First Quarterly
Ag Issues Luncheon
Successful
HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) Approximately 100 from
the agriculture community including farmers, industry
representatives; Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
employees, state FFA officers, cabinet secretaries, and
legislative staff attended the first Quarterly Ag Issues
Luncheon here late last week.
At the barbecue luncheon, newly appointed FFA state
officers delivered their opening ceremonies for the first
time.
Eric Rubenstein, state FFA president, introduced Agri
culture Secretary Dennis Wolff, who spoke about the re
cord of Pennsylvania agriculture and the plan for a new
Pennsylvania.
In photo, from left, ere Penny Lee, director of the Gov
ernor’s Office of Public Liaison; Wolff; Department of En
vironmental Protection Secretary Kathleen McGinty; and
Steve Crawford, secretary of legislative affairs.
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STATE COLLEGE (Centre Co.) Recently a new state FFA officer team was selected.
President is Eric Rubenstein, Danville FFA, son of Doug and Linda Rubenstein, Blooms
burg. Front row, from left, Brian Oberholtzer, eastern regional vice president; Laura
Grove, state sentinel; Bernadette Nace, state reporter; Amber Frank, state vice presi
dent; and Melissa Sankey, north central region vice president. Back, from left, Eric
Chamberlin, state treasurer; Becky Hedges, western region vice president; Amy Kauch
er, south central region vice president; Heather Sisto, state secretary; Rubenstein; and
Jason Kiouser, state chaplain. More about the team is scheduled in an upcoming issue
of Lancaster Farming.
BLACKSBURG, Va. Vir
ginia Tech’s Farm and Family
Showcase will offer a convenient
one-stop shop for information
about agriculture, landscaping,
forestry, and a variety of topics
that involve families, Thursday
to Saturday, Sept. 4-6, at Virginia
Tech’s Kentland Farm.
The annual showcase will fea
ture activities and exhibits of in
terest to those in the agricultural
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and forest industries as well as
homeowners and landowners.
Featured information will in
clude agricultural production,
business, and technology; poul
try; environmental stewardship
and natural resources; livestock;
pasture management; food quali
ty and safety; chemistry; pesti
cides; insects; plant diseases;
home landscaping, horticulture
and vegetable gardening; lawn
care; value-added food products;
birds; and bats. There will be dis
plays, demonstrations, and semi
nars.
Families may enjoy the special
events which include a cornfield
maze, an aquaculture exhibit, a
display of award-winning 4-H
projects, archery and air-nfle
ranges, egg incubation, butterfly
gardens, and an interactive fish
ing simulator.
Children can enjoy the chil
dren’s activity center. At the ac
tivity center children will learn
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nating in America while playing
games, making and using pup
pets, and participating in interac
tive storytelling sessions. They
can have their faces painted and
have some fun on the toddler
playground as well.
Walking and bus tours of
Kentland Farm will give partici
pants a chance to leam about the
farm and its use for teaching, re
search, and Extension. Virginia
Cooperative Extension will have
a variety of displays to give visi
tors a chance to leam about the
many educational programs of
fered throughout the Common
wealth.
Virginia Tech’s Kentland
Farm, where the event is to be
conducted, is located along the
New River a few miles west of
the Blacksburg campus.
The 1,700-acre farm is the uni
versity’s newest and largest agri
cultural research and teaching
center.
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