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On today’s episode of The Confluence: Bill Schackner with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette explains what questions are still unanswered about the merging of six state higher education institutions; WESA reporter Kate Giammarise tells us how the county Health Department struggles to collect unpaid fines from negligent landlords and other property owners; and we hear how making agriculture less labor-intensive could help bring in a new generation of farmers.
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In March and April, as the novel coronavirus pandemic took hold of the region, the program Ebony Lunsford-Evans designed to teach gardening to seniors on…
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On today's program: Local farmers might be benefitting from the demand for home-delivered fresh produce; the state liquor control board is struggling to…
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Hundreds of high school students, all wearing blue corduroy jackets, packed the main arena at this year’s Pennsylvania Farm Show.State officers for the…
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At AgraPharm LLC’s warehouse in Beaver County, the scent of cannabis is potent.“What you're smelling today is about only a third of what it really smells…
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On today's program: Pennsylvania farmers are seeing the impact of trade tariffs with China; a local project is spreading kindness with a needle and…
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More than 300 farms across the commonwealth have been approved to grow industrial hemp this year, a ten-fold increase from last year.Last December, the…
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Spend much time at the Pennsylvania Farm Show, and you might get a feeling that tradition rules the place.Families tend their animals together. Men in…
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It’s the busiest time of year at many local farms, with hayrides, animals to pet, and apple cider to sip.Pre-schoolers on a recent field trip at Harvest…
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On a recent Monday morning, as the rising sun burns off the low-hanging fog and fishermen haul in their morning catches from the Greenbrier River, at…