Vol. 48 No. 16
During these winter months, Arden Landis’s entire
herd feeds on a transition diet of hay until calving in time
for the spring flush of grass. This is Landis’s first year as
a seasonal dairyman. '
‘Life Is Gtiod ’
DAVE LEFEVER
Lancastej[Jfyfmiiig Staff
QU ABRYvILLE (Lancaster
Co.) Arden Landis and his
family have been running a
grass-based dairy near Kirkwood
for seven years. Innovation has
Junior Holstein Members Win Scholarships
BETHLEHEM (Lehigh Co.)
The Pennsylvania Junior Hol
stein Association presented nu
merous awards at their conven
tion here last week. Youth were
recognized for various
achievements, including public
speaking, progressive breeding,
dairy bowl excellence, and pro
duction records.
Four members were selected to
receive $l,OOO scholarships for
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Li’l Miss Dairy Princess Valerie Zuck, Lebanon,
hands out cow erasers at the Dairy and Silage Pro
ducer Family Day, Tuesday, Lebanon Valley Expo
Center. Turn to pages B 6 and 810 to read about the
many different workshops offered to family mem
bers. Photo by Lou Ann Good, food and family features
editor
www.lancasUtrfilining.com
been the guide on the farm, with
Landis constantly trying more ef
ficient and profitable ways to
manage. This year marks another
big change on the operation, and
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Pennsylvania Junior Holstein Members receiving schol
arships are, from left, Cole McLaughlin, Angela Adams,
Jodi Crawford, and Peter Vanco. Joining them is Sheryl
Vanco, scholarship committee chairperson.
Five Sections
A Search For ‘True Security’
PAS A Speaker Calls For Local Food\ Local Decisions
DAVE LEFEVER
Lancaster Farming Staff
STATE COLLEGE (Centre
Co.) The security of our food
supply today depends on farming
and distribution methods that are
driven by a highly unstable inter
national oil trade.
That is not true security,
according to Mark Ritchie, key
note speaker at the annual Farm
ing for the Future conference put
on by the Pennsylvania Associa
tion fqr Sustainable Agriculture
(PASA).
“Local Food .Systems, Local
Decisions In Search Of True Se
curity” was the theme of the two
day'event.
Ritchie outlined how the U.S.
relies almost entirely on petro
leum to grow and distribute food
within an industrialized system,
and how this dependence has led
our country to a place of vulner
ability.
But Ritchie also spoke about
his vision of independent farmers
and entrepreneurs reclaiming the
Beverages, Brazil,
And Farm Bill
At Grain Seminar
MICHELLE KUNJAPPU
Lancaster Farming Staff
GRANTVILLE (Dauphin Co.)
Even though snow still has an
icy grip on Pennsylvania, produc
ers couldn’t help thinking about
spring planting and next year’s
crop as they gathered at the Holi
day Inn in Grantville for the 2003
Corn and Soybean Conference.
Top placings in the classes are
in a related story on page A 24.
More than 100 producers and
industry representatives attended
the event sponsored by the Penn
sylvania Com Growers Associa
tion, the Pennsylvania Soybean
Board, and Penn State Coopera
tive Extension.
Dr. Peter Bordi, assistant pro
fessor, School of Hotel, Restau
rant, and Recreation Manage
ment, Penn State, discussed a soy
recovery drink developed on
funds from Pennsylvania Soy
bean Promotion Board grant.
After the product was devel
oped and tested (a process that
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Saturday, February 15, 2003
food supply and “renewing the
countryside” through methods of
locally-based production, market
ing, and distribution. Those
things are already happening
across the U.S., Ritchie said, with
the work of PASA serving as an
example.
About 1,200 people attended
the conference, including farmers
and others interested in sustain
able farming and food supplies.
Guests included Dennis Wolff,
the new Pennsylvania secretary
of agriculture; Robert Steele,
Penn State dean*of agriculture;
and Cheryl Tevis, farm issues ed
itor at Successful Farming Maga
zine.
Ritchie is president of the In
stitute for Agriculture and Trade
Policy and serves on the board of
the Minnesota Institute for Sus
tainable Agriculture. A native of
New York Farm Show Upcoming
SYRACUSE, N.Y. Yes, it’s
show time in New York. The
18th annual New York Farm
Show will be conducted February
20-22, at the New York State
Fairgrounds. The Northeast’s
largest indoor farm show has
grown to be more than five times
its original size.
The show features new and
practical equipment, services,
and products for visitors. More
This week’s edition of Dairy Plus features a grow
ing workforce and other dairy expansion topics.
$36.00 Per Year
It’s Show Time
$l.OO Per Copy
Mark Ritchie
Georgia, Ritchie has spent more
than 30 years in the global policy
making arena, primarily in the
areas of agriculture, natural re-
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than 400 exhibitors will cover
more than 215,000 square feet.
At the New York Farm Show
farmers can shop, compare, and
buy the latest developments in
the agriculture industry as well
as ask the experts about the latest
practices and efficiencies.
The experienced folks can re
flect on the past and enjoy the
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