{"id":26586,"date":"2025-03-07T14:30:26","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T14:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/?p=26586"},"modified":"2025-03-07T14:30:26","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T14:30:26","slug":"lycoming-county-conservation-district-holds-second-annual-ag-lunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/?p=26586","title":{"rendered":"Lycoming County Conservation District Holds Second Annual Ag Lunch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_26587\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26587\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-26587\" src=\"http:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Lycoming-ag-lunch-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Lycoming-ag-lunch-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Lycoming-ag-lunch.jpg 664w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-26587\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo provided by Lycoming County Conservation District.<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p><em>Submitted by Matthew Long, Manager, Lycoming County Conservation District<\/em><\/p>\r\n<p>Lycoming County Conservation District\u00a0hosted their 2nd Annual Ag lunch on February 25, 2025, in Williamsport, PA. It was a successful event that brought together farmers and several partnering agencies, including the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, USDA Farm Service Agency, Penn State Extension, and Stroud Water Research Center.<\/p>\r\n<p>Representatives from PA Representative Jamie Flick\u2019s office and U.S. Representative Glenn \u201cGT\u201d Thompson\u2019s office were also present, further strengthening the event\u2019s connection to local government support.<\/p>\r\n<p>The gathering provided an opportunity for farmers to enjoy a meal, network with experts, and earn spray credits while learning about sustainable practices. This event was attended by 67 individuals, which represented a large increase from last year\u2019s turnout. The collaboration between these agencies and government representatives highlights the importance of partnerships in promoting conservation and education within the farming community.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Submitted by Matthew Long, Manager, Lycoming County Conservation District Lycoming County Conservation District\u00a0hosted their 2nd Annual Ag lunch on February 25, 2025, in Williamsport, PA. It was a successful event that brought together farmers and several partnering agencies, including the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, USDA Farm Service Agency, Penn State Extension, and Stroud Water [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conservation-district-project-spotlight","category-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26586","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=26586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26586\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}