It isn’t every day that a hungry cow tosses its hay at an officer in the Pennsylvania National Guard. It happened on Thursday, though, as Brig. Gen. Laura A. McHugh toured Pleasant Lane Farms in Unity. The tour, hosted by Pennsvlvania Veteran Farming Network, highlighted the importance of food security
Conservation and quality are one and the same for Ralph Frye. And itâs the neighborly thing to do.
The 2020 Westmoreland Conservation District Farmer of the Year credits the success of his Pleasant Lane Farms in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, to being considerate to those around him â people and the environment.
âWe do everything that we can to keep everyone pacified,â he said. âWe always try to do something better, so people donât complain, and thatâs just the name of the game.â
Farming in the extensively mined coal fields of the Allegheny Mountains is particularly challenging.
âIt seems like thereâs water coming up where you didnât have water before,â Frye said. âI got wet spots where I never had wet spots in fields now.â