A3B-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 5,2002
Farmers Union Convention
Delegates Choose Officers
MIFFLINTOWN (Juniata
Co.) Pennsylvania Farmers
Union elected new officers during
its 30th annual state convention
in Milesburg, Nov. 14-16.
Larry Breech of Columbia
County was elected Pennsylvania
Farmers Union president by dele
gates at the state convention.
Successor to Robert Junk of
Fayette County, who served as
president for 10 years, Breech
names coalition building and
growth as top priorities for his
first term as president, which will
last until 2003.
Breech has been a member of
Farmers Union since 1989, and
has served Farmers Union as en
vironment committee chair. De
partment of Environmental Pro
tection (DEP) agricultural
advisory board chair, and as
membership chair.
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“My experiences in Farmers
Union and local government will
allow me to continue the organi
zation’s work as an advocate for
family farmers, and will also be a
strong foundation as we develop
new initiatives to serve the var
ied, changing needs of Pennsyl
vania Farmers Union members,”
Breech said.
Naomi Spahr of Lancaster
County was elected to her second
term as vice president. Spahr has
served Pennsylvani? Farmers
Union in a variety of capacities,
including secretary of the Legis
lative Committee and president
of Lancaster County Farmers
Union.
Bryan McConnell of Washing
ton County was selected by con
vention delegates to represent
Pennsylvania at the 100th annual
National Farmers Union Con-
Dairy Checkoff Plans Events
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) The farmer-funded dairy
checkoff programs will be at the
Pennsylvania Farm Show Jan.
5-10, working to increase dairy
product demand. Promotional
activities include special events
focusing on dairy products along
with an interactive consumer ex
hibit to inform and educate.
The Pennsylvania Dairy
Promotion Program, the Ameri
can Dairy Association & Dairy
Council Mid East, and the Mid-
vention in Irving, Texas in
March. McConnell has been a
member of Pennsylvania Farmers
Union since 1993.
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work together representing the
dairy checkoff at Farm Show.
Throughout the week, visitors
may visit the dairy booth in the
Farm Show main exhibit area to
play the “Who Wants to be a
Moollionaire?” game and view
other dairy displays. The annual
butter sculpture display returns
to the Mac Clay street lobby of the
Farm Show Complex, and an ex
hibit featuring cow’s milk cheeses
produced in the commonwealth
will be displayed in the center of
the Food Court.
The “Simply American:
Cheese Carving Contest” will be
conducted Sun., Jan. 6. Pre-se
lected finalists will carve a five-
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ing a patriotic theme. On Wed.,
Jan. 9, Farm Show visitors may
stop at the milk mustache photo
booth to pose for their own milk
mustache photo.
The Mid-Atlantic Dairy Asso
ciation, the Pennsylvania Dairy
Promotion Program, and the
American Dairy Association &
Dairy Council Mid East are
dairy-farmer funded, regional
promotion organizations respon
sible for increasing milk demand
throughout Pennsylvania. They
work closely with Daip' Manage
ment, Inc.’, the national dairy
promotion organization, to
implement dairy promotion, edu
cation, and research programs
nationwide.
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