DOVER, Del. Agriculturists
are invited to spend a day in Match
learning about important issues
facing the agricultural community,
exchanging ideas with each other,
and meeting with elected officials
to discover what they will be doing
in the next year to help the agricul
tural industry.
Ag Forum ’92: Opportunities
and Challenges will be offered
Wednesday. March 4, in the West
Building at Delaware Technical
and Community College in
Georgetown.
Commercial and educational
exhibits will open at 10 a.m. and
remain open throughout the day.
The educational portion of the
program begins at 1 p.m. with the
keynote address by Dr. John Nye,
dean of the University of Dela
ware’s College of Agricultural
Sciences.
At 1:30 p.m., participants can
choose between two concurrent
sessions “Trucking Laws
Affecting Producers and Sup
pliers” and “Aquaculture in Dela
ware: Regulations and
Opportunities."
The transportation program will
address different aspects of truck
ing safety and regulation.
Jerome A. Emerson, coordina
tor of the division of motor vehi
cles’ commercial driver licenses
Funk Dedicates Lifetime
(Contlnuad from Pag* Cl 4)
“Spring bedding sales are unbe
lievable,” Funk said.
The greenhouse employees are
Wanting now for spring sales,
'unks sell 80 to 90 percent of the
ilants retail. During the holidays,
hey sold 20,000 poinsettias.
One of the most surprising
hings he learned in merchandizing
s that people object when the
irices of food rise, but not to the
ising prices on ornamental planus
md flowers.
Every March 20, the Funks
dam 10 acres of sweet com under
ilaslic so that it is available by
lune 17.
“This past year the average price
if sweet com was $4 m the state,
nit we can’t get that around here,”
; unk said. “Too many other grow
ls make tough competition.”
To stay on the culling edge, the
: unks find that it is necessary to
constantly change their program to
nectthe competition. They found
hey could make more money rais
n 8 broccoli than tobacco. They
Srowaspargus, lima beans, brussel
pouts, cantaloupes, celery, sweet
om, gourds, pumpkins, peaches,
*id nectarines. For 20 years had
'lack raspberries, rhubarb, straw
*ol6s, sugar peas, tomatoes,
''Stcrmelon.
• Amos said that he became aware
11 the 1960 s that farmland was
lost to development. In
578, he went to the environmen
d board and requested that they
0 something about loss of
annland.
> He said that the Conestoga Val
!y Association was formed when
former teacher remarked that he
we could involve urban
*°Ple in conservation.
Although Funk is highly praised
Pfbis conservation and preserva
lou efforts, not everyone has been
Wul for Funk’s efforts to pre-
farmland.
. He said, I’ve spent heated ses
“w in the courthouse. Some do
°twant ag preservation. It takes
tte nii. slow, aggressive pursuit of
Ag Forum
program, will discuss state laws
affecting the agricultural industry.
John Caves of the federal highway
administration of motor carriers
will review how federal regula
tions impact agricultural transpor
tation needs.
Master Corporal Francis Lelk
owski of the Delaware State Police
motor carrier safety assistance
program will discuss what (hat
-program has to offer, and William
Dellinger of the Delaware Motor
Transport Association will address
fleet safety issues.
Lee Derrickson, an instructor
with the Delaware Tech Truck
Driver Training Program, will dis
cuss what that program can offer
agricultural producers and their
employees.
Participants in the aquaculture
session will team about state regu
latory concerns and financial
opportunities, research and exten
sion outreach efforts, and how
traditional agricultural industries
are expanding into aquaculture.
Dr. Bernard Petrosky, a research
assistant professor with the depart
ment of agriculture and natural
resources at Delaware State Col
lege, will provide an update on
research projects. Joseph Farrell,
marine resource management spe
cialist with the Sea Grant College
Marine Advisory Service, will
disseminating knowledge to help
people understand.”
Amos is a charter member of the
Lancaster County Conservancy
and member of the Lancaster
County Preservation board.
Amos had opportunity to be on
the National Board of Vegetable
Growers and the National Board of
Conservation, but did not do it
because it required too much time
away from home.
Of the 35 awards Amos
received, he is most pleased with
the Teddy Roosevelt Award given
by President Bush in 1990. Other
cherished awards include the 1984
National Association of Conserva
tion Districts Special Service
Award for his more than 30 years
of Conservation efforts at the loc
al, state, and national level. In
addition, he was awarded the 1985
Pennsylvania Farmer’s Award for
outstanding achievement and in
1966, the Pennsylvania Master
Farmer Award.
