A22-Lancaster Farming; Saturday; May 18. 1996
Kimberton
(Continued from Pago A2l)
tute, with Jonda Crosby, Penn
State RISA project and Sally Pick,
Montgomery County extension.
Rodale, like Penn State, is a mem
ber of the Regional Infrastructure
for Sustaining Agriculture (RISA)
project. The RISA-sponsored field
day, scheduled for early June, is
suppported by a grant from the
W.K. Kellogg Foundation.
The field day will also highlight
the technical aspects of the farm
and how CSAs differ from tradi
tional vegetable farms.
The field day is scheduled on
Saturday, June 8, from 3 p.m.-6
p.m. at the farm (for more informa
tion, see the accompanying article
in this issue of Lancaster Form
ing). Refreshments will be served.
The CS A makes use of no ‘ ‘syn
thetic” pesticides or fertilizer,
according to Barbara. According
to Kerry, to control insects, Bt or
Rotenone can be used as a last
resort
Barbara indicated
that the realities of rais
ing the crop often dic
tate what will be neces
sary to use “to adapt tc
the world that we live
in.”
Nutrients for the veg
etables are obtained
through various com
posting methods one
involving dairy manure,
another household food
scraps, and another,
green manures.
There are many bene-:
fits, in addition to the:
environment, that make:
CSAs viable. They;
often serve as educa-;
tional centers for child-;
ren about where and :
how food is grown.;
Even children who nor-;
mally have a hard time ;
eating vegetables “pull;
them out of the ground
themselves and take ■
them home and have a ■
relationship with them, ;
and they start to eat J
them more,” said:
Barbara.
“Our intention here
is to have the healthiest
ecosystem and to grow
food that is healthy and
gives as much vitality to
the people that are eat
ing it as possible,” she
said.
According to Jonda
Crosby, RISA project
associate, consumers in
urban and suburban
areas are always asking
where to get produce
fresh from the farm. The
Kimberton CSA pro
vides “a way for the
project to reconnect
consumers with their
food.” said Crosby.
“And this is a living,
breathing example of a
successful farm.”
Crosby indicated that
in the region, more and
more acreage is lost to
houses and industrial
development But some
acreage remains
viable plots of 10 or
more acres that can be
converted to a CSA.
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“Even in a really developed
area, there are still chunks of land
that are left” said Crosby. She
mentioned that parts of Montgom
ery County, a large suburban
growth area, can be managed by
CSAs. “There’s a lot of land in
these urbanized areas. If we could
think a little bit differently about
what farming is and look at diffe
rent models of how food can get to
consumers, rather than our tradi
tional thiniking that we have to
have crates and crates and crates of
apples or potatoes and hundreds of
acres to be a viable farm, it would
work.
‘ ‘There are alternatives and peo
ple can make a living from them,”
said Crosby.
According to Oshins, newer
communities are forming and
“want to maintain a connection
with farmland,” he said. A CSA
can provide that kind of “bridge”
to consumers.
“The Garden of Eden is our
model,” said Kerry Sullivan.
“Members can simply wander in
their garden as much as they
want to take it as their garden.”
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USB Requests Proposals
ST. LOUIS, Mo. As a first
step toward selecting national soy
bean checkoff projects for the
1997 Fiscal Year (Oct. 1,
1996-Sept, 31. 1997), the United
Soybean Board (USB) is asking
all interested organizations, insti
tutions, and individuals to submit
preproposals for FY97 projects
dealing with issues in USB’s in
ternational marketing, domestic
marketing, new uses, and produc
tion program areas.
‘This process helps us look
"Producers and con
sumers are working so
closely together to set
up a system that’s really
sustainable economical
ly,” said Barbara Sulli
van. “So we’ll be here
20 years down the road,
hopefully.”
The season for the
Sullivans opens on May
21 and lasts until
Christmas.
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and expert suggestions in a fairly
short amount of time so our direc
tors can choose projects that most
wisely invest checkoff dollars to
benefit producers," said Jerry Slo
cum, USB chairman. “We’re
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and implement quantifiable pro
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Bangor Implement
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Bangor, PA 18013
610-588-5922
Betts Equipment
3139 Windy Bush Road,Rt. 232
New Hope, PA 18938
215-598-7501
C.B. Hoober &
Son, Inc.
Mam Street
Intercourse, PA 17534
717-768-8231
Cannonsburg Supply
& Equipment Co.
RD 1. Box 247
Cannonsburg, PA 15317
412-746-2500
Deerfield Ag &
Turf Center, Inc.
RR 2 Box 212
Watsontown, PA 17777
717-538-3557
Detlan
Equipment, Inc.
141 East Main St.
Silverdale, PA 18962
215-257-5177
Dunkle & Grieb, Inc.
RR 2, Box 14
Centre Hall, PA 16828
814-364-1421
New Jersey
Caldwell Tractor &
Equipment, Inc.
480 U.T3. Route 46
Fairfield, N.J. 07006
201-227-6772
Rodio Tractor Sales
North White Horse Pike
Hammonton, N.J. 08037
609-561-0141
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farmers.”
Potential contractors must sub
mit the preproposal form based on
selected issues for each of USB’s
four program areas by April 29.
To receive the appropriate forms
and additional information regard
ing the program areas* issues, in
terested individuals/groups should
fax Don Gutgsell, USB, at (314)
576-2786. Include name, address,
phone number, and fax number for
immediate response.
FORA
Eckroth Bros
Farm Equipment
Rd 2. Box 24A
New Ringold, PA 17960
717-943-2131
Hines Equipment
RT. 220, Belwood, PA
814-742-8171
Keller Brothers
R 7 Box 405
Lebanon, PA 17042
717-949-6501
1950 Fruitville Pike
Lancaster, PA 17601
717-569-2500
Lost Creek
Implement, Inc.
Route 35, Box 123
Oakland Mill, PA 17076
717-463-2161
M.S. Yearsly & Sons
West Chester, PA
610-696-2990
Marshall
Machinery, Inc.
Route 652
Honesdale, PA 18431
717-729-7117
Nicarry
Equipment Co. Triple H
rd 2, Rt. 61, 3 Miles s. Equipment, Inc.
of Leesport, Reading, PA £366 Robert Fulton Hwy
m 4 Peach Bottom, PA 17563
oio-»eo-zw 717-548-3775
Frank Rymon & Sons, Inc.
RD 3, Box 355
Washington, N.J. 07882
908-689-1464
Warren County Service Center
228 Route 94
Blairtown, N.J.
906-362-6916
Norman D. Clark &
Son, Inc.
Honey Grove, PA
717-734-3682
Pikeville
Equipment Inc.
Rd 2, Oysterdale Road
Oley, PA 19547
610-927-6277
Sollenberger’s
Equipment, Inc.
80 State St.
Everett, PA 15537
814-652-6990
Stoltzfus Farm
Service
Cochranville, PA
610-593-2407
Stouffer Bros Inc.
1066 Lincoln way West
Chambersburg, PA 17201
717-263-8424
Thomas L. Dunlap
Rt. 220, Main St. Exit
Jersey Shore, PA 17740
717-398-1391
Tractor Parts Co.
335 Central Road
Bloomsburg, PA 17815
717-784-0250