PRINTER'S NO. 3699
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
955
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY SCHREIBER, KINSEY, MURT, COHEN, ROZZI, V. BROWN,
BURNS, COOK-ARTIS, O'NEILL, VEREB, KOTIK, DONATUCCI, WARD,
MILLARD, TOOHIL, BULLOCK, HARHART, HENNESSEY, YOUNGBLOOD,
MAHONEY, BOBACK, SCHLEGEL CULVER, KIRKLAND, MARSICO,
SCHLOSSBERG, MACKENZIE, DiGIROLAMO, D. COSTA, WHEELAND,
LONGIETTI, MAJOR, DUSH, SONNEY, ROSS, HELM, McNEILL,
BIZZARRO, GIBBONS, ZIMMERMAN, PEIFER, STURLA, GILLEN,
NEILSON, THOMAS AND PHILLIPS-HILL, JULY 1, 2016
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
JULY 1, 2016
A RESOLUTION
Designating the month of August 2016 as "Pennsylvania Produce
Month" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, This Commonwealth's vegetable industry generates
more than $153 million in revenue to the economy of this
Commonwealth; and
WHEREAS, Three thousand nine hundred fifty farm families
manage approximately 49,400 acres that produce more than 280,000
tons of vegetables; and
WHEREAS, Vegetables are both delicious and nutritious,
providing important vitamins, fiber and other dietary components
that are essential to a healthy, balanced diet; and
WHEREAS, Health authorities have long encouraged increased
consumption of vegetables for good nutrition and disease
prevention; and
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