28b-Lancaster Farming, Saturday. April 16, 1977
Education is key to solving land-use problem
By DIETER KKIEG
LAUREDVILLE, Pa. - It’s
pretty hard to convince
people there\s a farmland
use crisis, because fanners
are already producing more
than the market needs, says
Orland Gingerich, a
Canadian farmer.
“The more we study this
issue, the more problematic
it becomes. There are no
easy answers, Gingerich
said. He was sharing his
knowledge and views at a
recently held “Affirmation
of Farming” retreat,
sponsored by the Mennonite
Milk marketing
council commended
HARRISBURG, Pa. -
Secretary of Agriculture
Kent D. Shelhamer this week
congratulated the officers
and trustees of the Keystone
Milk Marketing Council,
Inc., for their promotional
efforts on behalf of Penn
sylvania-produced milk
throughout the Com
monwealth.
“The promotional
program of the Keystone
Milk Marketing Council has
supplied the local level
impact needed to increase
the effectiveness of national
and regional • efforts,”
Shelhamer said. ‘‘The
council has done an out
standing job of coordinating
local promotional efforts,
concentrating on the state
dairy princess program and
special events at shopping
malls and other public
places.”
The Keystone Milk
Marketing Council, Inc. is an
independent organization
which represents farmers'
organizations, milk
cooperatives, independent
producers, and other in
dividuals interested in
helping Pennsylvania
maintain a viable dairy
industry. The council is
funded by promotion
programs from Federal
Orders 2,4, and 36 agencies,
as well as membership dues
and organizations in the
remaining counties of the
state.
‘‘Milk promotion
programs have grown
rapidly m Pennsylvania and
the northeast in recent
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Church. Interested
agriculturists from five
states and Canada were in
attendance for the weekend
program.
Although Gingerich spoke
of situations in Ontario,
Canada, the problems he
described were considered to
be applicable for nearly all
of North American far
mland. Production is up, he
said, and prices are down.
That does not smack of a
crisis situation to consumers
and land-use legislation is
therefore not easily dealt
with. A survey showing that
years, and have had sub
stantial success in slowing
the decline in per capita milk
sales,” Shelhamer noted.
“In fact, per capita con
sumption of total fluid milk
showed a slight upturn in
1975.”
Officers and trustees for
1977 were elected at a recent
council meeting. Donald
Duncan, a Berks County
dairy farmer, was elected
president of the council.
Other officers include E.
Wayne Bashore, Cum
berland County, vice
president; Barbara Gross,
Venango County, secretary;
and Robert Morns, Centre
County, treasurer.
Shelhamer said that the
Pennsylvania Department of
Agriculture’s Bureau of
Markets assists the
Keystone program through
its marketing and promotion
specialists, helping to
coordinate local events.
Again this Summer, the 1976-
1977 state dairy princess,
Peggy Staub of Cumberland
County, will be making
appearances at malls and
stores, as well as television
and radio appearances.
The Keystone Milk
Marketing Council, Inc. has
recently held meetings
across the state to discuss
the operation of effective
local milk promotion
programs. Their activities
do not duplicate national or
regional promotions spon
sored by the American Dairy
Association or the Dairy
Council, which stresses milk
education.
Orland Gingerich
Canada has five acres of
land per capita, compared to
a world average of 1.2 acres
per person further dilutes
the impression many
Canadians have of land-use.
That is not to say,
however, that a land-use
problem doesn’t exist, or
that it isn’t officially
recognized. The Canadian
government is making at
tempts to protect its
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agricultural resources. Only
eight per cent of the
Canadian land mass is
suitable for agriculture.
Gin gen ch told the
gathering that the land use
problem is not just a farm
issue. “It involves us all and
is vital to our living, like
air,” he said. A concept
wj)ich is and must be con
sidered world-wide, the
Canadian farmer cited
European countries as
examples where land was
being used wisely. Villages
are often on hillsides, while
fertile farmland in the
valleys is preserved.
Gingerich claimed that
land use can be closely tied
to the energy problem, since
intensive fanning methods
are generally employed for
maximum food production.
A university study cited by
Gingerich supports that
view, and concludes that a
return to “old practices”
such as crop rotation would
lessen some of the strain now
being put on farmland.
The key to solving the
land-use problem is
education, the Canadian
farmer affirmed. He noted
that rural people who moved
in from the cities often do not
understand farm problems.
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Gingerich believes that if
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