PRINTER'S NO. 3835
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
1010
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY HILL-EVANS, DEAN, HENNESSEY, QUIGLEY, NEILSON,
BURNS, DUSH, SONNEY, KINSEY, TOEPEL, READSHAW, BARRAR, WARD,
RYAN, PASHINSKI, MURT, LONGIETTI, CUTLER, BIZZARRO,
DiGIROLAMO, BOBACK, FREEMAN, J. HARRIS, SCHLEGEL CULVER,
M. QUINN, MARSICO, MILLARD, HEFFLEY, DALEY, CALTAGIRONE,
WATSON, THOMAS, SCHWEYER, STURLA, YOUNGBLOOD, EVERETT,
ZIMMERMAN, GILLEN, BRADFORD AND ROZZI, JULY 2, 2018
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
JULY 2, 2018
A RESOLUTION
Designating the month of August 2018 as "Pennsylvania Produce
Month" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, This Commonwealth's fruit and vegetable production
industry is an important contributor to the State's economy; and
WHEREAS, This Commonwealth is among the nation's top
producers of bell peppers, cantaloupes, pumpkins, snap beans,
sweet corn, apples, grapes and peaches; and
WHEREAS, This Commonwealth is the nation's leading producer
of mushrooms; and
WHEREAS, Altogether, more than 70,000 acres of this
Commonwealth's farmland are used in the production of fruits and
vegetables; and
WHEREAS, More than 90% of farms in this Commonwealth are
family-owned; and
WHEREAS, There are approximately 1,000 farmers markets in
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