{"id":22824,"date":"2021-10-08T14:13:08","date_gmt":"2021-10-08T14:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/?p=22824"},"modified":"2021-10-08T14:13:08","modified_gmt":"2021-10-08T14:13:08","slug":"franklin-county-conservation-district-hosts-showcase-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/?p=22824","title":{"rendered":"Franklin County Conservation District Hosts Showcase Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Secretary Russell Redding (left) with Dairy Farmers\/CEG Recipients Ben & Sharon Peckman.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

On September 30, 2021, the Franklin County Conservation District held a showcase tour of the county’s first completed project funded through the Conservation Excellence Grant (CEG) program. The tour was held at Ben and Sharon Peckman\u2019s Slate Ridge Dairy Farm in Saint Thomas, PA.<\/p>\n

PA Department of Agriculture Secretary Russell C. Redding participated in the tour along with Representatives Kauffman and Schemel and Commissioner Ziobrowski. As a result, participants were able to see firsthand the conservation work being accomplished in Franklin County.<\/p>\n

Secretary Redding\u2019s office said this about his participation in the tour:<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s always gratifying to see a plan come together, especially when the results mean cleaner water, healthier soil, and a regenerative, sustainable, solid farm operation.<\/p>\n

Like Franklin County Conservation District, PA Manager David Stoner said of their County Action Plan, “The stars were aligned, staff was in place to do the work, money came in, and farmers applied.”<\/p>\n

Yesterday, I spent a perfect afternoon touring the results of the farm that fit the plans goals perfectly and had the most important ingredient \u2013 a willing farmer who is committed to conservation. On Ben and Sharon Peckman\u2019s Slate Ridge Dairy Farm in St. Thomas, the plan came together in just six months from project conception to completion.<\/p>\n

With Conservation Excellence Grant funding from the state to the Conservation District, and REAP tax credits from the state to meet out-of-pocket costs not covered by the grant, this investment by the state, the county and the farmer will pay off in a healthy viable farm. What we envisioned for Conservation Excellence Grants has payed [sic] off here.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Click here<\/a> for the description of the Slate Ridge Dairy CEG project.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On September 30, 2021, the Franklin County Conservation District held a showcase tour of the county’s first completed project funded through the Conservation Excellence Grant (CEG) program. The tour was held at Ben and Sharon Peckman\u2019s Slate Ridge Dairy Farm in Saint Thomas, PA. PA Department of Agriculture Secretary Russell C. Redding participated in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conservation-district-project-spotlight"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22824\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}