Pennsylvania’s First Mobile Ag Lab Launched At Ag Progress DAVE LEFEVER Lancaster Farming Staff ROCKSPRING (Centre Co.) Gov. Ed Rendell and Pennsyl vania ag leaders turned out to “christen” Pennsylvania’s new mobile ag education lab Aug. 20 at Progress Days. The lab-on-wheels is designed to bring exciting and important ag lessons to elementary and middle school students across the state as part of a statewide effort to better educate kids about food and farming. Those on hand for the kick-off included Pennsylvania Secretary r'*' » ' Ag Secretary Dennis Wolff gives his blessing to the state’s new mobile ag lab. Looking on are Carl Shaffer, PFB vice-presi dent, left, and Gov. Rendell, right. 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I r? - 23515 Range Road Union City, PA 16438 Or call (814) 694-2661 of Agriculture Dennis Wolff and Carl Shaffer, Pennsylvania Farm Bureau (PFB) vice president. The Pennsylvania Friends of Agriculture Foundation, associat ed with PFB, initiated this pilot lab, which will travel to schools in Adams, Cumberland, Frank lin, and Fulton counties begin ning this fall. The long-term goal is to add more labs across the state within the next several years. Shaffer delivered a message on the ag lab’s significance, speaking in place of Guy Donaldson, PFB president, who was unable to at tend the event. “With fewer and fewer chil dren having a tie to agriculture, we saw a need to help teachers educate more students about the importance of agriculture,” Shaf fer said. Tonya Myers, a certified ele mentary school teacher from Chambersburg, has been hired as a full-time teacher in the ag lab. In preparation for her new job, Myers has completed Penn State’s Ag in the Classroom course. She is responsible for de veloping the lab’s curriculum and 50-minute lesson plans for kids in grades 3 through 7. Tickets: Over 10 years old: $30.00 3-10 years old: $15.00 Under 2 years: Free Students will participate in nu merous science activities de signed to help them get a handle on how food is produced, as well as some issues surrounding farm ing. Hands-on lessons will have kids making butter, testing the water-holding capacity of soils, germinating seeds, acting as egg inspectors, and learning the ba sics of genetics and biotechnolo gy, to name a few. Thousands of Ag Progress Days visitors toured the lab, in cluding Gov. Rendell. “It’s great,” said the governor on completing the lab tour. In his speech prior to the rib bon-cutting ceremony, Rendell noted that agriculture, with 800,000 workers in the state, is Pennsylvania’s largest employer. Education is key to keeping the ag industry thriving for those in agriculture, as well as the pub lic in general, he said. “This lab is a great step in the right direction,” Rendell said. The goal, he said, is to eventu ally have eight labs across the state A xcording to Myers, the lab i travel from school to school, ;ing up for a week or more in M erasure K T i ,*■<- K- ''K . . i' \ I 5 pc. Bedroom Set Q Black & Brass w/Nightstand i Pfn Re 9 Ret ! - a . 51229 95 | | Cash Price ] $449 95 i L _ _CLOSEOUT_ $ 369° 4 J « ' 'sectionAL' sleeper ''' I Loveseat , Center Console | lySsWCiifijO* Side-by-Side _ A Reclmers Sofa • Factory Liquidation w/Hlde . a . Bed ; Reg Ret. $2,589 95 | Cash Price 1 269 95 $ 949 88 / /' 4 DRAWER CHEST ' \ Pine Finish fa 'd | i Reg Ret. $149.95 U 1 Cash Price $69.95 ■7 | FACTORY ! SPECIAL i 5 39 04 w** ; , y pc/bedroom \ Light Blue w/Oak Top Bookcase Headboard Bedbox 2 Nightstands ■ _ Dresser Mirror & Organizer | g 3 £Lztil Reg. 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