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tion, Livestock, and Recre
ational Uses, Arena
Restaurant, Bedford.
Conservation 2000 Celebration,
Rossback Family Farm, Da
vidsonville, Md., 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Performance-Tested Bull Sale,
Eastern Ohio Resource Devel
opment Center, Caldwell,
Ohio.
Satellite Videoconference: Eco
nomic Aspects of Forestland
Stewardship, Cambria
County extension office,
Ebensburg, 9 a.m.-noon.
Franklin County Calf Sale,
Cumberland Valley Show
Grounds, Chambersburg, 7
p.m.
Penn State Dairy Expo, Ag
Arena, University Park.
4th Annual Benefit Auction for
4-H Therapeutic Riding Pro
gram, Lancaster County,
Bareville Fire Company,
Leola, 5 p.m.
Handling and Health Work
shop, Walker Township
Building, 7 p.m.-9 p.m.
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Southeast Regional Christmas
Tree Growers Meeting, Penn
State Schuylkill Campus, 7
p.m.
Beef Management Short course.
Moss’s Steak and Sea House,
West York, 6:30 p.m.
Cover Crop Twilight Field Day,
Montgomery County Geria
tric Center Farm, 6:30 p.m.-8
p.m.
Blair County Milking School,
Central High School, Mar
tinsburg, 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
Sheep Shearing School, Nelson
Farm, Linonier, 9 a.m.-3:30
p.m.. thru April 19.
Pasture/Grazing Kickoff Meet
ing, Carriage Corner Restau
rant, Mifflinburg, 10 a.m.
Park, Carbon County, 10
a.m.-5 p.m.. thru April 21.
Butler/Mercer County Beef
Tour to Ohio, departs from
Mercer County extension,
7:15 a.m.
Earth Day Picnic, Hill Creek
State Park. 10 a.m.-3 p,nK__
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Editor:
I am writing to draw public
attention to a well known, but
often overlooked portion of the
Lehigh-Northampton County
population-the farmer. As a col
lege student in Washington, DC,
I have little opportunity to ap
preciate the dedication and de
termination this manner of
living entails. I do, however,
have the misfortune to listen to
complaints regarding overpopu
lation, the environment, labor,..
. basically with anything there is
to talk about, you will find
someone to complain about it in
Washington.
People are grossly misin
formed regarding the agricul
tural industry. After traveling to
Seattle to attend the World
Trade Organization (WTO)
Ministerial Conference last No
vember, I realize that a large
percentage of the general popu
lation feels the farmer is out to
make a profit by capitalizing on
the environment and public
health. What people do not un
derstand is that farmers allow us
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country.” The farmer is the one
who fills our grocery stores with
fresh produce, bacteria free
dairy products and meats, boxes
upon boxes of grains-virtually
any desirable, consumable bit of
food can be found for a mere
fraction of the cost of food in
foreign countries. The farmer
makes this all possible and yet
he is attacked by a media boast
ing that genetically modified or
ganisms are going to attack the
world like a giant killer tomato
from a low budget horror movie.
Genetic engineering allows
for greater productivity at a
lower cost to you and the pro
ducer. It allows for less pesticide
usage in the fields, which by the
way, makes our food safer for us
to eat, not poisonous as some
groups would have us believe.
Less farmland is needed to yield
a larger crop, leaving more
wide-open spaces for everyone
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 8, 2000-A39
My purpose was to create a
bulletin to the non-agricultural
family who by no fault of their
own, just does not realize what
lengths are attained to put a
meal on the table of millions of
American and millions more
outside our borders. American
farmers feed the world with sci
entifically proven methods that
also enhance the ever-important
U.S. economy. Agriculture is the
number one industry in Pennsyl
vania. I believe the general pap
ulation deserves to be informed
about the mainstay of the Amer
ican System. Supporting our
country means supporting our
farmers. You have the opportu
nity to do so every time you take
a bit, but you could do a little
more. The Lehigh County Farm
Bureau will hold their annual
Spring Banquet on Saturday,
March 25, 2000, at the Seips
town Grange Hall at 6 p.m. The
banquet is open to the public
and all are welcome to attend
and support the great American
institution of agriculture. To
order tickets for the dinner,
please call 610-767-5026.
Victoria G. Schantz
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