The 40-acre farm in Lower Macungie Township that became the epicenter of the organic farming movement was just home for Maria Rodale. The granddaughter of the businessman J.I. Rodale, founder of ...

In 1971 J.I. Rodale, 72, was at a place he probably could not have imagined when he came to the Lehigh Valley in the 1930s. From a small, abandoned farm in rural Emmaus he had seen his ideas grow into ...

* 1930: Rodale Manufacturing, an electrical devices company founded by J.I. Rodale and his brother Joseph moves from New York to Emmaus. J.I. Rodale founds a publishing company, now known as Rodale ...

Hearst finalized its estimated $225 million deal to acquire Rodale earlier this week, and sources say it is expected to sign a lease for the Rodale HQ in sleepy Emmaus, Pa. But it doesn’t appear to be ...

An era is ending at Rodale Inc., the wellness-oriented magazine and book publisher which operates out of Emmaus, Penn., and New York City. Steven Murphy, Rodale’s longtime chief executive who raised ...

It started with a sales pitch, a real estate agent’s long-shot attempt to convince two guys from New York to move their company to a small Pennsylvania town. The Depression will drag on, Robert S.

In Emmaus, Pennsylvania, you will find that some of the most important roots of American cycling are certified organic. This is where the enigmatic J. I. Rodale established a family farm in the 1940s, ...

Steve Murphy resigned yesterday as CEO of Rodale — the family owned publishing concern that counts Men’s Health, Prevention and Runner’s World among its many titles — to be replaced by Maria Rodale, ...

Lehigh Valley publishing company Rodale Inc. announced new leadership today. President and CEO Steven Pleshette Murphy will step down effective Sept. 1, the Emmaus-based company said. He will be ...

Rodale Chief Executive Maria Rodale spoke with anxious staffers at a town-hall meeting at the company’s Emmaus, Pa., headquarters on Thursday morning to try to calm employee jitters about the sale to ...