With the help of volunteers from the Penn State Co-operative Extension Master Gardeners Program and Educators from the campus, a cover crop of buckwheat is now covering the Capitol Hunger garden for the winter in order to prepare the soil for next growing season. [Read More]
HARRISBURG – Sen. Mike Brubaker (R-36) took part in a $60,967 donation from Isaac’s Restaurant and Deli to the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank today to help fight hunger in local communities. The donation was part of Isaac’s “Bag Hunger Soup Fund” campaign, which raised a minimum $1 donation for each soup item sold through the […] [Read More]
HARRISBURG – The Hunger Caucus broke ground today on the hunger garden at the state Capitol Building, according to Sen. Mike Brubaker (R-36). [Read More]
HARRISBURG -- Members of the Legislative Hunger Caucus will be joined by Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding, students from the Lancaster County Career and Technology Center, representatives of area food banks, the Dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences at The Pennsylvania State University, the Pennsylvania Ag Coalition, the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau, PennAg Industries Association, the Pennsylvania Landscape and Nursery Association, the Pennsylvania Vegetable Growers Association, the PA Association of Sustainable Agriculture and the Pennsylvania State Grange to hold a news conference to unveil the State Capitol's new Hunger Garden. [Read More]
