Pa. to exhibit at international food show
HARRISBURG - State
Agriculture Secretary Penrose
Hallowell, just returned from an
export trade mission to the Middle
East, is now setting Pennsylvania
sights on a four-day international
trade show here at home.
The United States International
Food Show (USIFS), April 15-18 in
New York city, should attract 600
exhibitors and about 15,000 trade
visitors from around the world.
Hallowell, president of the Eastern
United States Agricultural and
Food Export Council (EUSAFEC)
which sponsors the show, says it
represents an excellent op
portunity for Pennsylvania firms
to grow with the marketplace.
“My experiences in the Middle
East last month made it clear that
new doors are opening for sales of
Pennsylvania products in in
ternational markets,” he said.
“But it was also obvious that we
must be active, imaginative and
tough to survive and expand our
food exports.”
“The Pennsylvania Department
of Agriculture has contracted for a
large, well-placed pavilion at the
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USIFS, and a number of state
firms have taken advantage of the
space that is available. To date,
the department and 15 other
Pennsylvania firms and
organizations have agreed to offer
a wide array of state food
products,” Hallowell said.
Among the Pennsylvania
exhibitors at the show are:
Colonial Beef Company; E.B.
Evans Corporation; Empire
Kosher Poultry, Inc.; Ina Clark,
Inc.; Penn Best (PFA); Reist Seed
Company; Charles G. Summers,
Jr./Hanover Brands, Inc.;
Supergreen, Inc.; Universal
Trading Company; Winmix, Inc.;
E.W. Knauss & Son, Inc.; Simon
Candy Company; S & Honey
Company; Pennsylvania Dutch
Birch Beer; and Penn Dutch
Cookie Company. Hallowell said a
limited amount of space is still
available for potential exhibitors.
“International conditions have
caused the value of U.S.
agriculture and food exports to
decline in recent years, but op
portunities remain,” Hallowell
said. “Our farmers and food in-
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promote sales abroad as part of the
normal marketing channel and to
expand food product exports.
Shows like the USIFS with huge
numbers of interested buyers in
one place, give potential exporters
a chance to make thousands of
contacts, develop trade leads, and
hopefully, to land orders for future
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planning headquarters
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - After
nearby 80 years of existence, the
Maryland Crop Improvement
Association is negotiating for its
first permanent headquarters
building and warehouse. And it
hopes, by the end of the year, to
hire its first paid secretary
treasurer on a part-time basis.
These ambitions were highlights
of the president’s report during the
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Hallowell noted that buyer at
tendance at this second USIFS
should be boosted by the success of
the 1982 show and by the work of
the USDA’s Foreign Agricultural
Service and The Andry Mon
tgomery Group which have
publicized the show around the
world. “Many buyers schedule at
least one trip tho TT S each year,
Md. Crop Assn.
association's 77th annual meeting
last week in the Tidewater Inn at
Easton.
The report was made by
outgoing president, Edwin J.
Hevner of Seaford, Del. Hevner is
assistant manager of the
Delmarva area seed and farm
supply warehouse at Seaford for
Southern States Cooperative, Inc.
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with New York a major stop,” he
said. ‘‘Knowledge that USISF will
be held in April, has enabled
buyers to plan accordingly.
More information on exhibiting
at the USIFS and rates is available
by contacting Gretchen Anderson
Vreeland in the Department’s
Bureau of Agricultural
Development at 717-783-8460.
Hevner said, the new Maryland
Crop Improvement Association
headquarters building and
warehouse will be located at the
Wye Research and Education
Center near Queenstown, on
Maryland’s Eastern Shore. Die
center is operated by the
University of Maryland’s
Agricultural Experiment Station,
headquartered in College Park.
Since its founding in 1906, the
crop association has had close ties
with the University of Maryland.
Its official purposes and aims
include cooperation with the
university’s College of
Agriculture, Agricultural Ex
periment Station and Cooperative
Extension Service particularly
with its agronomy and horticulture
departments in improving
Maryland crops.
The association also cooperates
with the state Department of
Agriculture and its seed cer
tification program.
At last week’s annual meeting,
the MCIA presented a $2,000 check
to two agronomy research workers
from the University of Maryland at
College Park. The money is to be
divided equally between research
work on soybean and small grains.
Similar checks have been
presented at each of the last four or
five annual meetings of the
association.
Dale A. Morris of North Laurel
(Howard county) received the
MCIA service award for 1983.
Morris is a seed certification
specialist for the Maryland state
Department of Agriculture,
headquartered at Annapolis.
During its business session, the
association elected three new
directors for three-year terms.
They are: Gene W. Mullinix of
Lisbon (Howard county); Robert
T. Jarboe of Leonardtown (St.
Marys county) and Donald D.
Littleton of Mardela Springs
(Wicomico county).
At a meeting afterward, the
board of directors elected two
Talbot county residents as new
officers. They are Robert E. Shaw,
president, and Charles Lyons, Jr.,
vice-president, both of Easton. B.
Frank Adkins of Hebron
(Wicomico county) was re-elected
secretary-treasurer.
The new MCIA president is vice
president and sales manager for
Jaspers, Inc., a home garden and
farm supply company located in
Gaston.
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