Whether for good reasons (like our annual peach festival) or bad reasons (like a severe drought), we usually end up in the news a couple times a year. Check back regularly for updates!
regarding immigration reform and how it is affecting our local workforce. While there is no easy answer in handling the immigrant workforce in this country, forcing all the workers to leave until we have a better solution would be devastating to food production in the U.S. Click here to read the article! 
May, 2008 - American Fruit Grower magazine wrote a spotlight article on the past recent winners of their esteemed Apple Grower of the Year award. The national award is a very prestigious one, given once every year to a grower nominated by fellow growers and industry-persons. Brad Hollabaugh was the 2000 winner of the Apple Grower of the Year award and is featured in May 2008's magazine! Congrats, Brad! Click here to read the article!
February, 2008 - American Fruit Grower magazine wrote anarticle featuring Dr. Larry Hull of the Penn State Fruit Research and Extension Center and our very own Brad Hollabaugh. Dr. Hull is working on an Areawide Mating Disruption Program to study the ability to minimize pest damage to apple and peach orchards without the use of chemicals. He has done some of his research on our own farm, and we have seen incredible results since its inception in 2006! Click here to read the article!
VisitPA interviewed Ellie and did a photo shoot with her that ran all through the summer months across thenortheast! Her photo ad was so popular that it was published on the back cover of the American Heritage Winter 2008 issue. Click here to see Ellie's video ad!
