Two articles in the March 25 edition of Berks County captured my particular interest.
“The making of scrapple,” Bill Uhrich’s piece on the Dietrich family’s meat production, captures the Pennsylvania German ethic: Leave nothing to waste and use it to make something good to eat. And note regional differences in production and taste.
Clyde Myers, who regularly reports on agricultural land preservation, wrote “Preserving farmland essential for agri-business system.” The long history of the Heller family farm in Heidelberg Township, now preserved, dates to William Penn, a worthy point to note in the year we celebrate the 250th anniversary of our independence.
Solomon Lausch
Bern Township