PRINTER'S NO. 421
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
37
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY SCHWANK, VOGEL, COSTA, STREET, HUGHES, K. WARD,
DINNIMAN, FONTANA, BROOKS, FARNESE, BROWNE, BARTOLOTTA,
BLAKE, FOLMER, MUTH, BREWSTER, KILLION, BAKER, PHILLIPS-HILL,
AUMENT, HUTCHINSON AND MENSCH, MARCH 18, 2019
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, MARCH 18, 2019
A RESOLUTION
Designating the week of March 18 through 22, 2019, as
"Pennsylvania Ag Literacy Week" and commending Pennsylvania
Friends of Agriculture Foundation, originator of this
observance, and Pennsylvania Farm Bureau, its sponsor.
WHEREAS, Farming and other agricultural operations are
carried out in each county of this Commonwealth, where more than
58,000 farms of various sizes produce commodities; and
WHEREAS, An annual economic impact of $135.7 billion is
attributable to the State agricultural industry; and
WHEREAS, Pennsylvania Friends of Agriculture Foundation has
been Pennsylvania Farm Bureau's charitable organization since
1986; and
WHEREAS, The foundation has preserved and promoted
agriculture by highlighting its value as our largest industry,
its sources and diverse systems and its role in our daily lives;
and
WHEREAS, The foundation has developed Educator's Ag
Institute, Mobile Ag Education Science Lab Program, Ag on the Go
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