Lancaster Farming

2 days ago | lancasterfarming.com | Matt Enright

Want to show a Holstein but don’t have the farm or capacity to raise them? Holstein Association USA can help you out. The dairy cattle organization that serves registered Holstein breeders and dairy farmers also provides a junior leasing program. The program allows youths to be involved in showing Holsteins at the organization’s seven national shows each year.

2 days ago | lancasterfarming.com | Candice Wierzbowski |Stephanie Speicher

This week on the FarmHouse, a podcast by Lancaster Farming, we’re talking to Doris Mold, co-CEO of Annie’s Project, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering women in agriculture. kAmkDA2?mp??:6’D !C@;64E H2D 7@F?565 :? a__b 2?5 ?2>65 27E6C p??6EE6 z@9=9286? u=64<[ 2 H@>2? H9@ >2CC:65 :?E@ 72C>:?8 :? `hcf 2?5 H6?E @? E@ E2<6 42C6 @7 E96 3FD:?6DD D:56 @7 E96 72C>]k^DA2?mk^AmkAmkDA2?mp??:6’D !C@;64E 9@?@CD 96C =6824J 3J AC@G:5:?8 H@>6?

2 days ago | lancasterfarming.com | Russ O'Reilly

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – At noon on a regular Monday last month, a website showed about 80 sex-worker advertisements in the areas of Johnstown, Indiana and Altoona. A search in the Pittsburgh area showed a woman was willing to travel to Somerset County. Human Trafficking logoNick Lembo, an executive director of Street Grace – a Georgia-based organization that uses a Microsoft-developed platform to disrupt human trafficking – searched the website and shared his screen over Zoom with The Tribune-Democrat.

2 days ago | lancasterfarming.com | Russ O'Reilly

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2 days ago | lancasterfarming.com | Dave Sutor

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