Organic Market Owners See Local Opportunity
Kevin Carroll and Jim Kirtner run the Organic Market at 601 West Lemon St Lancaster promoting organic foods and a future wholesale operation. They emphasize nonchemical farming, minimal processing, and a vegetarian lifestyle while expanding with a snack bar and natural products. the store sources from multiple distributors amid loosely organized organic farming efforts.
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West
Lemon St
Lancaster
Kevin Carroll
Lancaster Farming
Carroll
Jim Kirtner
Storytellers
Kirtner
National FFA VP Sees future in training tour
Bruce Erath the 20 year old North Atlantic regional vice president for the National FFA visits Lancaster County as part of a training program to connect with FFA students teachers and young farmers He says the FFA must evolve with vocational agriculture programs and reach students including girls in new areas like horticulture greenhouse operation and ag mechanics.
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Bruce Erath
FFA
FPA
Bruce
North Atlantic
Lancaster County
WGAL
Robert Malick
Vo Ag
Accident Victim Harold Herr Harvested by Neighbors
Harold C Herr, a 56 year old farmer from Kirkwood, was seriously injured by a corn picker last Friday and on Wednesday neighbors gathered to finish harvesting his remaining corn crop on his farm.
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Harold C. Herr
Kirkwood
Herr
General Hospital
Harry Temple
Colerain Two
Tobacco Crop Waiting On Higher Offers In Local Market
A local tobacco market shows little movement as farmers wait for firmer bids. The only firm quote is 42 cents per pound for No 1 leaves and 35 cents for No 2, with farmers delaying sales until stronger offers emerge. A buyer warned the surge could arrive between now and February.
Farm Calendar December events for Manheim and surrounding area
On Monday December 4 at 7 p m a Manheim Young Farmer Christmas party will be held at Akron Restaurant followed by an 8 p m Lancaster County Poultry Association board meeting at the Farm and Home Center. Tuesday December 5 at 7 30 p m an Ephrata Young Farmers Swine Management course in New Developments in Breeding and Fattening Hogs will meet in the vo ag department.
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Manheim
Young Farmer
Akron
Lancaster County Poultry Association Board of Directors
Farm and Home Center
Ephrata Young Farmers
Vo-Ag
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Phoebe Zurcher
Landisville
National Ffa
Nelson Martin
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