High-Value Marketing Meeting June 1 7
MANHEIM (Lancaster Co.)
Producers and beginning
farmers who would like to learn
about establishing high-value
crops, subscription marketing,
and bringing the next generation
into their farm business are in
vited to attend a Pennsylvania
Farm Link-sponsored meeting
at Pheasant Hill Farm in
Emmaus June 17 from 9 a.m. to
11a.m.
The meeting will take place at
the farm and include a presenta
tion by owners, George and Mel
anie DeVault, on how they got
started in farming, their farm’s
products, and their marketing
plan and strategy.
This year the DeVault’s are
providing 75 families with fresh
vegetables through their sub
scription service and 25 families
with subscription cut flowers.
Don Devault, their son, will dis
cuss his work in the hoop house
and greenhouse and how he has
expanded his production in
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these facilities to generate year
round production and income.
They will talk about how family
communications affect the suc
cess of an intergenerational
farm business.
Information on marketing
trends and tips for developing
subscription and/or community
supported agriculture markets
will be included in the meeting.
To complete the morning, Farm
Link will offer information on
their services and a preview of
upcoming activities and events.
To get to Pheasant Hill Farm
from the west, take Rt. 100 and
29 south from the Shimerville
light to Main Road West. Bear
to the right at the “Y” and go
straight until you come to Main
Subscription Price:
$32.00 per year; $61.00 - 2 years
$43.00 per year outside of:
PA, NJ, OH, MD, DE, NY, VA & WV
Road East. The DeVault’s are
four-tenths of a mile ahead on
the right, directly opposite a
large stone barn. From the east
near Lanark, travel on Vera
Cruz Road for 4.7 miles until
you reach Main Road East and
travel on that for about a half
mile.
Contact Pennsylvania Farm
Link at 717-664-7077 by June 16
to let them know of your
planned attendance to this free
meeting and for additional in
formation on other marketing
events.
Farm Link is sponsoring a
series of marketing meetings to
assist beginning farmers and
others looking for marketing op
portunities.
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Thomas The Tank Engine Rides To Railroad Museums
(NAPS) —All aboard l A
beloved children’s storybook
tram is riding the rails to
visit railway museums across
the country.
Thomas the Tank Engine,
star of the children’s series,
Storytime With Thomas , and
the upcoming feature film,
Thomas and the Magic
Railroad, will be generat
ing sparks of excitement and
steam in a program called
a Day Out With Thomas.
For children and grown
ups, Day Out With Thomas
events offer a chance to visit
the magical world of Thomas
& Fnends", plus a chance to
experience the fim and excite
ment of steam engines and
railroading
The railway museum at
which each event is based
becomes an extension of
Thomas’ home, the mythical
Island of Sodor. Visitors play
games, watch videos, interact
with unique exhibits and enjoy
Thomas-themed entertain
ment overseen by Thomas’
firm but kiiidly boss, Sir
Ttapham Hatt.
The program began with
a few small events in the
United Kingdom in 1990
These events were so enthu
siastically received that by
1999, there were 110 UK
events with more than
440,000 visitors.
A similar program began
in the U.S. in December of
1996 at the National
Railroad Museum in Green
Bay, WI. Last year, the U.S.
26-event tour introduced
more than 275,000 fans to
Thomas and his friends.
The Britt Allcroft Company
has one licensed “Thomas”
replica engine, an actual 55-
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 10, 2000-811
Fans all over the country
will have a chance to visit
Thomas the Tank Engine this
year.
ton steam engine, operated
by the Strasburg Rail Road
in Strasburg, PA The
museum hires out their
licensed replica for tourist rail
roads and museums across
the country This year, Thomas
the Tank Engine will make
stops at
Cuyahoga Scenic Valley,
Independence, OH, May 26-
29
Strasburg Rail Road,
Strasburg, PA, June 10-18
B &0 Railroad Museum,
Baltimore, MD, July 8-16
Great Smoky Mountains,
Dillsboro, NC, July 29-Aug. 6
Illinois Railway Museum,
Union IL, Aug 19-20 & 26-27
Strasburg Rail Road,
Strasburg, PA, Sept 16-24
North Carolina Trans.,
Spencer, NC, October 6-8 &
20-22
Essex Steam Tram, Essex,
CT, Nov. 4-5 & 11-12
Strasburg Rail Road,
Strasburg, PA, Dec. 2 & 3
The Bntt Allcroft Company
is a publicly traded interna
tional entertainment media
group quoted on the London
Stock Exchange