Penn State Ag Sciences Newsline -- November 18, 2008
Keep your holiday meal "green" by shopping locally (:50)
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BEING ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSCIOUS SHOULDN'T KEEP YOU FROM ENJOYING A TRADITIONAL HOLIDAY FEAST. AN EXPERT IN PENN STATE'S COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES SAYS PENNSYLVANIANS CAN HAVE A BIG HOLIDAY SPREAD WITH A SMALL CARBON FOOTPRINT. MORE FROM GARY ABDULLAH:
Story:
(:18) TURKEY IS THE MAIN COURSE OF MANY HOLIDAY MEALS, AND LARGE-SCALE PRODUCTION KEEPS PRICES AFFORDABLE. PENN STATE POULTRY SCIENTIST MIKE HULET SAYS THAT, ALONG WITH BEING A TOP TURKEY-PRODUCING STATE, PENNSYLVANIA HAS MANY SMALL, INDEPENDENT PRODUCERS WITHIN A FEW MILES OF THE STATE'S POPULATIONS CENTERS, SO YOUR DINNER DOESN'T HAVE TO BE SHIPPED FROM FAR AWAY:
Hulet Actuality:
(:20) "WE HAVE LOCALLY GROWN BIRDS. PART OF THEIR SALES APPEAL IS THAT THEY ARE ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSCIOUS, THEY'RE GROWN OUT ON THE RANGE, AND GROWN IN SMALL NUMBERS AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF OPEN SPACE, AND YOU'LL HAVE TO PAY A LITTLE BIT MORE FOR IT. BUT IF YOU HAVE THAT TYPE OF SENTIMENT AND WANT TO HAVE MORE OF AN ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY TURKEY DINNER, THEN THAT'S AVAILABLE HERE IN PENNSYLVANIA."(:13) HULET SAYS YOU CAN FIND LOCALLY GROWN POULTRY, FRUITS AND VEGETABLES AT LOCAL FARMERS' MARKETS ACROSS THE STATE, OR GO ONLINE TO AG-MAP DOT P-S-U DOT E-D-U TO FIND FARMERS WITHIN A FEW MILES OF YOUR HOME. FROM PENN STATE, I'M GARY ABDULLAH.
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