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Senate of Pennsylvania
Session of 2021 - 2022 Regular Session

MEMORANDUM

Posted: July 20, 2022 08:59 AM
From: Senator Judith L. Schwank
To: All Senate members
Subject: Recognizing the week of September 19-24, 2022 as “Thank a Local Farmer” week in Pennsylvania.
 
In the near future, I plan to introduce a resolution to recognize the week of September 19-24, 2022 as “Thank a Local Farmer” week in Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania's farm families are the stewards of more than 7.3 million acres of farmland. Agriculture and the work of farmers impact our daily lives and are vitally important to our society.

Pennsylvania is fortunate to have a rich agricultural tradition stitched into our history. In 2019, Pennsylvania's $81.5 agriculture industry supported over 300,000 jobs and $14.5 billion in labor income. Pennsylvania also has a very successful farmland protection program compared to other states. While other states have steadily seen its total acreage of farmland decline in recent years, Pennsylvania has announced thousands of acres of protected farmlands in 2022 alone and boasts a total of over 500,000 protected acres.

None of this success would be possible without our dedicated local farmers who call Pennsylvania home. For these reasons, I respectfully encourage my colleagues to visit their local farmers market and say ‘thank you’ to the farmers that provide so much to our economy and to our neighbors.

Please join me in co-sponsoring this resolution that places a spotlight on the ways that farmers benefit us all each day.



Introduced as SR325