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Arborist
Short Course
Planned
For NE Pa.
WEST PITTSTON (Luzerne
Co.) Today there is an in
creased awareness by homeown
ers and municipalities Tor the
need of trained and knowledge
able tree care workers. The green
industry has responded to this
demand for trained professionals
by creating certification pro
grams. Presently there are thou
sands of arborists that are certi
fied by the International Society
of Arboriculture, and horticultur
ists certified by Landscape and
Nurseyman Associations. These
numbers continue to grow each
year.
Penn State Cooperative Exten
sion and the Northeast Pennsyl
vania Community Tree Associa
tion have developed an Arborist
Short Course: Integrated Man
agement of Woody Ornaments.
This short course for tree workers
and landscapers is designed to in
crease working tree knowledge,
professional arborist skills and
prepare you for the ISA Certified
Arborist exam, which should im
prove your marketability.
The Arborist Short Course is
designed to address these rele
vant topics: diagnosis of plant
diseases and insect pests; nutri
tion and fertilization; selection;
installation and establishment of
trees and shrubs; soil and water
interaction and management;
plant identification; as
sessment and risk
management; pruning;
construction impacts
and management;
safety and climbing.
The Arborist Short
Course covers five
half-day classes Friday
afternoons Jan. 4
through Feb. 1, 2002
with a registration fee
of $65. The course will
be conducted at Penn
State Wilkes-Barre in
Lehman, Pa. Class size
is limited and pre-reg
istration is required by
Dec. 28. All partici
pants will receive a
copy of the ISA Arbor
ists’ Certification
Study Guide (a $95
value) and other print
ed materials. For more
information about this
short course or to re
ceive a flyer, contact
Penn State Coopera
tive Extension at (570)
825-1701 or (570)
602-0600.
A lesson
well learned...
Lancaster
Farming’s
classified ads
get results!
Beef Council
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about custom feeding or BQA is
sues there will be workshops this
winter for those that need the in
formation we provide.”
Year-End Wrapup
Paul Slayton summarized the
activities of PBC staff in 2001.
Beginning in January, with in
volvement in the Farm Show,
staff gave out samples of beef and
supplied resources to five differ
ent stations at the Farm Show
Complex.
Approximately 19,000 veal
meatballs were served in the mar
ketplace, said Slayton.
Also early in the year the staff
conducted Beef 201 and Beef 202
seminars. Beef 201 focused on ed
ucating producers while staff
used Beef 202 to teach foodser
vice personnel about beef nutri
tion and cooking.
In March was the “Book and
the Cook” show, a cookbook
event where staff served pre
cooked beef and gave coupons to
6,000 Philadelphia consumers.
Springtime also brought the
council for Women’s Nutritional
Solutions’ seminar, which council
staff attended and supplied in-
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May brought a TV media tour
where beef was featured in cook
ing spots for local news stations.
A blood drive effort at Harris
burg East Mall was “based on the
fact that most people that are
turned down to donate blood are
turned down because they have
low iron,” said Slayton. Everyone
who attempted to donate got a
steak sandwich. The blood drive
was followed by a similar event in
Wayne County.
More them 400 producers have
been certified in the BQA pro
gram which began in June.
Twenty classroom and 18 chute-
Handing a check to Beef Quality Assurance steering committee members is Sam
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side programs were conducted.
“And we’re not done, we’re
just getting started,” said Slay
ton. “Our goal this year is to dou
ble the number of people and go
after dairy producers, hoping
that we can put them through
our program.”
In August a coupon drop for
Taco Bell promotion for the
grilled steak taco reached thou
sands of consumers. Also in Au
gust staff distributed information
to producers at Ag Progress
Days.
The fall brought September,
food safety month, and school
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visits to Erie. October followed
with veal month and “Chef
Charlie’s Veal Tour,” which hit
news shows, a Veal 101 seminar,
a restaurant menuing award for
veal, and a gourmet tour in At
lantic City.
Extension seminars educated
producers in November. Also in
November Giant Eagle grocery
stores featured and gave out sam
ples of veal, helping to move
product.
Also in November a recipe con
test to promote whole recipe cuts
was launched in Lancaster
Farming. Results will be pub
lished in early January issues.
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