{"id":301396,"date":"2026-10-07T07:10:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T07:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/301396\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T07:10:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T07:10:16","slug":"troyer-farms-potatoes-prosper-on-acres-intended-for-industrial-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/301396\/","title":{"rendered":"Troyer Farms potatoes prosper on acres intended for industrial park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Potatoes are being harvested from county-owned land in Girard Township that was once considered for industrial development.<\/p>\n<p>Troyer Farms planted the potatoes on the property and is now harvesting the crop.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\/news\/local-news\/troyer-growers-plans-to-lease-almost-200-acres-of-county-land-expanding-operations\/?ipid=promo-link-block1\" class=\"promo-link__link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\tTroyer Growers plans to lease almost 200 acres of county land, expanding operations\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The land became the center of controversy after County Executive Brenton Davis pushed for an industrial park at the site.<\/p>\n<p>Erie County Council unanimously voted against that proposal, and the property has continued to be used for agriculture.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\/news\/local-news\/renovate-erie-cuts-the-ribbon-on-new-peach-street-location\/?ipid=promo-link-block2\" class=\"promo-link__link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\tRenovate Erie cuts the ribbon on new Peach Street location\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m really excited to see Erie County focus on agricultural economy. I think it\u2019s often overlooked. It\u2019s not flashy like a new industrial facility, but it is a pretty core part of our community, and I\u2019m excited to see that kind of preservation,\u201d said Rock Copeland, an Erie City Council representative.<\/p>\n<p>Crews with Troyer Farms spent Tuesday working their way across the property as this year\u2019s potato harvest got underway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Potatoes are being harvested from county-owned land in Girard Township that was once considered for industrial development. Troyer&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":301397,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[136,138,137],"class_list":["post-301396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=301396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301396\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/301397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}