Rodale Institute Launches
Organic Farm Price Index
KUTZTOWN (Berks Co.)
The Rodale Institute recently an
nounced the launch of a first-ever
wholesale price index of certified
organic foods—The New Farm
Organic Price Index (OPX). Now
organic farmers will be able to
sell their products competitively,
according to what the same grain
or vegetable, for example, is
being sold for across their mar
keting region.
This index marks an important
milestone for the burgeoning or
ganic foods market, the fastest
growing segment of the food in
dustry. Organic producers will
benefit from market data such as
is available in the markets for
conventional foodstuffs, with
pricing tools necessary for run
ning their businesses profitably.
The OPX will enable them to
price their products fairly and
avoid being victims of pricing de
ceptions.
OPX will track prices of select
ed produce, grains, dairy prod
ucts, and meats that are organi
cally grown or raised in the U.S.
The price data—updated week
ly—will be drawn from the best
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ers the baseline information they
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Local Student To Take Part
In International Livestock Congress
HOUSTON, Texas—Bart GUI,
son of Gary and Trudy Gill,
Newport, and a junior at Penn
State University, Main Campus,
recently received the Internation
al Stockmen’s Educational Foun
dation Travel FeUowship to the
2003 International Livestock
Congress in Houston, Texas, Feb
ruary 24-28.
The travel fellowship was
awarded to 25 students from nine
countries including Australia,
Bolivia, Canada, Costa Rica, Ire
land, Namibia, Paraguay, Uru
guay, and the United States.
Supported by the Bob and Vi
vian Smith Foundation, students
are selected by a multi-national
selection committee, with half of
the 25 recipients representing in
ternational students.
Fellowships include airfare,
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scheduled meals during the Inter
national Livestock Congress.
Scholastic achievement, lead
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recommendation are aU part of
the stringent qualifying require
ments.
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dents with the opportunity to in
teract with world industry lead
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solutions that will shape the ad
vancement of the livestock indus
try into the next millennium.
Following their experiences,
students are required to write a
professional paper of not more
than 12 pages to be submitted to
the International Stockmen’s Ed
ucational Foundation board and
to their respective schools depart
ment heads.
tors recently reelected Represen
tative Sheila Miller as chairman
for the 2003-2004 Legislative Ses
sion. Representative Miller, who
serves the 129th District in Berks
County, has served as chairman
since 1997.
Joining Representative Miller
as officers are: Senator Mary Jo
White of the 21st Senatorial Dis
trict, which consists of Clarion,
Forest, and Venango counties
and parts of Butler, Erie and
Warren counties, as vice chair
man; Representative Mike
Hanna, who represents the 76th
District in Centre and Clinton
counties, as treasurer; and Dr. C.
Shannon Stokes, professor of
Rural ’ Sociology in the Depart
ment of Agricultural Economics
and Rural Sociology at Penn
State University, as secretary.
The Center’s Board of Direc
tors also includes Senator John
Wozniak, who serves the 35th
Senatorial District, which in
Hfe Salute Our Farming Industry
Bart Gill
Papers are also published in
the event proceedings and on the
International Livestock Congress
web site.
eludes Cambria and Clinton
counties and parts of Centre,
Clearfield and Somerset counties;
Jody L. Bruckner, executive di
rector of the Pennsylvania Rural
Development Council; Dr. Nancy
Falvo, director of Clarion Univer
sity’s Health Science Education
Center; Dr. Stephan J. Goetz, ex
ecutive director of the Northeast
Regional Center for Rural Devel
opment; Dr. Robert F. Pack, vice
provost for Academic Planning
and Resources Management at
the University of Pittsburgh; and
Dr. Craig D. Willis, president of
Lock Haven University of Penn
sylvania.
The Center for Rural Pennsyl
vania is a bipartisan, bicameral
legislative agency that serves as a
resource for rural policy research
within the Pennsylvania General
Assembly. It was created in 1987
under Act 16, the Rural Revitali
zation Act, to promote and sus
tain the vitality of Pennsylvania’s
rural and small communities.