September Permie Corner
This month, I am introducing the fourth Permaculture Principle: Apply Self-Regulation and Accept Feedback. The icon for this principle is the Earth, our home and the largest self-regulating system that we know.
Sep 2025 5
Climate Change
Nov 2024 1
How is Dry Weather Impacting Farmers?
By Jade Greene This year may turn out to be a record breaker of dry conditions. So far, Bucks County has received a deficit of rain compared to an average year and it looks like this dry spell will continue. How do...
Sep 2022 1
Inflation Reduction Act Supports Local Farmers & Climate-smart Practices
by Robin Hoy The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) that was signed into law on August 16th has some good news for local farmers, especially those striving to do climate-smart farming. As recent research is...
Aug 2022 1
Fighting Food Waste
by Jade Greene The USDA estimates that 31% of all food at the consumer and retail level is WASTED. To produce this wasted food, resources were needlessly used (including water, fertilizers, energy, and...
Jul 2022 24
The Reality and Future of Farming in Pennsylvania – Edible Philly
Wrightstown Farmers Market volunteer, Jill Waldbieser wrote this wonderful piece, The Reality and Future of Farming in Pennsylvania,: Faces Behind Our Food, which was published in Edible Philly June 2022. The...
Aug 2021 3
Do ALL Cows Harm Our Planet?
Article by BCFA Board members Lisa White and Susan Pierson Cow Farts! It has been all over the news that methane from cows is contributing to our changing climate. In industrial agriculture and confined animal...
Oct 2020 6
A Changing World from Rolling Hills Farm
Farmer Stephanie Spock writes... As farmers, John and I consider ourselves lucky. We farm in a spot that is protected on all sides by trees. We have a half-acre pond to irrigate from, which means we have water even...
Feb 2020 24
Farmers’ Forum was a Success!
Farmers' Forum: Climate Smart Farming in Bucks County was a Success Bucks County Foodshed Alliance featured “Climate Smart Farming” at its Annual Farmers’ Forum in Buckingham on Tuesday, February 18, 2020. The...
Dec 2019 18
An Environmentally Conscious Holiday
This holiday season, what can I do to protect the planet? If 90% of lights were LED, 7.8 gigatons of carbon dioxide emissions could be reduced by 2050. (Source) Winter is the time of year that many focus more...
