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00:11 - Hi I'm Cassandra Coleman the executive director of america two fifty pa and we are

00:14 - so thrilled to be at the one hundred and seventh farm show here in Harrisburg

00:19 - and with me today I'm so excited to have the two ag chairman from the house ag

00:24 - committee

00:24 - representative Dan Moul and representative

00:28 - Eddie Day Pashinski thanks for joining me.

00:30 - My pleasure completely.

00:32 - So we're here today to talk a little bit about

00:34 - the agriculture story and connecting that really to

00:37 - Pennsylvania story and the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of this country which

00:41 - is america two fifty pa

00:43 - so ultimately

00:44 - you don't.

00:45 - Then gimme your background

00:47 - and

00:47 - and end

00:48 - what you believe as for as the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary how we can tell

00:53 - that ag story

00:54 - you have to tell the

00:55 - story because.

00:57 - Was a time when everyone had to be a farmer because it was your sustenance

01:02 - you have to eat

01:03 - you have to grow your crop so there was a time

01:05 - when when farming was it that's what you did.

01:08 - So

01:09 - So farming is.

01:11 - Is an extremely important part of our heritage

01:15 - and this

01:17 - form show show.

01:18 - Building this showcase that we have to showcase

01:21 - what we do with our number one industry in Pennsylvania

01:24 - is extremely important and we have to make agriculture

01:27 - a part of america to fifty

01:29 - without agriculture you don't have america

01:31 - no I I agree with that and

01:33 - and Eddie you know for US and talking about ag being the number one industry.

01:38 - At america fifty pa one of the programs we're launching this month is r k through for

01:42 - classroom project

01:44 - and ultimately on our coloring book we noted

01:47 - the number one ag in the number one industry in the commonwealth is agriculture so

01:51 - you are a former educator.

01:52 - Right so ultimately we want to make sure that one of our signature projects is an

01:56 - agriculture project

01:58 - so we're so excited to be able to

02:00 - be including that in

02:01 - the commemoration of the two hundred fifty of course

02:04 - and of course the children play a major role because that's our future.

02:08 - Pennsylvania has been blessed with incredible water

02:11 - incredible soil

02:12 - and that's why aig is our number one industry

02:16 - and I also want to say what a pleasure it's been to work with chairman mao

02:20 - together we've had

02:21 - some great opportunities

02:22 - and the one thing I think we're both extremely proud of

02:25 - is the two thousand and nineteen farm bill

02:27 - and in that form bill

02:29 - is a provision

02:30 - for

02:31 - youth development

02:32 - and what you're doing is exactly what we're trying to do k through five and then we

02:37 - also work very hard with our forage

02:39 - and our ffh people.

02:41 - We're so proud of them and.

02:44 - Again

02:45 - to fifty pa Pennsylvania

02:47 - again blessed with a great water great egg

02:52 - everybody needs to eat everybody loves to eat

02:53 - and we're also going to push that pa preferred

02:55 - and that says grown in pa

02:58 - by pa pa preferred because we do

03:00 - great stuff here in Pennsylvania.

03:02 - Thank you so much and we you know rg this again so excited to be.

03:07 - Leading the country right now on the two hundred and fiftieth efforts and

03:11 - standing here today you know

03:13 - we we're in a bipartisan effort here right and that's america fifty pa

03:18 - we have bipartisan support from across the aisle

03:21 - and we are really just working towards

03:23 - pride of

03:23 - community pride of state and pride of country through the two hundred and fiftieth

03:27 - efforts and

03:28 - so let's let's get a little

03:29 - less formal and let's talk about the actual farm show have you had any milkshakes.

03:34 - I had an orange milkshake last evening

03:36 - and how bout you.

03:37 - You cannot come here without having at least

03:40 - one two three four probably a half dozen milk.

03:44 - And they're all my favorite believe me it's great

03:46 - anybody that hasn't been here

03:48 - you need to come here it's a tremendous

03:51 - experience because it's not just about animals

03:52 - it's about all the products that Pennsylvania produces.

03:56 - Well and and chairman mao you had a little bit of a story

03:59 - and a more personal story to your connection to the farm show and tell tell the

04:03 - viewer I did that when I was very young I grew up on a standardbred breeding farm and

04:08 - we had an annual yearling sale

04:10 - and

04:11 - so this is the building we had our sale in

04:14 - and.

04:16 - Every year we'd bring our yearlings up my father would actually

04:19 - get an extra stall

04:20 - right in the middle of all of our yearlings that were gone for sale

04:24 - and

04:24 - we'd throw

04:25 - straw bales in there and our sleeping bags

04:27 - and we literally spend the night in the farm show building

04:31 - year after year after year

04:32 - and.

04:33 - So I've got a lot of history with this building

04:36 - and.

04:37 - It's home.

04:39 - You could call it a barn

04:40 - it's home.

04:42 - So it and

04:43 - I challenge any other state to

04:45 - to put on what we put on here in Pennsylvania

04:48 - to showcase

04:49 - what we do in Pennsylvania

04:51 - to show me another place

04:53 - in this country

04:54 - where you can.

04:55 - Bring to the city.

04:57 - All of our agriculture experiences.

04:59 - In the commonwealth of Pennsylvania working

05:01 - within the state.

05:03 - This is it

05:03 - this this is the premier

05:05 - in the United States of america is right here.

05:08 - The largest indoor farm show there is no other state that can compare.

05:12 - And everything to dance that is so true

05:14 - now and that's

05:15 - and again we are thrilled to be here we hope that you'll visit the one hundred and

05:18 - seven farm shall we encourage you to go to america to fifty pa dot org to learn more

05:22 - information about the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary

05:24 - coming up in two thousand twenty six x.