Berks Chamber meets farm
BY LAUREL SCHAEFFER
Staff Correspondent
LEESPORT Members of the
Berks County Chamber of Com
merce met with approximately 36
agri-business leaders of Berks
County recently here at the County
Agricultural Center in an effort to
build a bridge of understanding,
unify, and compete together
against outside business interests
instead of competing against each
other.
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renewed interest in the problems
and concerns of Berks County
farmers and agri-business leaders.
The meeting was planned to bring
to light the problems facing the
agri-business community giving
all participants a chance to voice
their concerns. The Chamber of
Commerce then plans to identify
and select a few good, common and
attauiable goal and work with the
agri-business community to
achieve these goals.
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frequently by the participants
were: farmland preservation, high
interest rates, lack of public
concern, school taxes, and
marketing.
Tony Grimm, president of the
Chamber of Commerce explained
that a smaller committee con
sisting of several agri-business
leaders, farmers and Chamber of
Commerce members would take
the ideas, discuss them, identity an
area to'work oh and then report
back to the larger, "idea” group
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issues face to face
which was assembled at
meeting.
Clyde Myers, Berks County
Extension Agent noted how im
portant agriculture is to the
strength of the economy. Myers
told the group that agriculture
encompasse's 24 percent of the
nation’s gross national product,
and 23 percent of it’s employment
force. He also said there are two
million farmers, or three percent
of the labor force, farming about
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Myers also told the group that
American consumers are
currently spending only 17 to 19
percent of their income on food
while the French spend 26 percent;
Brazilians spend 42 percent; and
Russians must spend 52 percent of
their income on food. The county
agent noted that 25 percent of
American’s food bill is not spent
for food and 30 percent of their food
dollars are spent in restaurants.
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