A32-Unc«spr Farm! no, Saturday, Hard! 14,1991
Effort Underway To Revitalize
(Continued from Pago A3l)
Berry said he knows that there
are many issues facing direct
marketers, and was glad for the
opportunity to work in developing
the new organization.
“I just came through a heavy
winter meeting schedule for pric
ing produce, that’s always on
everybody's mind,” he said.
An effective statewide associa
tion could perhaps be better able to
teach members how to price their
produce.
According to Berry, one of the
constant demands upon direct
marketers is, ”... trying to under
stand how the customer is always
changing and how the business has
to keep changing to meet those
needs.”
But he also said there ate other
issues affecting direct marketers,
such as roadside signage concerns
and local ordinances, to national
regulations the U.S. Food and
Drug Administration is attempting
to pass apple cider pasteurization
rules, Berry said, which represents
a very big concern for those who
press their own cider and can’t
afford to purchase pastuerization
equipment
Also, he said some local govern
ment officials, not necessarily pro
agriculture, can have a diffe
rent interpretation of whether
direct marketing or some on-farm
value-added activities are ‘farm
ing,* and whether they should
receive the same protections.”
The association could concei-
Nominations Due For
AJCA President, Directors
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio
Nominations of candidates for
president and director of the
American Jersey Cattle Associa
tion are due April 24.
The nomination for president
must be a written petition signed
by 30 or more active members of
the AJCA and filed with the exe
cutive secretary of the Associa
tion.
A president will be elected for a
one-year term. The election will
be held at the annual meeting of
the AJCA to be held at the Radis
son on the Waterfront, Burlington,
Vl, at 11 a.m., June 27.
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vably come to the support of a
member whose marketing or
added-value practices are chal
lenged by local anti-farming
powers.
Also, the association could help
members to be aware of some
aspects of business that may get
overlooked, such as being prdperly
insured and how to get that
insurance.
“A basic farm policy may not
cover (a direct marketing ven
ture)," Berry said, adding that
direct marketers should want to
know what options they have and
what liabilities they may have.
According to Berry, the goal is
for members of a restructured
PRFMA to receive benefits from
education, promotion, cooperation
and representation.
An amount of money has been
left in escrow from the previous
organization and, since the organi
zation has been inoperative for
almost a decade, the use of that
money is allowing the group to
offer a first-year, free membership.
According to bylaw, member
ship is divided into three
catagorics the voting members
arc those who market, produce or
grow for direct marketing.
“This would include anyone
involved in marketing farm pro
ducts direct to consumers at farm
stands, roadside markets, pick
your-own farms or farmers’ mark
ets. The types of farm products
could include vegetables, fruit,
fresh cut and dried flowers, bed-
The president and directors,
whose twins expire at the 1998 an
nual meeting are President Paul
Chittenden, Schodack Landing,
N.Y.; Directors James Billman,
West Salem, Ohio, fourth district;
Pat Rankin, Faunsdale, Ala., fifth
district; Wilfred Owens, Frederic,
Wis., 10th district; and Robert
Howard, Tillamook, Oregon, 11th
district.
Director Howard is not eligible
to succeed himself. He has served
two consecutive three-year terms.
Directors Billman, Owens and
Rankin are eligible to succeed
themselves.
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ding and other garden plants,
cheese, daily, meats, maple pro
ducts, honey, Christmas trees, pro
cessed goods (jamps pickles,
baked goods, etc.) and eggs,”
according to PRFMA bylaw.
Other non-voting membership
catagories include those serving as
“supporting/associate/sponsor"
members who would be subject to
dues, once a ducs-schcdulc is
established; and “honorary” mem
bers, selected by the board of
directors, who wouldn’t be subject
to dues.
Free memberships are being
accepted for voting and support
ing, non-voting memberships.
A membership application form
is on the March 23 agenda for
board approval.
The board of direc
tors thus far includes
Rob Ferber, store mana
ger at Linvilla Orchards,
president; John Rinehart
of Rinehart Orchards in
York County, vice pres
ident; David Hodge,
from Highland
Orchards, treasurer;
Fred Funk from Willow
Street; Steve Quigley of
Merrymead Farm;
Karen Vollmecke from
Vollmecke Orchards;
PSU Extension advisor
Tom Murphy of Wil
liamsport; and Warren
Mathias with the state
Department of Agricul
ture; and Herb Gebley
of Kutztown Produce
Auction.
According to Berry,
the group formed some
initial committees
an action committee, a
nominating committee
to develop some choices
for next year’s election
of officers, a tteasurcty
transition committee, a
bylaw committee, and a
membership committee.
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Farmers Host
Outreach Luncheon
LEOLA (Lancaster Co.)
Farmers and agricultural people
have always been fascinated by
“farm bull stories.” Usually, they
are glad these true life stories are
told by somebody other than a
family member or a Mend, be
cause they often do not have a
good outcome.
But on Saturday, March 14,
John St John, a Chester County
dairy farmer, will talk of his tangle
with Samuel the bull, and how that
brush with death enhanced his
faith in God. St John, from New
London, Pa,, will be the keynote
speaker for the annual Spring Out
reach Luncheon of Southeasst
Pennsylvania’s chapter of Fellow
ship of Christian Farmers, Interna-
tional.
The luncheon also features spe
cial music by die Howard Hagan
family of Quanyvillc, and person
al testimony by others. The lunch
eon begins at Noon on March 14,
at the Leola Family Restaurant,
five miles east of Lancaster on
Route 23.
Tickets cost $lO per person for
ages 12 and up; $5 for children
ages 4 to 12; children under 4 are
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