Little Beaver Historical Society Podcast
Northern Beaver County Farming & Agriculture
Resources
Beaver County Farming & Agriculture
Articles, News Stories, Related Information
Organizations, Notable People, and History Projects
Beaver County Farming & Agriculture
- Beaver County – 1850 Census Farm Data
- Beaver County – 1880 Census Farm Data (10% Sample)
- 2002 Census of Agriculture County Profile: Beaver, Pennsylvania
- 2017 Census of Agriculture County Profile: Beaver, Pennsylvania
- Current Beaver County Stats (Agriculture in Beaver County)
- Farm Subsidies in Beaver County, Pa, 1995-2021. 354 recipients.
Articles, News Stories, Related Information
- A Real American Idol Celebrates 100th: Mail Pouch (Milestones Vol 32 No. 2)
- Annual Ag Literacy Week connects Pennsylvania farmers and children
- Beaver County Agricultural Land Preservation
- Beaver County Emergency Services: “Farmers Special Needs Card”
- Don Kretschmann of Kretschmann Organic Farm in Rochester, Pennsylvania has been at it for almost 50 years
- Farmers Emergency Information: What You Should Know About Nuclear Power Plant Incidents
- Farming Life on the Southside” 1900-1920 (Milestones Vol 9 No 2)
- Farming without a farm: The Sheplers, of Beaver County, are renting land with dreams of one day having their own farm
- First Farm Society of Beaver County (Milestones Vol 14 No 4)
- Historic Agricultural Resources of Pennsylvania c 1700-1960 – Pennsylvania’s Historic Agricultural Regions
- Let’s Talk Rusty Iron: Farm Mechanics by Sam Moore
- Let’s Talk Rusty Iron: Farm Trucks by Sam Moore
- Let’s Talk Rusty Iron: Tractors by Sam Moore
- Milk Control Board (Milestones Vol 14 No 2)
- Old Cider Mill, Krut Farm, Daugherty Township (Milestones Vol 9 No 4)
- Pennsylvania launches crisis hotline for farmers
- Southwestern Pennsylvania Diversified – Agriculture and Sheep Raising, c. 1840-1960
- The Mount Pleasant Hillside Farm (Milestones Vol. 7. No.2)
- Wanted: A farmer. Successful organic farm in western Pa. is closing because no one wants to run it
- Western Pennsylvania pasture walk shows lessons learned through grazing
- Zahn Recalls Farms of the 30s and 40s (Milestones Vol 29. No. 4)
Organizations, Notable People, and History Projects
ORGANIZATIONS
- Penn State Extension
- Tall Pines Farms
- McChesney Farm Fun
- Beaver County Farmers Market
- Broadrun Farms
- Beaver County Farms & Farm Fresh Produce
- Mahoning County (Ohio) Agricultural Hall of Fame
NOTABLE PEOPLE
- Johnny Appleseed Was Familiar Figure in Beaver County (Milestones Vol 11 No 3)
- Sam Moore (formerly of South Beaver Township), columnist (Let’s Talk Rusty Iron), Farm & Dairy
- Rachel Wagoner (Darlington Township), writer for Farm & Dairy
- Colby Carreon (Darlington), Pennsylvania 4-H State Council president
HISTORY PROJECTS