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munities as the only answer to
agriculture. You ran an article in
the same issue of the paper re
garding alternative housing for
sows, so clearly more and more
people are concerned with these
type of operations as a long-term
answer to agriculture’s problems.
Creating a rift between farm
ers who are a subculture of a
much larger society doesnt do
anybody any good. Not for con
ventional or alternative farmers.
We must find a common ground
on which we can have a positive
discussion on the future of agri
culture in Pennsylvania.
You said that Mr. Hershey
spoke at a Farm Bureau banquet
at the West Shore Country Club (
which if it is, like any other coun
try club, was probably a farm at
one time) and made his com
ments to about 150 people. Well,
more than 1,000 people attended
the PASA (Pennsylvania Associa-
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Conference this year and I
wouldnt say they were in “la-la
land.” But I would say it is the
most positive agricultural event I
attend every year. People looking
for answers to the very questions
you raise. You should know,
Lancaster Farming was there!
Some form of large commodity
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corporate money involved. But
we must have a local farming
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izens. There is a need, there is a
demand, and there are people
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for it. Lets work together for all
farmers. Lets concentrate on
what we have in common. To
gether we will build an agricul
ture system that has always been
the hallmark of Pennsylvania.
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Green Haven Farm
Berks County
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4-H Beef, Goat, Horse Workshop, Frederick, Md.
Fairgrounds, (301) 694-1594.
Watershed Snapshot, Parking Lot Mill Road Ele
mentary School, Elizabethtown, 8 a.m.
New Grower Seminar, Lancaster Farm and Home
Center, Lancaster, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., (814) 865-4700.
Sunday, May 11
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4-H Capitol Days, Harrisburg, thru May 13,
Monday, May 1 2
Poultry Health Seminar, Kreider’s Restaurant,
Manheim, noon.
Animal Agriculture Alliance Stockholders Summit,
Hyatt Regency Crystal City Hotel, Arlington,
Va., thru May 14.
Using Computer and Palm Pilots for Tree Invento
ries Workshop, Penn State Extension, York, 8:30
a.m.-3 p.m., (717) 263-9226.
4-H Livestock meeting, Bradford County Extension
Office, Towanda, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, May 1 3
Southeast Pa. Twilight Fruit Growers Meeting, Jer
sey Acres Farm Inc., Pine Grove, 6:30 p.m., (570)
622-4225.
Nutrient Management Orientation, PDA, Room
309, Harrisburg, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Also May 14, 9
a.m.-noon.
Annual Awareness Day Program, Dauphin County
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extension office, 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
Drinking Water Workshop, South Middletown
Twp. Community Room, Boiling Springs, 1:15
p.m.-4:45 p.m., (267) 468-0555.
Composting Workshop, Neshaminy Manor Center,
Doylestown, 7:30 p.m., (215) 345-3283.
Wednesday, May 14
Beef Production Workshop, Allegany County Ex
tension, Maryland Flintstone School cafeteria, 7
p.m.-9 p.m., (301) 724-3320.
Project Grass Rotational Grazing Field Day, McEl
haney Stock Farm, Hookstown, 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m.,
(724) 837-1402.
Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) info meet
ing, Abbey Restaurant, Sheldon, Vt., 7:30 p.m.
also Ramada Inn, Norwich, Ct., 7:30 p.m.; Best
Western, Little Falls, N.Y.; Holiday Inn, Water
loo, N.Y.; First Citizen Bank, Ulysses, all 7:30
p.m.
Thursday, May 15
Maryland Pasture Walk: Andrew Toms Farm,
Walkersville, Md., (301) 791-1304.
Drinking Water Workshop, Lancaster Farm and
Home Center, 1:15 p.m.-4:45 p.m., (267)
468-0555.
Pa. Fair at Philadelphia Park race track, thru May
26, (321) 633-4028.
