Hog Summit, Field Day To Feature Sustainable Alternatives GETTYSBURG (Adams Co.) Fanners who are interested in finding innovative hog produc tion strategies will have an op portunity to explore alternatives in two upcoming events here in Pennsylvania. On Saturday, June 7, at the Ei senhower Inn and Conference Center in Gettysburg, the Water keeper Alliance will conduct its third annual Sustainable Hog Farming Summit. Following the first two summits, conducted in North Carolina and lowa, respec tively, this year’s event will focus on alternatives to large-scale, in dustrialized hog production, and strategies for marketing high Pa. Junior Holstein Judging School July 8-9 STATE COLLEGE (Centre Co.) The Pennsylvania Jun ior Holstein Association Judging School is scheduled for Tuesday, July 8, and Wednes day, July 9, from 12 noon - 12 noon. This year’s school is hosted by the Tioga County Holstein Club. The teacher will be David Trotter, Enon Valley. The school is open to all youth interested in learning quality pork directly to consum ers, restaurants, and other retail outlets. A host of speakers will cover topics ranging from the health, environmental, and social effects of industrialized farming prac tices to proven methods of raising hogs in diversified, organic and/ or pasture-based systems, as well as marketing alternatives. Speakers will include Helen Browning of Eastbrook Farm in Great Britain. Eastbrook is a 1,337-acre, diversified organic farm that markets meat products through supermarkets and a na tionwide home delivery service. Joining her in a morning panel will be Ridgeway Shinn of Mas about dairy cattle judging. The program covers the basics of animal evaluation and reason giving. Individuals that attend have the opportunity to team terminology, animal and class breakdowns, and how to effec tively give reasons. The cost of the school is $3O for those staying overnight. This includes school costs, hotel room, and evening meal. For those who commute, the fee is $2O to cover school costs sachusetts, from the New Eng land Livestock Alliance, and Paul Willis, farmer and manager of the Niman Ranch Pork Compa ny in lowa. Other farmers speaking in afternoon workshops will repre sent the states of North Carolina and Wisconsin. A keynote ad dress in the evening will feature the president of the Waterkeeper Alliance, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. On Friday, June 6, the day be fore the Hog Summit, a field day sponsored by the Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agri culture (PASA) will be conducted at Spring Water Farm in Para dise. The field day will run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and will feature and the evening meal. This year, a second member of the same family who attends will receive $5 off their registra tion cost. For more information, con tact the: Pennsylvania Holstein Association, 839 Benner Pike, State College, PA 16801. Phone (814) 234-0364, fax (814) 234-1698, or see Website at HYPERLINK http:// www.paholsteins.com www.pa holsteins.com. V* v \ > > ♦telp(«iltei(ld»e¥flf protein fcropiat ptwfocWty •Waafoolcodpiriintl of mlkyWd Codct your local Apny Fnd mil NoWtlori Roprwumiln today, or coll 1-MMM-1493. i.con a multi-species, pasture-based system that includes Tamworth hogs. Additional presentations at this event will feature swine nu trition with representatives of the Fertrell Company from Bain bridge, and comments from Helen Browning of Great Britain as well. To register for the Hog Sum mit, call the Waterkeeper office at (914) 674-0622, or visit their Website (www.waterkeeper.org , click “events”), where a full pro gram for the event can be viewed. Registration is $35 for the full day. Rooms are available at the Eisenhower Inn at a special con ference rate by calling (800) 776-8349. LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.) Lancaster/York Fruit Grower’s Twilight Meeting will be Tues day, May 20, at 6:30 p.m. at Cherry Hill Orchards, 400 Long Lane. The meeting program is 6:30 p.m., introduction to the orchard, Tom Haas; 6:45 p.m., chemical thinning update, Dr. Rob Cras swelier, Penn State pomologist; 7:15 p.m., spring insect and mite control, Dr. Greg Krawczyk, Penn State fruit entomologist, and 7:45 p.m., general ques tions and an swers. Pesti cide credits > ** > * A ■Ofr. A Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 17, 2003-A29 Registration and directions to Lancaster/York Fruit Grower Twilight Meeting May 20 Envirothon To Highlight Farmland Preservation HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) State Agricul ture Secretary Dennis C. Wolff said Pennsylva nia’s farmland preservation efforts will be on the minds of students participating in the 20th annual Pennsylvania Envirothon in Franklin County next week. “Farmland preservation and agricultural educa tion are two priorities of this administration,” Wolff said. “The Department’s participation in the Envirothon allows us to demonstrate our com mitment to preserving farmland. The earlier we start educating the public about the importance of farmland and the value of environmental steward ship, the better the chance for ensuring the avail ability of farmland. Education is certainly a key.” As an Envirothon partner, the department has educational seminars across the state and has staffed the issues booth at county competitions. In coordination with the State Envirothon Board, the Bureau of Farmland Preservation helped to devel op the educational materials and curriculum for the Envirothon. Teaching on this year’s current issue fulfills standards adopted by the state board of education. Feed and '•to “The Bureau of Farmland Preservation was pleased to participate in this year’s Current Issue competition,” Wolff said. “Pennsylvania leads the nation in the number of acres and total number of farms preserved, and it is important to include the commonwealth’s young people in our farmland protection strategy.” x s ?* For more than 20 years, the Envirothon has ed ucated high school students in natural resources and environmental sciences. In addition to farm land preservation, students will compete in forest ry, soils, wildlife, and aquatics. The State Envirothon will be May 19-20 at Penn State Mont Alto Campus in Franklin County. Stu dents qualify for the state competition through county competitions. The winner of the state will compete at the National Envirothon later this summer. Last year, five students from Media won the national event. For more information about the Envirothon, visit http://www.envirothonpa.org. For more in formation about Pennsylvania’s farmland preser vation efforts, please contact the Bureau of Farm land Preservation at (717) 783-3167. the PASA field day are available by calling (814) 349-9856 ext. 6. A registration fee of $lO for PASA members and $l5 for non members will be collected at Spring Water Farm. Lunch is in cluded. Those who are attending the Hog Summit and/or PASA field day are also invited to attend a barbecue pig roast on Friday eve ning, June 6 from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. at the Allstar Pavilion, lo cated directly behind the Eisen hower Inn in Gettysburg. The theme for the night is local fare, including food, drink and music, featuring a bluegrass band. A suggested donation of $l2 per person for the meal and enter tainment will be collected at the door. will be offered (pending approv al). Directions; Cherry Hill Orh card is located at the intersection of Long Lane and Millersville Road. From the east or west: Exit Rt. 30 at Rohrerstown Road (Rt. 741) and proceed south toward Millersville. Cross over Rts. 23, 462, and 999. Just past the inter section of Rt. 324 you will come to a traffic signal. Cherry Hill Or chard will be on the left. Total distance traveled from Rt. 30 is 5-6 miles. For additional information, contact the Penn State Coopera tive Extension, Lancaster at (717) 394-6851.
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