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Directory of Growers:
PHILADELPHIA-Working Sustainable Agriculture (PASA)
with the Philadelphia area is producing a directory of chefs
chapter of the Chefs in the Philadelphia region and
Collaborative 2000, the farmers in Pennsylvania, New
Pennsylvania Association for Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland
Corn, Soybean
Conference Feb. 8
CAMP HILL (Cum
berland Co.) Dermis
Avery, director of glob
al food issues at the
Hudson Institute, is
scheduled to be the key
note speaker at the
upcoming Pennsylvania
Com and Soybean con
ference Feb. 8 here at
the Radisson Penn Har
ris Convention Center.
Avery’s topic will be
“The Crucial Moment
for American
Agriculture."
Avery believes that
producers are looking at
one of the biggest
opportunities in fanning
history. Mark your
calendar and plan to
attend.
Another featured
speaker on the program
this year is Gene Lewis
from the United Soy
bean Board. Lewis is a
Hardinsburg, Ind. soy
bean and com farmer
who will be making two
presentations: one on
“Ag Perspectives For
2000" and another on
“New Uses Develop
ment and the Soybean
Board."
The conference will
also feature Gene
Gantz, a crop insurance
consultant, with a ses
sion on the upcoming
significant changes in
crop insurance and how
they will affect Pennsyl
vania grain fanners.
Gene has considerable
experience working
with midwest producers
using crop insurance as
part of financing and
grain marketing
programs.
The conference will
also review the potential
of lightbars for sprayer
guidance. This is a pre
cision ag application
that some com produc
ers think has a real fit in
Pennsylvania. The
program will also fea
ture a panel of grain
merchants who will
share some of their
thoughts on the current
OMO situation.
The conference will
also feature numerous
industry exhibits, Five-
Acre Com Club awards,
and the Pennsylvania
Soybean Contest
results. The event is
sponsored fay die Pen
nsylvania Soybean
Promotion Board, die
Pennsylvania Master
Com Growers Associa
tion, and Penn State.
Registration is $2O,
which includes lunch.
For more information
on attending or exhibit
ing at the conference,
contact the Penn State
Agronomy Department
at (814) 865-2543.
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an opportunity for farmers to
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with local chefs. The directory
will list chefs who are interested
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PASA’s “Farmer to Chef
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increase in sales for farmers in
that area.
PASAis gathering informa
provide growers with an imme
diate resource for finding inter
ested chefs and a description of
their needs. It will also provide a
foundation of information and
contacts for coordinating
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tion on farmers who want to sell
directly to restaurants now.
Growers need to provide contact
information, a description of
their products, and availability
timetable. In addition to alpha
betical farm entries, grower data
will also be sorted and listed by
farm products and county loca
tion.
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