A Celebration of 20 Years of Schuylkill County Farmland Preservation was held on Saturday, June 19th from 10am to Noon at B & R Farms in Ringtown .   Secretary of Agriculture Redding addressed the group and honored Schuylkill County’s acoimplishments in agriculture. The Schuylkill County Farm Market Map was unveiled to the public.  An online version of the farm market map designed by the Penn State Schuylkill IST department was also introduced.

You can enjoy an online version of the farm market map at:

farm market map website

Please join us for

A Celebration of Schuylkill County Agriculture

When: Saturday, June 19th, 2010 from 10am to Noon

Where: B&R Farms – Boots and Robin Hetherington – Ringtown, PA

Come and enjoy fresh strawberries, pick up a copy of the new Schuylkill County Farm Market Map, and join us in acknowledging 20 years of Farmland Preservation in Schuylkill County with a sign presentation to the first preserved farm in Schuylkill County.

Highlights include:

PA Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding

B&R Farms
129 Strawberry Lane
Ringtown, PA 17967

Directions

From Interstate 81 – Harrisburg – Take I-81 N to exit 124B (Route 61N, Frackville). Follow Rte. 61 N. through Frackville. At second traffic light in Frackville, travel straight through light, this will be Rte. 924 N. Follow Rte. 924 N through the town of Shenandoah. As you leave Shenandoah, you will travel up a hill. At the top of the hill, Rte. 924 will turn right. You want to continue straight, and travel down the other side of the hill into the Ringtown Valley. About ½ – ¾ of a mile from the base of the hill you will see a sign for B&R Farms. At this sign make a hard right turn onto Strawberry Lane, and follow until you see signs for the media event. The farm will be on the left hand side.

From Pottsville and south take Rte. 61 North and follow above directions from Frackville.

• Appalachian Trail: forms the southern boundary of Schuylkill County. Access points are numerous and include those roads that travel over the Blue Mountain: Routes 309, 61, 183, and 501.  Since the trail intersects these state routes, you will find convenient parking near the road.  Dogs are welcome and the trail is rocky but sometimes flat giving this trail system a moderate rating.

• John Bartram Trail: runs from Kernsville Dam in Hamburg to the Schuylkill River in Auburn. It follows the old Pennsylvania Railroad line and will eventually run into Pottsville and points north. Accessing the trail is easy. From Schuylkill County, travel south on Rt. 61 to the light for Cabela’s. Turn left at this light to drive by the Cracker Barrel Restaurant. Pass this restaurant, cross railroad tracks and turn left onto Kernsville Dam Road. Drive a very short distance to see the trail parking lot on your right. The trail begins on the left and features a very nice surface and is dog friendly but please pickup after your pooch. Flat and easy trail.

• Historic Tow Path Trail: is located in scenic Port Clinton along the Schuylkill River. The trail follows the riverbank and moves through several locks. Be sure to find the hook on a flat rock that moored the canal boats. Access is from the playground off Broad Street. Flat and easy trail that is dog friendly.

• Bear Creek Environmental Area: is located within the Schuylkill County Fairgrounds in Summit Station. Though the gates are closed, you can park along Rt. 895 at the gate entrance or in a lot near the horse ring that you can see along the road. Trails are easy to moderate but very pretty. Please pick up after your dog.

• Frog Hollow Environmental Education Center: located near Friedensburg off Rt. 443. Turn right after the village post office and stop at the stop sign. Go straight through this sign onto Stone Mountain Road. You will see Frog Hollow and its parking lot on the right after about ¾ mile. All trails are flat and loop back and dogs are welcome if kept on a leash. << read more >>

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