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The local extension service
office usually has information on
what is being planned, even if it
isn’t directly involved.
How the Farm-City programs
develop, how they are supported,
and the effectiveness of a program
in creating an atmosphere of peace
and a desire for mutual under
standing, usually depends upon
one thing the people involved.
For those in counties where
Farm-City activities are wanting,
or absent, the message from those
with successful programs is that it
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ment of Agriculture and the state
Farm-City Program coordinator,
an example of how one person can
be a torch for a successful program •
is Tioga County’s director of the
county USDA Farm Service Agen
cy office.
Sherry Elder has been involved
in helping to start up several Farm-
City programs over the years, as
she’s moved to different counties
in job progression.
For her, the Farm-City program
is a personal pet project., one of the
few ways to really get people
together.
The format for success that
she’s found is to hold a regularly
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Farm-City Events Create
Forum For Friendships
scheduled, well-advertised sum
mertime Farm-City day, a fall
Farm-City banquet, and a job
exchange program.
For Tioga County, the Farm-
City Day is held the second Satur
day in July. The banquet is held the
second week in November and fea
tures the previous year’s Fajm-
City Day host-farm family,' the
current year’s host family, and the
upcoming year’s host family, who
are introduced to the audience.
Since becoming a FSA agent.
Elder said that she been involved
in Farm-City activities.
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She was involved in
Farm-City events when
she worked in Crawford
County, in 1976, and
when she moved to Fay
ette County, she helped
get a program off the
ground. She worked
there for two years and
then got a chance to
move to Tioga County
to work at their FSA
office.
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On the way to here job inter
view, she said she noticed an
attractive farm along Rt. 287, own
ed by Eric and Dixie Cooledge and
thought that it would make a great
place to hold a Farm-City Day
proximity to Wellsboro, and other
higher density areas, and also to
the farming community.
She said she blocked out day
and held a meeting to see if there
was any interest in a Farm-City
event Eric came to it and their
farm became the first site.
The county’s seventh Farm-
City Day is to be held Saturday,
July 12, at Schmelway Farms, Rt
414, east of Liberty, Ogdensburg.
“Sherry strives to promote posi
tive interactions between farmers,
agribusiness and consumers,”
Yingst said. “She is a very enthu
siastic and energetic individual,
and the Farm-City Program is for
tunate to have her support.”
Elders said that key to getting a
program started is working first
with the farmers who are willing to
open up their farm to visitors.
While she admits that she has a
passion for being involved with
Farm-City activities, she it helps to
always be making contacts for
potential future farm families to
serve as a host farm of an event
Other people to approach about
getting involved include local bus
iness leaders, organizational and
local political leaders, such as
county commissioners, can lend
support. There are FFA and 4-H
groups and leaders, and potentially
additional groups that can play a
role in developing a program.
While there traditionally hasn’t
been a strong alliance between
Farm-City and local fair events,
the two would seem to be a natural
match, or at least a display about
Farm-City activities could be set
up at a local fair to gamer interest.
Newspaper, radio and television
reporters usually seek local color
full feature stories of such events,
especially during “slow” news
periods.
Farm-City programs, especially
the job-exchange programs
have a reputation for developing
long-lasting relationships between
farm and non-farm families.
Elders said that key to
getting a program
started is working first
with the farmers .who
are willing to open up
their farm to visitors.
While she admits that
she has a passion for
being involved with
Farm-City activities,
she it helps to always be
making contacts for
potential future farm
families to serve as a
host farm of an event.
Other people to
approach about getting
involved include local
business leaders, orga
nizational and local
political leaders, such as
county commissioners,
can lend support There
are FFA and 4-H groups
and leaders, and poten
tially additional groups
that can play a role in
developing a program.
While there tradition
ally hasn’t been a strong
alliance between Farm-
City and local fair
events, the two would
seem to be a natural
match, or at least a dis
play about Farm-City
activities could be set up
at a local fair to gamer
interest.
(
Newspaper, radio and
television reporters usu
ally seek local colorfull
feature stories of such
events, especially dur
ing “slow” news
periods.
Farm-City programs,
especially the job
exchange programs
have a reputation for
developing long-lasting
relationships between
farm and non-farm
families.
Elders found that
other types of relation
ships can develop
through involvement in
the program —in
1993, while working
with the Raymond But
ters family farm for
Farm-City Day activi
ties, she met David But
ters, one of the Butters’
four adult sons.
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