The Rodale Institute of Kutztown has received a $3 million grant to support the institute’s new science center building project. 

Lehigh Valley is seeing a resurgence in farming thanks to Rodale Institute’s push to bring certified organic farming to the valley. 

The Rodale Institute announced Monday that it has signed a five-year academic research agreement with Kutztown University.

Fulfilling a pledge it made earlier this year, The Giant Co. has made a $1.2 million donation to the Rodale Institute in Kutztown.

Bell & Evans, one of the largest organic chicken producers in the world, is partnering with the Rodale Institute in Kutztown, and Cargill to incentivize farmers to switch traditional grain crops to organic grain crops with the promise of contracts, funding and technical help.