Recently, Amos received the
George Delp Award for being the
most influential in promoting agri
business within the county.
Although never a member of the
Rotary Club or other service club,
Amos was honored by the Rotary
with a Harris Fellow Award in
appreciation of tangible and signif
icant assistance given for the furth
erance of better understanding and
friendly relationships between
people of the world.
He is active in church work.
Although he is no longer able to
play all the sports he formerly did,
he remains an avid Nittany Lions
fan and has season tickets for the
Philadelphia Eagles. The Funks
have six children and 11
grandchildren.
Amos continues to set goals. He
would like to get more farmland
preserved and to get a handle on
nutrient management without pol
luting underground water that
would allow farmers to make
money.
“Of course,” Amos added, “I
never getover trying to grow better
watermelon and cantaloupe.”
Focuses On
highlight progress in the Universi
ty of Delaware’s Extension
programs.
Ferdinand Wirth, marketing
supervisor with the Delaware
Department of Agriculture, and
William “Skip” Bason, president
of the Delaware Aquaculture
Association, will talk about pend
ing environmental regulation that
will affect the fledgling industry
and financial opportunities for
those interested in launching aqua
culture operations.
Larry Horseman, manager of
research operations for the aqua
culture group at Townsends Inc. in
Millsboro, will discuss his poultry
company’s experiment with aqua
culture and the pros and cons of
expanding into this new commer
cial venture.
The next concurrent seminars,
"Implications of Environmental
Regulation for Agricultural Pro
ducers” and “Agricultural Alterna
tives.” will begin at 3:30 p.m. '
Wellhead protection, pesticide
regulation, environmental assess
ments. and underground storage
tanks will be the four topics fea
tured in the environmental session.
Representatives from the Depart
ment of Natural Resources and
Environmental Control and Larry
Towle, agricultural specialist with
the Department of Agriculture’s
Meat
CHICAGO, IL Meat Board
directors representing state beef,
pork and lamb councils along with
packers, purveyors and directors
from more than 30 meat industry
organizations will gather in Chica
go, March 22-23, for the National
Live Stock and Meat Bpard annu
al meeting.
The Meat Board is a coalition of
all segments of the meat and lives-
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Issues
Pesticide Compliance Section,
will be presenters.
The other session will feature an
exploration of what the alternative
and sustainable agriculture move
ments mean to producers. Ferd
nand Wirth and Dr. Edward ' .
Jones, a professor in the depai.-
ment of agriculture and natur 1
resources at Delaware State Col
lege, will lead the discussions.
In addition, three recipients of
the department of agriculture’s
alternative agriculture/marketing
research grants will discuss prob
lems and successes they had get
ting their projects off the ground.
Ted Trevjorrow of Fiber Core
Corporation will talk about kenaf
production. Joy Evans, a farmer
from Millville, will offer advice on
growing Shiitake mushrooms.
And Tom Ryan of Ryan’s Berry
Farm in Frankford will discuss the
expansion of his pick-your-own
operation with the addition of
value-added products.
A buffet dinner will be served at
5; 15 p.m. following the education-
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producers to food retailers that
has been working through indus
try checkoffs to build demand for
meat since 1922.
On the agenda for the meeting:
chairman-elect Kendall S. Rice of
Wilsonville, Neb., will deliver the
annual meeting charge; directors
will begin the process of program
development for fiscal 1993 and
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717/249-2304
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 22, 1992-Cl5
al sessions. Program participants
then will have a last chance to visit
the exhibit area before an open for
um with elected officials begins at
7 p.m. in the college theater.
The forum will feature a panel
of elected officials giving brief
remarks about legislation and poli
cies related to the seminar topics
and a question and answer period
for the audience.
A $lO registration fee includes
the buffet dinner, afternoon bever
ages, and program materials. The
fee will be charged whether parti
cipants attend all or part of the day
long program.
To obtain a registration form,
contact Debbie Davis, Office of
Continuing Education, Delaware
Tech, at (302) 856-5400, ext. 227.
Or register by phone using a VISA
or Master Card.
For program information, con
tact the Department of Agriculture
Information Office at (302)
739-4811 or (800) 282-8685
(Delaware only).
elect new officers for the Meat
Board and its operating divisions,
the Beef Industry Council, Pork
Industry Group and Lamb Com
mittee; and retiring directors will
be honored during a special
luncheon.
For information, contact the
Meat Board, 444 N. Michigan
Ave., Chicago, IL 60611, or call
312-467-5520.
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