A32-Lancaster Farming Saturday December 6, 2003 Second Annual Pennsylvania Garden Expo In March 2004 HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) Now four days, the sec ond annual Pennsylvania Garden Expo will take place March 11-14 in the new state-of-the-art 175,000-square-foot Exposition Hall of the Harrisburg Farm Show Complex. This year's show will again Pa. Maple Syrup Production Down HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) Pennsylvania’s 2003 maple syrup production is esti mated at 48,000 gallons, down 13 percent from last year’s produc tion of 55,000 gallons, according to the Pennsylvania Agricultural Statistics Service. The value of the syrup produced in 2002 is es timated at $1.47 million, down from the $1.75 million in the year 2001. The number of taps in Penn sylvania totaled 364,000 during 2003 compared with 337,000 taps the year before. 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Roger Swain, host of WHTM TV’s “People, Place, and Plants” and best known as the “man in the red suspenders” will be among the speakers on March 12-13. Among the walk-through gar dens scheduled are a bonsai gar den, a children’s garden, a natu ral-habitat garden, and a railway garden. Many gardens feature a water element. PCO Annual Meeting Set For Dec. 10 MILLERSTOWN (Perry Co.) Pennsylvania Certified Organ ic (PCO) will conduct its annual meeting Dec. 10 at the Perry Val ley Grange Hall, Millerstown, from 1 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Cheryl Cook, Pennsylvania deputy secretary of agriculture, will be the featured speaker. The day will include organic standards workshops, speakers, outstanding volunteer awards, and a homemade family-style supper. • 1 p.m. - Registration and in troductions, brief standards up date. • 1:30 p.m. - Inspection and re cordkeeping tips. • 2 p.m. - Ask PCO: Staff will be available to answer questions about organic standards and PCO procedures. 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The expo is being put together by the non-profit Pennsylvania Green Industry Foundation, Inc., along with co-participant the Pennsylvania Department of Ag riculture. Current sponsors in clude ABC 27 and Weis Markets. Proceeds from the pre-show Gala, the Expo itself, and the Plant Auction on March 14 will benefit the beautification of Harrisburg. cuss concerns and make sugges tions for improvement. • 2:30 - Soil and animal nutri tion. Bring soil tests along to dis cuss with the experts. • 3:15 - Break. • 3:30 - Organic farmers ex change • 4:30 - Cheryl Cook, deputy secretary of agriculture for mar keting and economic develop ment, “Opportunities for Organic Farmers in Pennsylvania.” • 5 p.m. - Break • 5:30 p.m. - Business meeting: committee reports, bylaws changes, and board elections. • 6:30 p.m. - Awards. • 7 p.m. - Dinner and social hour. 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