New Millennium Begins At 2000 Mid-Atlantic Fruit, Vegetable Convention HERSHEY (Dauphin Co.) There is no better place for fruit and vegetable growers in Pennsylvania to start the new millennium than at the 2000 Mid-Atlantic Fruit and Vege table Convention in Hershey Jan. 25 - 27. More than 1,800 persons, mostly fruit and vegetable growers from throughout Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, and other states, are ex pected to gather at the Hershey Lodge and Convention Center. The event is jointly sponsored by the State Horticultural As sociation of Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania Vegetable Grow ers Association, the Maryland State Horticultural Society, and the New Jersey State Hor ticulture Society. The Grcam American Hall at the Hershey Lodge and Con vention Center will host the Trade Show with more than 130 exhibitors. 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The processing tomato growers with the highest yields for the 1999 season will be honored at the annual Tomato Awards Luncheon on the open ing day, Jan. 25. That evening, Pennsylvania fruit and vege table growers will be treated to a reception hosted by the Penn sylvania Department of Agri culture and the Pennsylvania Food Merchants Association. The annual Fruit and Vege table Growers Banquet will folllow with recognitions and entertainment. For more information on the vegetable program and regis tration, contact William Trox ell, Pennsylvania Vegetable Growers Association, (717) 694-3596. 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