GERMANSVILLE (Lehigh
Co.) Recently, the Lehigh
County Holstein Club held its
annual dinner meeting at the Bake
Oven Inn. The guest speaker was
DJ. Duncan of Robesonia, Berks
County. Mr. Duncan used slides to
share his five-month hike, going
the full length of the Appalachian
Trail from Maine to Georgia.
Ken Raney from the Pennsylva
nia Holstein Association pre
sented an update of association
activities, including the up
coming state convention and club
membership campaigns. He also
mentioned that there were two
entries from the Lehigh Club in
the Junior All-Pennsylvania con
test Scott Sell, Schnecksville, and
Bruce Dietrich, New Tripoli, were
elected to fill two open positions
on the county board of directors.
The club honored 4-H Dairy
Club members by presenting them
with hooded sweatshirts. The
members of the 4-H Dairy Club
are Steven and Stacey Dietrich of
Germansville, Bonnie and Mike
Dietrich of New Tripoli, and
Shannon Semmel of
Schnecksville.
‘Environmentally Safe
Food Production
Necessary
ANDY ANDREWS
Lancaster Farming Staff
HUNT VALLEY, Md. Jot dpwn this toll-free num
ber (800) 237-4458. As a produce farmer, you may need it
Why? Because the 1990 Farm Bill, which experts say may
become known as the “environmental bill,’’ specifies that
food production methods most be “environmentally safe.”
‘ ‘Consumer Concerns Into the 19905” was a major topic at
the 1990 Mid-Atlantic Direct Marketing Conference and
Trade Show held here last week. Topics included consumer
and employee concerns into the 1990 s as well as questions
and answers about the market and the changing elements of
the food producing and marketing industry.
The drive to ensure products are made and marketed safely
is the result of huge campaigns that consumer advocate
groups have been making to keep food, particularly produce,
free from pesticides and handled correctly after the harvest
The toll-free number can put farmers in touch with the
Center for Produce Quality (CPQ), a non-profit group begun
in 1988 by the Produce Marketing Assocation. CPQ’s Grow
ing For Goodness Sake Program has been providing a ‘ ‘turn
key” Safety Resource Kit
The kit includes food safety items, ready-to-print mechani
cals, consumer brochures, and other types of “food safety”
materials that farmers and marketers can use when selling
products.
Dr. Craig Oliver, director of the Maryland cooperative
extension service, told about 185 people at the conference
about the elements of the 1990 Farm Bill.
“The bill leads up to how best to regulate the use of pesti
cides,” Oliver said. * ‘There are more environmental issues in
the bill than anything else.” Details of the bill explain how
organic farming, tow-input sustained agriculture (LISA), and
other “environmentally safe” issues are becoming promi
nent in the minds of consumers.
Consumer has clear sense
‘ ‘After studying the northeast part of the country, we found
that the consumer has a clear sense that he or she wants a
quality product with the lowest amount of pesticides used,”
said Oliver. “The consumer is looking at the product more
today than 5 or 10 years ago. The consumer wants clean milk,
clean produce, and wants to ensure the environment is pro
tected. In the end, consumers will determine how farmers will
produce products.”
A study conducted by the Farm Marketing Institute (FMI)
indicates that produce in particular is the “number one” rea
son why shoppers choose one store over another, said Bryan
Silbermann, staff vice president of the Produce Marketing
Association.
“More consumers are purchasing different types of pro
duce more than ever before,” said Silbermann. In 1983, pro
duce items made up only 7.2 percent of all supermarket sales.
That number increased t 08.7 percent in 1988. Produce purch
ases make up one-quarter of the net profit dollars of a “ typi-
Lehigh Count,
Recevlng recognition from the Lehigh County 4-H Dairy Elected directors of the 1990 Lehigh County Holstein
Club are, from left, Steven Dietrich, Shannon Semmel, Bon- Club are, from front left, Brian Dietrich, and Andrea Sem
nie Dietrich, Stacey Dietrich, and Michael Dietrich. mel. From left In the back row are Tim Robbins, Scott Sell,
Bruce Dietrich, and Richard Graff.
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