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The Edible Classroom, a nonprofit serving the Lancaster, Pennsylvania area, partners with schools and communities to create and sustain learning gardens where children, families, and communities engage with nutritious food from seed to table.
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Hear from students at the Loysville Youth Development Center (LYDC) who have worked with the Alliance to valuable, real-world skills such as plant propagation, nursery practices, tree establishment, environmental systems, and more!
Pastures are a huge component of agriculture in the watershed. From large-scale beef operations to hobbyist miniature horses, everyone grazing has an opportunity to not only sustain, but also to regenerate their pastureland.
Learn all about the differences between native and how to remove those pesky invasive species in this third installment of the Reduce Your Stormwater series.
With awarded funds, CIT-ED implemented a Tribal food forest. The food forest has local and culturally significant plant species to the Tribe, and utilizes permaculture and traditional methods for planting, maintenance, and harvesting.
Hope is the desire for something to happen. We employ hope as a practice of identifying where we are, where we want to be, and the steps needed to get there. Hope is the start of building resilience. The hope of individuals and organizations alike helps fuel this resilience.
When 33 local government leaders from York and Lancaster Counties gathered on a warm September day, they weren’t just boarding a bus — they were stepping into an opportunity to connect, exchange ideas, and envision how working across municipal boundaries can help communities achieve shared clean water goals.
The river’s progress is a testament to what is possible with collaboration, and as a River of the Year, the recognition of the Conestoga would continue to inspire community involvement, stewardship, and elevate public awareness of the waterway’s value.
These gardens filled with deep-rooted native plants help stabilizes slopes, reduce erosion, absorbs stormwater runoff, and provides pollinator habitats.
Nodding ladies’ tresses, Spiranthes cernua Nodding ladies’ tresses spiral down a staircase in a coordinated step-wise fashion, they outpace their bee suitors in elegant white. It’s no wonder the bees start from the bottom of the staircase to intercept the best of their nectar. The older flowers towards the base of the stem produce more …
