest products through sustainable forest management.

Learn about the Volumetrics Diet, a scientifically backed approach for managing your weight while eating satisfying and nutritious foods, in this six-part workshop series.

Learn about today's recommended methods for home food preservation during this in-person event while dispelling food preservation myths and unsafe practices of the past.

Are all vinegars the same? Can one vinegar be substituted for another in pickling or salsa recipes? Always read labels to determine the acidity content.

All reliable recommendations for canning include process directions that have been determined or based upon laboratory testing to determine the safety of the product.

Have you found a jar of home canned peaches or a bag of frozen strawberries from three years ago? Commercially produced foods contain sell-by or use-by dates, but how long can you keep home preserved food?

The colorful medley of red, green, yellow—even purple and orange—peppers may be preserved by freezing, canning, drying, pickling or making into relishes, jams and jellies.

Hot peppers have been receiving a lot of attention as a popular ingredient to "heat" up a favorite dish. Just like the traditional bell pepper, hot peppers can be preserved in a number of ways.

If freezing potatoes, the quality of the thawed product depends upon the type of potato used, its age, and your standards of taste.

Learn the payroll, tax withholding, and employment law requirements affecting Pennsylvania farms, including worker classification, exemptions, and employer compliance responsibilities.

Learn to select needs assessment methods and tools to gather meaningful data, engage stakeholders, and support informed, data-driven decision-making.

Explore practical strategies for framing risk and prevention messages that build trust, promote informed action, and support effective health communication.

Explore how misinformation spreads, why it is persuasive, and practical strategies for recognizing, evaluating, and responding to false information with confidence.

Designed for private pond owners and lake community members, this workshop covers pond ecology, water quality, and basic water testing.

Cover crops are essential for sustainable crop production. Whenever there is a fallow period between harvest of one crop and planting of the next, you should think about planting a cover.

As in previous years, we are scouting soybean fields around PA to assess insect and pathogen populations.