Informational Meeting, Cooperatives Working To
gether, American Legion, Middlebury, Vt., 7:30
p.m. Also Holiday Inn, Oneota, N.Y., 7:30 p.m.;
Hartley Fire Hall, Hartley, Del., 10 a.m.; Peach
Bottom Inn, 7:30 p.m.; Morrison Cove Memorial
Park, Martinsburg, 7:30 p.m.; Belleville Live
-stock Market, 10 a.m.
Friday, May 16
High Tunnel Workshop, Penn State Horticulture
Farm, Rockspring, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., (814) 692-4635.
Gettysburg Fair thru May 18, (717) 334-7724.
Agricultural Irrigation On the Dehnarva Peninsu
la Breakfast, Modem Maturity Center, Dover,
Del., (302) 831-2512.
Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) Informa
tive Meeting Warner’s Galley Restaurant,
Wells River, Vt., 10 a.m.; Also New York State
Grange, Cortland, N.Y., 7:30 p.m.; Treadway
Inn, Owego, N.Y., 10 a.m.; Acorn Conference
Center, Mount Joy, 10 a.m.; Millheim Fire Hall,
Millheim, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 17.
Keystone Stud Ram and Ewe Sale, Keystone
Classic at Penn State Ag Arena, thru May 18.
Evaluating Your Forest Resource Workshop for
Landowners, Laurel Haven Conservation Edu
cation Center, 9 a.m.-noon.
Penn State Master Gardeners of Wayne County
and Penn State Extension Spring Garden Expo,
Lakeside Elementary, Honesdale, (570)
253-5970, ext. 239.
District VII 4-H Horse Camp, Bedford County
Fairgrounds, Bedford, thru May 18, (814)
623-4800.
Sunday, May 18
Monday, May 19
National Egg Quality School, Hilton, San Antonio,
Texas Airport, thru May 22, (765) 494-8510.
Cooperatives Working Together Informational
Meeting, John Martin’s Manor, Waterville,
Maine, 7:30 p.m. Also Miner Institute, W.
Chazy, N.Y.; 7:30 p.m.
Dairy Quality Assurance Training, Taylor’s, Wya
lusing, thru May 20, (717) 265-2896.
Tuesday, May 20
Spring Equine Workshop, Montgomery County
4-H Center, Creamery, 7 p.m., (610) 489-9277.
Milk Quality and Stray Voltage Workshop, Wat
sontown Inn and area dairy farm, Watsontown,
thru May 21, (570) 538-1832.
S.E. Pa. Wine Technology meeting, Lancaster
Farm and Home Center, Lancaster, 2 p.m.-5
p.m., (717) 234-1844.
Farm and Home Foundation Scholarhsip Awards
Program, Farm and Home Center. 6:15 p.m.
Round Pen Training for All Horses, Wilton Brook
Farm, Catasaugus, 7:30 p.m., (610) 837-72-94.
CWT Informational Meeting, Holiday Inn, Bang
or, Maine, 7:30 p.m.; Eastside Restaurant, New
port, Vt., 7:30 p.m.; Interlacken Inn, Lakeville,
Ct. 7:30 p.m.; Best Western, Canton, N.Y., 9:30
a.m.; Harvest Drive Restaurant, Intercourse,
7:30 p.m.; Yoder’s Restaurant. New Holland, 10
a.m.
Wednesday, May 21
Drinking Water Workshop, Northampton Twp.
Cultural Center, Richboro, 1:15 p.m.-4:45 p.m.,
(267) 468-0555.
Woodland Owners of Sourthern Alleghenies tour,
Herr property outside Everett, 11 a.m., (814)
735-3855.
11th Annual Forensic Entomology Short Course,
Penn State Frost Entomological Museum, thru
May 23, (814) 865-5392.
CWT Informational Meeting, Manchester, Vt.
VFW, 7:30 p.m.
Horse Pasture Walk, Merry Acres Farm, Ellicott
City, 7 p.m.-9 p.m., (410) 313-2702 or (410)