Ag Symposium Educates Township Officials
MICHELLE KUNJAPPU
Lancaster Farming Staff
LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.)
This week’s Regional Town
ship Agricultural Symposium
drew 95 township officials from
54 different townships in a nine
county region, according to pub
lic relations spokesperson for
Landis Valley Museum and event
coordinator K.C. Wenger.
Other government and ag
agencies also attended the event.
The overall goal of the pro
gram was to “educate township
officials, planning commission
members, solicitors, and anyone
involved in the creation of town
ship policy and law on commu
nity issues, concerns, and oppor
tunities for integrating
agriculture and the community,”
said Wenger.
The event is sponsored by The
Advanced Agricultural Institute
at Landis Valley Museum. The
organization was created in 2001
by the Landis Valley Museum,
PennAg Industries Association,
and the Pennsylvania
Department of Agri
culture to provide a
non-biased arena to
educate the public
about agriculture.
Also partnering
with the Advanced
Agricultural Institute
to sponsor the sympo
sium is the Lancaster
Chamber of Com
merce, the South Cen
tral Assembly for Ef
fective Governance,
and the Ombudsman
Program, supported
by the Pennsylvania
Department of Agri
culture and conserva
tion districts.
During the event,
Elam Herr, assistant
executive director of
the Pennsylvania De
partment of Township
Supervisors, gave the
lecture, “Changes to
the Municipal Plan
ning Code: Managing
Growth While Protect
ing the Viability of Ag
riculture.”
In another session,
Don Robinson, admin
istrator, Lancaster
County Conservation
District, addressed
how township officials
could partner with
county conservation
districts.
Tom Beuduy, dep
uty director of the Sus
quehanna River Basin
Commission (SRBC),
discussed the SRBC’s
role in regulating
water removal.
After a picnic lunch
Christine Kellett, di
rector of the Agricul
tural Law Research
and Education Center,
Dickinson School of
Law and Penn State
University, lectured
about the coexistence
of agriculture and
communities.
From survey results,
feedback from partici
pants showed “a re
sounding yes” that the
event was timely, rele
vant, and beneficial,
said Wenger.
“The question and
answer sessions were
very lively. They
(township officials)
were so appreciative to
have people with that
expertise give them
candid advice on their
concerns,” she said.
Officials questioned
the speakers on issues
they may have “felt
confused about, or
wanted some guidance
on,” Wengej.said.i “A. - t >
huge portion of the
questions were surrounding
water issues.”
Sponsors of the symposium in
cluded the Lancaster Chamber of
Commerce, the Lancaster Coun
ty Conservation District, and the
South Centra] Assembly, a re
gional planning organization.
With the addition of spouses
and children, approximately 230
people attended the event.
Events conducted for spouses
and children of the township offi
cials included not only touring
through the museum but also
old-time games, snapshots of the
children dressed in period cos
tumes, and wagon rides.
The museum is the perfect set
ting for the symposium, because
it “documents the history of agri
culture,” said Wenger. In addi
tion, the symposium covers
“what we think is going on out
there, and we have yet to under
stand what is to come,” she said.
According to Steve Miller, ex
ecutive director, Landis Valley
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has changed significantly in the
museum profession is that we’re
really charged to provide pro
gramming and content that re
lates to contemporary issues.
“Lebanon Valley has a signifi
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to historical issues but also to
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The museum is the result of a
public and private partnership
funded by taxpayers of Pennsyl
vania and Landis Valley Associ
ates, a community support group.
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