Agriculture

Celebrating Our Impact

Taking on bold conservation projects requires ongoing action, and that’s only possible with steady, reliable support from dedicated friends like you.

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Alliance Brings On-farm Solutions to PA Poultry

The Alliance’s Brittany Smith, Senior Agriculture Projects Manager, and Joe Jurgielewicz of Joe Jurgielewicz & Son. Ltd. recently joined Poultry Times for the Coop Scoop podcast to discuss collaboration for farm conservation.

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Navigating On-farm Solutions on a Unique Landscape

Karst topography is known for its sinkholes, caverns, and disappearing streams, which form when slightly acidic water dissolves alkaline bedrock like limestone.

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Investigating Biodiversity on Pennsylvania Dairy Farms

This year, the Alliance started a biodiversity pilot study to understand the impacts of its previously planted forest buffers.

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Putting farmers first: How Perdue Farms and the Alliance Scaled On-Farm Stewardship

The Alliance and Perdue Farms are sharing the results of a three-year pilot project proving that when financial and technical barriers are eliminated, conservation adoption skyrockets.

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Corporate Partnerships Lead to Cleaner Streams

As part of the spring 2026 Project Clean Stream season, the Alliance teamed up with multiple corporate partners to help clean waterways across the watershed.

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Digging into State Soils: Virginia’s Pamunkey

In 1999, Pamunkey was proclaimed the official state soil of Virginia. Pamunkey was chosen to represent Virginia because of its deep connection to the James River.

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Digging into state soils: Maryland’s Sassafras

Sassafras was chosen to represent Maryland because of its massive footprint and high agricultural productivity, presenting few limitations for most land uses.

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Digging into state soils: Pennsylvania’s Hazleton

First established in 1960 in Carbon County, Hazleton was selected as PA’s state soil for its massive footprint and economic significance. It is the most extensive soil series in Pennsylvania, covering more than 1.5 million acres across half of the state’s counties.

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Conservation Efforts Unite: Alliance And Joe Jurgielewicz & Son, Ltd. Partner To Create Cleaner Waterways and Lower Environmental Impact

The Alliance has partnered with Joe Jurgielewicz & Son, Ltd., one of the nation’s leading Pekin duck producers, to integrate conservation best management practices that reduce nutrient runoff, strengthen biosecurity, and improve long-term environmental health across the Chesapeake Bay watershed.

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