Vol. 45 No. 5 Farm-City Exchange Takes Place Daily At Berks County Farm Market ANDY ANDREWS Lancaster Fanning Staff READING (Berks Co.) In a way, a “farm-city” type of exchange takes place every week during farm market season for one Berks County orchard. Customers of Angora Fruit Market, most of them not bom and raised on a farm, often pose the fol lowing popular question to owneia Alan and Leslie Roth: Do you grow your own apples! “I am really surprised by the lack of knowledge of consumers,” said Leslie, when she pointed out some 4,000 trees on the property, many of them in the orchards visi Virginia Holstein Members Meet In Fredericksburg FREDERICKSBURG, Va The annual meetings of the Virginia Holstein Association and the Virginia Junior Holstein Association were held m mid- November in Fredericksburg, Virginia The event began with farm tours of Eastview Farm and Edgewood Farm both of EVERETT NEWSWANGER Editor CLEARVILLE, (Bedtoid Co ) - Large, efficient, food production units are often thought of as being unfriendly to the environment But Wide Awake Farm located near Clearville in Bedford County moves those thoughts wrong W/'.V-‘ Awake Farm located near Clearview in Bedford County is seen in the background. RobL fdeinen, who manages the facility, stands by the farm sign and is credited with helping this large food production unit to receive national recognition for the extensive environmental practices on the farm. Photo by Everett Newswanger, editor. Four Sections hie from the farm lane. “It’s frightening.” Leslie, an exchangee this year at the Berks County Farm-City eve. ,t, said the 22-acre farm mark et posts fliers, helping to educate consumers. But in her job working behind the counter, she also under stands the role of good customer communication something she learned was integral when she joined Casey Allyn, morning show co-host on country radio station WIOV FM 105, Ephrata. Alan Roth, Leslie’s husband, purchased Angora Farm in 1976, home to 35 varieties of apples cm (Turn to Page A2l) Beaverdam. Edgewood Farm owned by Garnett Smith Jr. and operated with the assistance of his son Walter, milks 135 regis tered Holsteins with a herd average over 22,000 pounds and a“BAA of 107 percent Eastview Farm, owned and operated by Wayne and R.P. Nuckols milking over 150 registered Holsteins (Turn to Page A4O) Wide Awake Farm Is Environmentally Wide Awake This 1,250-sow multiplier farm tor Purma's Pig Improvement Co recently received the national pork industry's environment award tor being an example of how large hog operations can use then resources to enhance the environment while protecting it from any harm Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 4, 1999 Leslie Roth, left, an exchangee this year at the Berks County Farm-City event, posts fliers at the 22-acre form market to help educate consumera. In her job working behind the counter, she understands the role of good cu'SroiffiiP communication. Alan, Leslie’s husband, purchased Angora Farm in 1976, home to 35 varieties of apples on two-thirds of the form. The orchard includes Iwo acres of pears and a small parcel, the “garden plot,” planted with pumpkins and gourds. The Roths also grow some toma toes for the market Photo by Andy Andrews Much of the credit for the envnonmentally friendly farm goes to Robb Memen, the farm's manager Memen says he often thinks about the idationship between the farm, its watershed and the embattled Chesapeake Bay where every diop of water fiom the tarm eventually goes Memen woiked in Delaware before moving to Wide Awake Farm tour years ago. There he became aware that every farmer must know wheie his watershed is "Cleaning up the Bay is not only a responsibility, but a necessity," he said The two ponds that provide wildlife habitat and good fishing tor employees and neighbors are the first noticeable friendly environmental aspects of the farm. In addition, their lagoon that holds 2 2 million gal. of manure is lined with a polypropylene hner and is fenced. Special Deadlines For Holidays, Farm Show Issue Lancaster Farming has scheduled special sections in the next sev eral weeks, up to and including the state Farm Show. In addition, because of the holiday schedule, new deadlines have been established. But first, a few special sections are scheduled. Grower & Marketer, serving the eastern vegetable, fruit, nursery, and direct marketing industries, will appear in the paper Dec. 11. Advertising deadline is Dec. 3 and editorial deadline is Nov. 29. In the Dec. 18 issue, Lancaster Farming has scheduled the semi annual newsletter for Pennsylvania DHIA. Advertising deadline is Dec. 10 and Dec. 13 is the news deadline. For the first two issues, special reports are planned for not only the state Farm Show but the annual Keystone Show as well. The Keystone Farm Show issue is Jan. 1, with an advertising deadline of Dec. 3 and a news deadline of Dec. 23. The state Farm Show issue is Jan. 7. Advertising deadline is also Dec. 3 with a news deadline of Dec. 23. Other deadlines are as follows; Dec. 25 Issue Public Sale Ads: Monday, Dec. 20, noon. (Turn to Page A 29) $31.00 Per Year The penmetei is walked weekly to cheek toi potential problems and to record activity horn the leak detector A ram gauge is checked weekly oi aftei any precipitation along with the lagoon depth gauge The lagoon is emptied to its lowest level every tall and spreading resumes in spnng Manure is applied to the taims hay fields or neighboring land They have a total of eight farms Hay fields are made up of mixed grasses to maximize nutrient uptake and to control runotf and erosion (Turn to Page A 37) 600 Per Copy
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