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Farm Show Opens In One Month
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) Just one month from
today, Gov. Edward G. Rendell
and Secretary of Agriculture
Dennis C. Wolff will officially
open the 88th Pennsylvania
Farm Show at the newly remod
eled and expanded Farm Show
Complex in Harrisburg.
“The Farm Show Complex will
accommodate greater numbers of
exhibitors and visitors than ever
before, with more than one mil
lion square feet under roof,” said
Wolff. “The complex is the com
monwealth’s premier exposition,
exhibition, convention, and spe
cial events facility and one of the
top five such facilities in the
country.”
The annual show is the largest
indoor agricultural event in the
U.S., accommodating more than
250 commercial exhibitors and an
estimated 350,000 visitors
throughout the week. This year,
more than 8,000 exhibitors are
expected to showcase top-quality
livestock and farm products.
Department Of Agriculture Announces
Counties Selected For 2004 Chemsweep
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) Secretary of Agriculture
Dennis C Wolff today announced
that 21 counties have been cho
sen for the 2004 CHEMSWEEP
Program. This program is de
signed to provide businesses li
censed to apply pesticides with
the means to properly dispose of
canceled, suspended, or unwant
ed pesticide products.
The counties identified for col
lections of pesticides in the sum
mer of 2004 are Adams, Arm
strong, Butler, Carbon, Clarion,
Cumberland, Dauphin, Elk, Jef
ferson, Lancaster, Lawrence, Leb
anon, Lehigh, Lycoming, Mifflin,
Somerset, Sullivan, Susquehan
na, Tioga, Venango, and Wayne.
“Before CHEMSWEEP began
in 1992, there wasn’t a cost effec
tive way for people to dispose of
unwanted pesticides properly,”
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They will have the opportunity to
earn more than $335,023 in prize
money during the show.
“There are many things that
bring people to the Farm Show,
and one is the delicious Pennsyl
vania foods available at our Food
Court,” said Wolff. “This year’s
show will have all of the tradi
tional Farm Show favorites, in
cluding milkshakes, baked pota
toes, and beef and pork barbeque
sandwiches. There is something
for everyone at the Pennsylvania
Farm Show. This is a great event
for the entire family.”
Wolff said the Farm Show will
feature a number of educational
opportunities and hands-on ac
tivities for children.
The 2004 Pennsylvania Farm
Show runs Jan. 10-17, from 8
a.m. to 9 p.m. daily. Additional
information can be found at
www.agriculture.state.pa.us/
fscomplex/site/default.asp or by
calling (717) 787-5373.
Wolff said. “We are now taking
the necessary measures to ensure
that these chemicals do not harm
the environment.”
Pesticides control, kill, or miti-
gate pest organisms and can in
clude herbicides, fungicides, in
secticides, and reodenticides. The
products are classified as Univer
sal Waste Pesticides and will be
collected, transported, and dis
posed of in accordance with all
applicable rules and regulations.
“At no cost to the business,
CHEMSWEEP provides central
collection sites where people are
asked to drop off unwanted pesti
cides, or the hazardous waste dis
posal company under contract by
PDA will collect the pesticides di
rectly from the storage location,”
Wolff said.
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PASA’s Farming For Future
Conference Feb . 5-7
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90-minute workshops and four
specialized, daylong intensive
sessions will make the.,2004 con
ference a groundbreaking event
for sustainable ag enthusiasts,
who last year came from all over
Pennsylvania and 21 other states.
Farmers will find it easy to build
a track to suit their specialties in
cluding dairy, livestock, poultry,
vegetables, fruit, policy, and mar
keting.
Preconference
For the first time, this year’s
conference will feature a three
day format. The additional day
(Thursday) is in response to
many attendees’ expressed desire
for more time with their friends
and colleagues of common inter
est. The preconference day also
offers participants an opportuni
ty for more in-depth study in four
defined tracks: new and begin
ning farmers, women in agricul
ture, small ruminants, and timber
framing.
On Thursday evening, Cana
dian farmer Percy Schmeiser will
be the featured dinner speaker.
He will chronicle a case revolving
around a major manufacturing's
claim for patent infringement be
cause a neighbor’s genetically
modified Canola cross-pollinated
hundreds of acres of Schmeiser’s
own crops. Details of this story
will be unfolding at the time of
the conference since Schmeiser
will have just had his case heard
by the Canadian Supreme Court.
Livestock And Dairy
This year’s conference work
shops offer a strong lineup of
livestock experts. Nationally
known bovine genetic specialist
Gerald Fry will offer his tips for
selecting bulls that will im
prove your herd. Jim and
Lee Ann Van Der Pol from
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Farm in Minnesota will share
success stories from their pastur
ed hog enterprise. Jack and Anne
Lazor of Butterworks Farm in
Vermont will present their whole
farm approach to dairy farming,
and offer expert advice on how to
market value-added dairy prod
ucts.
As another special feature this
year, the American Pastured
Poultry Producers Association
will be hosting its annual meeting
at the PASA Conference. Distin
guished members of APPPA will
offer five workshops to confer
ence participants who want to get
started or improve their pastured
poultry operations.
Vegetables, Fruits, And Crops
Among the highlights for pro
duce growers who attend the con
ference, Paul and Sandy Arnold
of Pleasant Valley Farm in New
York will detail their annual
strawberry bedding system, as
well as a whole-farm design for
fruit and vegetable production.
The Arnolds are well-known for
their innovative, low-cost/
high-value techniques for grow
ing a broad variety of crops.
Additionally, organic grain
producers Mary-Howell and
Klaas Martin of Lakeview Or
ganic Grain will help participants
identify and develop strategies
for minimizing major production
problems. From Nesenkeag Co
operative Farm in New Hamp
shire, SARE educator Eero Ruut
tila will share tips on growing
specialty crops for market. Ruut
tila has the largest organic farm
in New Hampshire, producing a
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Policy And Activism
For those who prefer more at
tention to agricultural policy is
sues, one of the more politically
stimulating discussions will come
from Anuradha Mittal (Food
First) and Brian Halweil (World
Watch Institute), who will dis
cuss the importance of local or
ganizing in a global economy.
Complementing this theme in
a second workshop, Elizabeth
Henderson (Peacework Farms)
and Richard Mandelbaum
(CATA), will share their new re
search into social justice in the
food system and give a vision of
what a socially just food system
might look like.
As always, the conference pro
gram has something for every
one. From seed-saving and bee
keeping to regional marketing
and women in agriculture, the
Farming For the Future confer
ence continues to grow every year
in size and popularity because it
is so useful to farmers and con
sumers alike. It gives them prac
tical information for their farms,
enlivens the relationships that
make any sustainable community
flourish, and revives their spirits
for another growing season.
To receive a full color brochure
for this year’s conference, call
PASA at (814) 349-9856. To see
more information and register
more directly, visit the Website at
www.pasafarming.org.
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