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Riggenbach Farm, Wooster,
10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Northeast District Jersey Show,
Tioga County Fairgrounds.
4-H District Dairy Show, Wayne
County.
North American Strawberry
Growers Association Summer
Tour, Nova Scotia, Canada,
thru Aug. 21.
Ephrata Area Young Farmers
Social, Woodcrest Retreat,
Summer Ag Tour, Don Wes
trick’s Potato Farm, Lowmas
ter Dairy Farm, Benny David
Horse Farm, and John and
Kevin Brahnak Greenhouses,
all near Carrolltown.
Franklin County Fair, thru
Aug. 25.
Fulton County Fair, thru Aug.
McKean County Fair, thru Aug.
25.
Somerset County Fair, thru
Aug. 25.
Williamsburg Community Farm
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State Extension Enterprise
Center, Southern State Com
munity College, Hillsboro,
Ohio, (614)292-4900.
Potato Field Day, Cambria
County.
Cameron County Fair, thru
Aug. 25.
Elizabethtown Fair, thru Aug.
25.
Harford Fair, thru Aug. 25,
Montour-Delong Community
Mountain Area Fair, thru
Aug. 25.
Flower Trial Field Day, Penn
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Blue Valley Farm Show, thru
Aug. 25.
Hookstown Fair, thru Aug. 25.
Perry County Community Fair,
thru Aug. 25.
South Mountain Fair, thru Aug.
25.
Homemaker’s Camp, Lebanon
Extension, Camp Swatara,
(717)270-4391.
Flower Trial Field Days, South
east Research Extension
Center, Landisville, 8:30 a.m.-
3 p.m.
Northeast Pa. Holstein Champi
onship Show, Tioga County
Fairgrounds, Whitneyville, 10
a.m.
Southeast Pa. Holstein Champi
onship Show, Schuylkill
County Fairgrounds, Summit
First StateEqume Expo, Dela
ware State Fairgrounds,
Shabinger Pavilion, 8 a.m.-5
p.m.
Pa. Farm Link Field Day, Direc
tor Marketing, Newville.
Perry County Holstein Show,
Perry County Fairgrounds,
New Bloomfield, 9:30 a.m.
Bam Meeting, Transition Cow
Management, Dan Hersh-
berger’s Milky Springs Dairy,
Quarryville, 6:30 p.m.
“Profitable and Environmental
Approaches To Regenerating
Family Farms” Field Day
Workshop, Rodale Institute,
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Olde Tymei Days, Manchester,
thru Aug. 26.
Southeast Grape Industry
Summer Walk Around, Seven
Valley Vineyards and
Winery, Glen Rock.
automatic farm systems
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York County Beekeepers Meet
ing, Penn State extension
office.
Ohio Grape and Wine Day,
Ohio Ag Research Center,
Kingsville, Ohio, (440) 224-
0273.
Berks County Grazing Walk,
David and Joy Stutzman, Vir
ginville, 6:30 p.m.
Great Pocomoke Fair, Po
comoke City, Md., thru Aug.
26,(410)857-1919.
Lehigh County Twilight Potato
meeting, Geiger Farm,
Schnecksville, 6:30 p.m.
Beaver-Lawrence Farm Bureau
Legislative Farm Tour, McEl
haney Stock Farm, Hooks
town, 10a.m.-l p.m.
Pasture Walk, Chester County
Field Day, Abner Stoltzfus
Farm, -noon, (717) 270-4391.
Northwest Black and White
Show, Crawford County Fair
grounds, Meadville, 9 a.m.
Franklin County Holstein Show,
Fairgrounds, Chambersburg,
5:30 p.m.
Wil-Ar Farm Field Day, New
ville, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., (814)
349-9856, ext. 2.
Introduction to Revised Univer
sal Soil Loss Equation, Dau
phin County Ag Center, 9
a.m.2:30 p.m.
Capitol Region Summer Turf
and Ornamental School,
Dickinson College.
Pa. State Plowing Contests,
Blaine Rentzel Farm.
Harford Fair Dairy Fun Night,
Grange Encampment and Fair,
Grange Park, Centre Hall,
thru Aug. 30.
Maryland State Fair and Ag So
ciety, thru Sept. 3, (410) 252-
0200.
Centre County Grange Fair,
Centre Hall, thru Aug. 30.
Maryland Farm Bureau Queen
Contest, Horse Sales Pavilion,
Timonium Fairgrounds, 7
p.m,
Susquehanna County Holstein
Show, Fairgrounds, Harford,
10 a.m.
Adams County Holstein Show,
South Mountain Fairgrounds,
6 p.m.
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Philadelphia Folk Festival,
Schwenskville, thru Aug. 26.
Transition Cow Management,
Barn Meeting, Levi K. Lapp
Farm, Ronks, 10 a.m.
Mastitis Meeting, Benuel S.
Riehl Farm, Gordonville, 7
p.m.
Carroll County Antique Power
Show, Carrollton, Ohio, thru
Pa. Guild of Craftsmen Pocono
Craft Fair, Shawnee-On-The-
USDA Releases Two New
Direct Marketing
WASHINGTON, D.C. The
U.S. Department of Agriculture
this week issued two new publi
cations designed to help agricul
tural producers market their
products directly to consumers.
USDA’s Agricultural Market
ing Service has published a new
edition of its 1998 publication,
the “Farmer Direct Marketing
Bibliography.” The 2001 edition
contains more than 70 new en
tries and three new categories of
published information - Farm to
School, Internet Marketing, and
Appropriate Technology Trans
fer for Rural Areas. The bibliog
raphy contains references from
numerous sources including pri
vate industry, academia, and
state and federal governments.
AMS has also published a re
lated publication, the “National
Directory of Farmers Market
and Direct Marketing Associa
tions 2001.”
The new directory lists 41
local, state, regional, and na
tiortal farmers market and direct
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Seven Springs Wine and Food
Festival, Champion, (800)
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New Hampshire Pork Producer
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Farm Day, Sutton, N.H.
Farm City Day, Laurie and Rob
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Publications
marketing associations opera
ting in the United States. These
associations offer benefits and
services to farm direct mar
keters including member and
consumer directories, confer
ences, workshops, tours, news
letters, certification, insurance,
and government liaisons. The
directory lists each association’s
contact information, organiza
tional structure, benefits and
services, and geographical area.
The “Farmer Direct Market
ing Bibliography 2001” and
“National Directory of Farmers
Market and Direct Marketing
Associations 2001” are available
at www.ams.usda.gov/
directmarketing. Both publica
tions will be regularly updated
online.
For more information or to
obtain a copy of either publica
tion, contact Jennifer-Claire
Klotz, USDA Stop 0269, 1400
Independence Ave. SW, Wash
ington DC 20250-0269; tel. 202-
690-4077; fax 202-690-0031; or
e-mail claire.klotz@usda.gov.
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