JOYCE BUPP
York Co. Correspondent
AIRVILLE, (York Co.)
Rarely does York County farm
woman Pat Sueck find herself at a
loss for words.
But being named the Distin
guished Service Award winner by
the York County Farm Bureau
recently left this agriculture
activist groping for her thoughts.
“I was speechless,” she admits,
adding, “And I knew I was getting
the award. But I was really
touched by it."
The award was presented at the
group’s annual meeting, held in
early October. Because she is a
member of the county board and
rarely misses a meeting, Farm
Bureau county board members were
unable to keep her selection a secret
Pat Sueck is a nurse by profes
sion, a farm woman by marriage,
and an agriculture leader by her
natural ability, outgoing style and
dedication to the industry. She and
her husband, Elmer, and the seven
children they raised, moved to
their Airville farm near Muddy
Creek Forks in 1969, from subur-
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ban Baltimore. Along with their
off-farm professions and agricul
ture leadership, the couple has
bred and raised hogs.
Active in numerous agriculture
organizations, Pat has served on
the county Farm Bureau board
and the state and national Farm
Bureau women’s committees. She
is the president of Penn’s Agri-
Women and a member of the
York County Society of Farm
Women.
Pat has been a director of the
York County Conservation Dis
trict since 1990 and was recently
elected second vice president of
the Pennsylvania Association of
Conservation Districts. The orga
nization promotes the local con
servation districts, networks with
other state and national conserva
tion, agriculture and environmen
tal groups.
“I especially like the network
ing with the Department of Envi
ronmental Resources. It’s a good
opportunity for dialogue between
conservation and environmental.
With conservation districts being
the implementers of programs, we
mow.
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can convey a lot of positive grass
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Since early 1993, Pat has been
serving as the executive director
for the Agriculture Awareness
Foundation of Pennsylvania, par
ent organization for the Ag In The
Classroom teacher education pro
gram. Working out of an office in
the Suecks’ cozy, woodland home,
Pat handles public relations and
fund-raising, attends conferences'
around the region, sets up dis
plays, speaks to groups, and net
works with related organizations
by phone and FAX to educate the
public about food production.
“Out focus is to educate
kindergarten through sixth grade,
teaching teachers what agriculture
and farmers are about, how to
integrate agriculture information
into their classrooms and the myr
iad of careers that are available
through agriculture. So many peo
ple do not realize the impact agri
culture has on so many other parts
of the economy, the processor, the
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 12, 1994*817
mnty Farm Bureau recently honored farmer,
leader and activist Pat Sueck with its Distinguished Ser
vice Award for “outstanding service to agriculture."
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