Bill Text: PA SR338 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Designating the month of August 2012 as "Produce Month" in Pennsylvania. [Track Bill]

Status: 2012-06-28 - Introduced and adopted [SR338 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-SR338-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 2343
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No. 338 Session of2012
INTRODUCED BY VOGEL, SCHWANK, FOLMER, SCARNATI, PILEGGI, ALLOWAY, BAKER, BROWNE, BRUBAKER, DINNIMAN, EARLL, ERICKSON, FARNESE, FERLO, FONTANA, GREENLEAF, HUGHES, KASUNIC, MENSCH, PIPPY, RAFFERTY, ROBBINS, SOLOBAY, STACK, TARTAGLIONE, WARD, WAUGH, D. WHITE AND YAW, JUNE 28, 2012
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, JUNE 28, 2012
A RESOLUTION
Designating the month of August 2012 as "Produce Month" in
Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Pennsylvania's vegetable industry generates more
than $155 million in revenues to the economy of this
Commonwealth; and
WHEREAS, Approximately 4,300 farm families manage about
55,000 acres which produce more than 200,000 tons of vegetables
for fresh and processing use; and
WHEREAS, Pennsylvania's vegetable growers are nationally
placed fifth in the production of pumpkins, sixth in processing
snap beans, eighth in cantaloupe production and fresh market
sweet corn and twelfth in fresh market tomatoes and fresh market
cabbage; and
WHEREAS, Pennsylvania vegetables are both delicious and
nutritious, providing important vitamins, fiber and other
dietary components that are essential to a healthy, balanced
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diet; and
WHEREAS, Health authorities have long encouraged increased
consumption of vegetables for both nutritional and disease
prevention purposes; and
WHEREAS, Pennsylvania's fresh vegetables are available in
abundant supply and peak quality at community farmers' markets,
roadside farm markets and supermarkets throughout the
Commonwealth during August; and
WHEREAS, Pennsylvania's vegetable industry is committed to
using integrated pest management and other good agricultural
practices to produce, in an environmentally sound manner,
vegetables and vegetable products that are both nutritious and
safe; and
WHEREAS, Studies show that produce, when consumed as part of
a healthy diet, improve overall diet quality and may help to
reduce the risk of certain diseases; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate designate the month of August 2012
as "Produce Month" and recognize the Commonwealth's abundant
supply of "PA Preferred" fresh and processed vegetable products
while recognizing the industry's contributions to our economy
and our health.
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