Dl2—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 21,1981
UNIVERSITY PARK - James
S. Toothman, associate professor
of agricultural economics exten
sion at Penn State recently retired
with 13 years of service.
A native of Illinois and raised in
West Virginia, Toothman came to
Penn State in 1968 from the
Academy of Food Marketing, St.
Joseph’s College, Philadelphia. He
also was employed by super
market chains and the U.S.
Department of Agriculture where
he was involved in food distribu
tion research and training
In his first four years with the
Penn State Cooperative Extension
Service, Toothman worked closely
with several Pennsylvania food
chains and independent grocers
associations conducting educa
tional programs in perishable food
merchandising and sanitation
practices.
In 1970 he cooperated with
marketing researchers from Kan
sas State University in study con
sumer acceptance of prepackaged
Lebanon
checking
LEBANON The Lebanon
County Conservation District may
be looking into the county’s non
point pollution potential during the
coming year, according to Donald
Bollinger, chairman.
The District has apphed to the
Bureau of Soil and Water Con
servation, DER, for funds made
available from the U S En
vironmental Protection Agency
grant for studies provided for in
the Federal Clean Water Act
Plans are being made to collect
land use information in selected
drainage areas in the
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Ag economist retires
frozen meat using a new shrink
film developed by the DuPont Cor
poration. The following year, he
acquired outside funding for a
study of the supply system for con
venience stores
This study identified and
measured several high cost factors
in the existing supply system and
led to industry efforts to con
solidate more product groups in
each truck delivery. A portion of
the funding was used to implement
computerized truck routing with
cooperating firms
In 1972, the retired agricultural
economist anticipated the
resurgence of consumer interest in
buying part of their food directly
from farmers and the potential for
organizing farmers markets in
Pennsylvania. With a grant from
the Pennsylvania Department of
Agriculture, he headed a survey by
Extension area marketing agents
of ai 1 existing farmers markets in
the < ommonwealth.
District
land use
Cocahco Creek Watersheds
Studies will be checking land
use, farming practices, closeness
to streams and the water quality to
be protected. The intensive and
spot sampling will help determine
the conservation needs of the land
in the watershed. Future District
programs will be developed based
upon the results of these studies,
Bollinger said
Non-point pollution is described
as any harmful substance from the
land surface that enters the stream
at various places rather than from
a drainage ditch, pipe or other
specific point
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James S. Toothman
Information obtained in this
survey was used to assist growers
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and civic groups establish over 30
new seasonal farmers markets
between 1974 and 1978.
Toothman served as advisor to
U S. Congressional legislative staff
members in the preparation of
bills aimed at providing federal
financial assistance to states for
promoting the expansion of direct
marketing through applied
research and educational pro
grams.
Following passage of the
Farmer-to-Consumer Marketing
Act of 1976 and its funding in 1978,
Toothman prepared a ]omt pro
posal to the U.S Department of
Agriculture which resulted in fun
ding for an intensive six-month
educational program for growers
and consumers in five
southeastern counties. He also con
ducted a pioneering study of actual
marketing costs incurred by
representative growers in selling
to the public by the U-pick,
farmers market, and roadside
methods of direct marketing.
While serving as program of the
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New Berlmville, PA
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annual Pennsylvama-Maryland
Roadside Marketing Conference
from 1974 and., 1980, the retired
agricultural economist expanded
educational programing for all
methods of farmer-to-consumer
marketing including dairymen
operating farm milk stores. Con
ference attendance more than
doubled during this period with
almost 500 growers and exhibitors
attending the 1980 three-day pro
gram.
Toothman also participated m
several county and regional direct
marketing meetings and made
presentations to statewide
meetings in Ohio, Michigan and
New Jersey.
The extension specialist earned
a bachelor of arts degree from the
University of Washington and
master of business administration
degree from Temple University
with majors in marketing.
He and his wife, Eulene, a
teacher m the State College Area
School District, plan to remain in
State College.
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Box 121, RDI
Myerstown, PA
717-933-4758
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