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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE RESOLUTION |
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| INTRODUCED BY FOLMER, BOSCOLA, BAKER, STOUT, TOMLINSON, WOZNIAK, ERICKSON, FONTANA, ROBBINS, STACK, KASUNIC, VOGEL, GREENLEAF, RAFFERTY, BROWNE, WAUGH, PILEGGI, DINNIMAN, PIPPY, BRUBAKER, ORIE, WARD, KITCHEN, COSTA, O'PAKE, ALLOWAY, SMUCKER AND SCARNATI, MARCH 6, 2009 |
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| REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS, MARCH 6, 2009 |
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| A RESOLUTION |
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1 | Designating the week of March 23 through 27, 2009, as "Family |
2 | Farm Week" in Pennsylvania. |
3 | WHEREAS, The family farm in Pennsylvania has, since the |
4 | charter of William Penn from King Charles II in 1681, been the |
5 | backbone of this Commonwealth; and |
6 | WHEREAS, The "sustenance" form of farming has, from the |
7 | beginning of this Commonwealth even to this day, provided a |
8 | large percentage of the food consumed by the citizens of this |
9 | State; and |
10 | WHEREAS, The family and sustenance farms deliver an important |
11 | security component of this Commonwealth, in that in the case of |
12 | any disaster, these farms will be able to provide food for many |
13 | of Pennsylvania's citizens; and |
14 | WHEREAS, Many family farms have, in the past generation, been |
15 | absorbed into corporate farming, or the land has been otherwise |
16 | lost to housing and other developments; and |
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1 | WHEREAS, The lifestyles of the families that operate |
2 | sustenance farms have, in the past generation, been threatened |
3 | by both corporate interests and government regulation, thereby |
4 | making family farming a less desirable lifestyle for those |
5 | otherwise inclined toward it; and |
6 | WHEREAS, Financial lending and other burdens on family farms |
7 | represent a source of additional detriment when national |
8 | economic stability, taxation and other factors combine to |
9 | confiscate the property used for family farming; and |
10 | WHEREAS, The family and small farms of this Commonwealth |
11 | provide many residual benefits to wildlife, including unused |
12 | food and safe harbors during harsh winter months, thereby |
13 | improving the overall scope of natural resources; and |
14 | WHEREAS, This Commonwealth's farm produce is exported to |
15 | virtually every state in this nation and to many other |
16 | countries; and |
17 | WHEREAS, The United States and the world will be impacted |
18 | detrimentally should the family farms of this Commonwealth in |
19 | any way fail or falter; therefore be it |
20 | RESOLVED, That the Senate designate the week of March 23 |
21 | through 27, 2009, as "Family Farm Week" in Pennsylvania; and be |
22 | it further |
23 | RESOLVED, That during this week, all public schools in this |
24 | Commonwealth are encouraged to study the impact, principles and |
25 | practices of family farming and how it has affected this |
26 | Commonwealth and helped shape the heritage of freedom and |
27 | property rights, both internally and with other states; and be |
28 | it further |
29 | RESOLVED, That during this week, schools are encouraged to |
30 | take children on field trips to engage in extracurricular |
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1 | activities with family farms in this Commonwealth. |
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