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Board keeps Hill Farm operating through 2025 after Penn State Extension presentation
Summary
After a presentation by Penn State Extension on the Hill Farm’s education, food-distribution and youth programs, the Harrisburg City School District board voted to rescind the termination of the license agreement with Wild Heart Ministry, keeping the farm agreement in place through Dec. 31, 2025.
The Harrisburg City School District board voted to rescind the termination of the district’s license agreement with Wild Heart Ministry for the Joshua Farm (also called the Hill Farm), keeping the agreement in effect through Dec. 31, 2025, after a presentation on the farm’s education and food-access work by Penn State Extension staff.
Penn State Extension educator Robin Perry Smith told the board the Hill Farm partnership has served students, seniors and families in South Allison Hill and helped address food insecurity while providing hands-on farm-to-school programming. "Food is the problem, but food is also the solution," Perry Smith said, summarizing the rationale for pairing nutrition education with local food production.
Perry Smith described the project’s background and quantified recent results: after the district returned the site…
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