b—Lancaster farming, Saturday, January i»/j
The Mount Joy Farmers Cooperative
held its annual meeting on Thursday at
Hostetler’s Banquet Hall, Mount Joy. At
the meeting, awards were presented to the
ten highest producers for the past year.
Among them were, front row, left to right:
Martin Heisey, Mount Joy; Aaron Grubb,
Annville; Henry Kreider, Manheim; Harold
Organic Farmers Organize
Growers and retailers of
organic foods met in Lancaster
Tuesday night and formed the
Pennsylvania Organic Farmers’
Assn
The initial meeting of the
organization was held at the
Organic Market, 601 W. Lemon
St, and attracted 80 persons from
as far away as Juniata, Mon
tgomery and Lehigh counties in
addition to Lancaster and
surrounding counties
Paul E Sanger, a farmer from
Fredncksburg, Pa , was elected
acting president and Kevin
Carroll, co-owner of the Organic
Market, acting vice-president
Ralph Benner, sales manager
for Zook and Ranck, Gap, was
named treasurer and Glenn
Swartz, East Waterford, Pa.,
secretary.
Those present generally agreed
that some form of organization is
needed in the fast-growing
business.
In addition to establishing
standards for labeling and aiding
in the distribution of organic
farm products to retaU outlets,
the new organization can be
expected to deal with cer
tification of organic farmers.
In addition to the acting of
ficers appointed at the meeting,
the following directors were also
named •
Richard Novak, Lancaster R 6;
Ralph Benner, Paradise Rl;
Walter Hofstetter, Limeport,
Pa ; Mervm McMichaels, New
Risser and Donald Risser, Bainbridge.
Back row: Lloyd Moyer, Manheim; David
Miller, Mount Joy; Elvin and Paul Kreider,
Palmyra; John Alger, Campbelltown, and
Roy Alger, Palmyra. Elvin and Paul Kreider
were tops with 1.5 million pounds of milk,
while Henry Kreider was second with 1.15
million pounds.
Danville, Leon Rex, Slatington,
Pa., Paul Hartz, Morgantown,
Richard Wanner, Akron; and
H.R. Lefever, Spring Grove, Pa.
Interested persons are invited
to join the new organization by
contacting Kevin Carroll at 601
W. Lemon St.
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