{"id":26155,"date":"2024-05-17T14:25:14","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T14:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/?p=26155"},"modified":"2024-05-17T14:25:14","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T14:25:14","slug":"venango-conservation-district-holds-farm-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/?p=26155","title":{"rendered":"Venango Conservation District Holds Farm Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_26156\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26156\" class=\"wp-image-26156 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/VenangoTour-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/VenangoTour-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/VenangoTour.jpg 507w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-26156\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo of Farm Bus Tour provided by Venango Conservation District.<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p>On April 26, Venango Conservation District hosted a Farm Bus Tour at three beef farms in Utica, PA. About 30 people attended to learn about grazing systems, nonpoint source pollution, manure\/nutrient management, safety tips, and funding sources for constructing agricultural Best Management Practices (BMPs).<\/p>\r\n<p>The district would like to thank all of the amazing presenters who shared their expertise and time with them, and the Metz, Dunkerly, and Mahler families for allowing the group to tour their farms! The district also extends their appreciation to Project Grass NW Chapter for sponsoring breakfast and the Utica Volunteer Fire Department for allowing the use of their space.<\/p>\r\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-24933 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/epa_logo-2-275x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"85\" height=\"93\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/epa_logo-2-275x300.jpg 275w, https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/epa_logo-2.jpg 336w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 85px) 100vw, 85px\" \/>Financial and other support for this project is provided by the Pennsylvania Association of Conservation Districts, Inc. through a grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection under Section 319 of the Clean Water Act, administered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On April 26, Venango Conservation District hosted a Farm Bus Tour at three beef farms in Utica, PA. About 30 people attended to learn about grazing systems, nonpoint source pollution, manure\/nutrient management, safety tips, and funding sources for constructing agricultural Best Management Practices (BMPs). The district would like to thank all of the amazing presenters [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conservation-district-project-spotlight","category-mini-grant"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26155","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=26155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26155\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}