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“Agriculture: A Growing Story”
Symposium and
National Farm‐City® Week
Kick‐Off Luncheon
November 18, 2010
Lancaster Host Resort
2300 Lincoln Highway East (Route 30), Lancaster, PA 17602
“Today, the chances of incorrect information on agricultural issues being mistakenly passed to the
general public are not only a possibility – it is a reality that has caused serious financial damage and hard‐
ship to farmers, ranchers and others within the industry,” says Al Pell, noted national agricultural broad‐
caster and chairman of the National Farm‐City Council.
“The goal of this Symposium is to consider tools with which local, state and national agricultural
leaders and organizations can use to assure that the information obtained by the media is from reliable
and credible sources. With a successful merging of efforts with the urban media, we can more confidently
be assured that accuracy will be paramount in communicating this growing story of agriculture.”
10:00 a.m.—10:30 a.m. Registration: Continental breakfast available.
10:30 a.m. — 12:00 p.m. Symposium: The nationally syndicated radio show AgriTalk will broadcast live from
the Farm‐City Symposium at Lancaster Host Resort. Host Mike Adams will moderate a
lively discussion on the depiction of agriculture in the media in “Agriculture: A Growing Story.”
Panelists include:
Traditional media: Charlene Shupp Espenshade, Special Editor at Lancaster Newspapers and
former employee of PA Secretary of Agriculture.
Social media: Chuck Zimmerman, social media expert and AgChat Foundation Board member.
Chuck is president of ZimmComm New Media, parent company of several online agricultural
publications, including Agwired.com.
Agriculture producer: Chris Pierce, general manager at Heritage Poultry Management in Lititz, Pa., and
an egg industry spokesperson.
Consumer activist: Jean Menapace, retired attorney, educator and former food activist and
Founder of HARP (Housewives Against Higher Prices).
12:30 p.m. — 2:30 p.m. National Farm‐City Week Kick‐Off Luncheon: Anne Shannon, news anchor at Central
Pennsylvania NBC affiliate WGAL‐TV, has been invited to be the keynote speaker.
Tickets: $50 Special Student Rate: $25
Includes continental breakfast, attendance at Symposium and buffet lunch.
To register for this event, please call 877‐611‐8161
or contact@farmcity.org no later than November 11, 2010.
www.farmcity.org
2010 National Farm-City® Week Symposium and Kick-Off Luncheon
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