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Vol. 48 No. 10
‘Showcase ’ Section Unveils A New Farm Show
Who built the new Farm Show? What did the Farm Show look like years ago?
What happened along the way? Find out about the glories of the past and the new
Farm Show to come as we look over 86 years of Farm Show and its new construc
tion in our Farm Show “Showcase” Section this issue.
York County 4-H'er Preps For Big Show
DAVE LEFEVER
Lancaster Farming Staff
DOVER (York Co.) Donald
Sunday’s career raising Hereford
cattle began as a young boy when
one of his grandfather’s feeder
heifers gave birth to a surprise
calf.
“My grandpa (Charles Sun-
Donald Sunday is busy getting his market steer, Spot, ready for the Pennsylvania
Far,m Show junior beef exhibition and sale. Photo by Dave Lefever
www.lancasterfarming.com
day) always used to feed out heif
ers,” Sunday said. “One time, one
of them calved and he gave that
one to me.”
Since then, Sunday has gone
on to make a name for himself
throughout seven years in the
show ring. He takes his Hereford
heifers and steers to various live-
Five Sections
stock exhibitions, including the
York Fair, York 4-H livestock
shows, the Pennsylvania Farm
Show, and even a national Here
ford exhibition in Montana.
Right now, he’s gearing up for
the Pennsylvania Farm Show
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Saturday, January 4, 2003
Turn to page 812 to find out why 2002 has been an
emotional roller coaster ride for 16-year-old Jessica Ray
burn. Shown with Jessica are her mother Janice and
grandfather Robert Coates.
Photo by Lou Ann Good, food and family features editor
PASA’s Farming For The
Future Conference Feb. 7-8
STATE COLLEGE (Centre
Co.) Continuing what has be
come a midwinter tradition for
many farm families throughout
this region of the country, the
Pennsylvania Association for
Sustainable Agriculture (PASA)
announces its 12th Farming For
the Future Conference here Feb.
7-8.
The theme for this year’s con
ference is “Local Food Systems,
Local Decisions: In Search of
True Security.”
This two-day educational
event features two keynote
speakers, more than 40 work
shops, meals from food that is
sustainably grown, and a trade
show full of exhibitors. It offers a
lineup of events for many in the
agri-industry.
Regularly drawing more than
1,000 participants, this annual
event has gained a national repu
tation as the largest of its kind in
the East.
The significance of the confer
ence theme will unfold with the
opening keynote address by
Mark Ritchie. Ritchie is the pres
ident of the Institute for Agricul
ture and Trade Policy (www.iat
p.org), a nonprofit and
nonpartisan research organiza
tion based in Minneapolis, Minn.
Ritchie will underscore the im
portance of the connection be
tween locally based food systems
and true security and uncover the
subtleties of today’s agriculture
trade policies and who these poli
cies are really protecting.
Following the opening festivi
ties on the morning of Feb. 7, a
large and diverse menu of work-
Families In Spotlight For
Annual Farm Show Issue
A new and greatly expanded
Farm Show opens to the public
on Saturday, Jan. 11. And one of
our largest and best issues is soon
to hit mailboxes. Next issue, Jan.
11, will be Lancaster Farming’s
own Farm Show Issue, which
$36.00 Per Year
shops will be conducted. The as
sortment of conference work
shops will help you make
decisions on your farm and in
your life that are profitable, envi
ronmentally sound, and socially
beneficial.
Among the host of offerings,
there will be instructional work
shops on such topics as innova
tive tillage techniques, selling
food directly to colleges, and
legal issues involved with direct
marketing.
Notable workshop speakers in
clude Aaron Silverman of Green
er Pastures Poultry in Oregon.
Silverman will describe the work
ings of a multifarm collaborative
that operates a state-licensed,
USDA-exempt processing facili
ty, and enables participating
farmers to access a wider market
for their pastured poultry. Larry
Shearer (from Massachusetts), a
sustainable farm educator
through the Northeast Sustain
able Agriculture Research and
Education program, will discuss
how he operates his dairy in a
management-intensive, as op
posed to capital-intensive, man
ner.
Inspiration will come from
many speakers, including nation
ally known author Jo Robinson,
who will unveil the benefits of
grass-fed meat products and de
scribe research efforts to discover
the world’s healthiest diet. Also,
three women farmers will de
scribe their experiences in agri
culture and how they are work-
highlights the newly expanded,
largest indoor agricultural event
in the country. Included will be
Farm Show family highlights,
Keystone Degree recipient bio
graphies, events schedule, and
maps.
$l.OO Per Copy
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