POTTSVILLE — Glenda Welkom might still be driving a truck were it not for a friend urging her to market the flavored pretzel snacks she made in her Pine Grove home. Welkom, 50, took her friend’s ...

Chefs work long shifts, often on evenings, weekends and holidays. Farmer hours are not much better; they must make hay (or plant corn, or pick strawberries) while the sun shines, as the saying goes.

NEWFIELDS — Through their new catering kitchen, the Vernon Family Farm has found an innovative way for people to get a taste of their locally raised food directly on the farm where it was produced.

I walked into my grandma’s 100-year-old farmhouse last Sunday afternoon and found Grandma Nola in the kitchen making cream cheese for a red velvet cake she had baked. Grandma’s 1950 bachelor’s degree ...