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7 04, 2016

Rainy Day on the Farm

By Rosanne Rust|2019-06-26T13:54:46-04:00April 7th, 2016|DASH Diet/Wellness, Easy Cooking, Food Facts, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Rainy Day on the Farm

I'm in western Pennsylvania this week at the annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics conference and expo, which offered a pre-conference tour of Soergel's Beef Farm, a local area farm. It was a rainy day, and quite chilly, which prevented us from really touring the [...]

11 09, 2014

Close Up Look at a Beef Cattle Farm

By Rosanne Rust|2014-09-11T10:25:29-04:00September 11th, 2014|Food Facts, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Close Up Look at a Beef Cattle Farm

I enjoyed the opportunity to tour Hedgeapple Farm (run by the Jorgensen Family Foundation, Inc) this week. The farm sits on about 310 acres near Frederick Maryland and raises Black Angus cattle.The tour began with a brief overview by Executive Director Dr. Scott Barao who shared the history [...]