Bridging the Divide, Finding Common Ground - Chris Herr, PennAg Industries Association Executive Vice President, from the 2012 Animal Ag Alliance Stakeholders Summit, Real Farmers Real Food, Celebrating Tradition and Technology, May 2-3, Arlington, VA, USA. More presentations at http://www.trufflemedia.com/agmedia/conference/2012-aaa-real-farmers-real-food

1. How Pennsylvania is
“Bridging the Divide –
Finding Common
Ground”
Chris Herr
PennAg Industries Association
Animal Agriculture Alliance Stakeholders Summit
May 2, 2012

2. Who is PennAg Industries
Association
 Existed
for more than 130 years
 Full-time, full-service membership
association representing agri-business
enterprises of all size and types
 Eight councils—over 500 members
 Working to create and maintain an
effective, viable and competitive
environment for Pennsylvania Agribusiness
to grow and prosper.

3. Who is Chris Herr
 Lancaster
County farm boy
 Penn State graduate
 Former agriculture deputy secretary
 PennAg Executive Vice President
 Advocate for agriculture
 Environmental advocate
 Animal welfare advocate

4. Here’s what I think
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Agriculture is “always” evolving
With proper management and an open mind
towards technology and trends I believe in the
animal production practices used in America.
Lets not confuse companion animals with food
animals.
I’m disgusted by insincere politics getting in the
way of animal welfare—from both sides.

5. Educating the Public

7. By the numbers
 400,000+
public visitors
 10,000
FT2
 6,472 FT2 field, stream, equipment display
 3,528 FT2 Pole Barn
 400+ Volunteers
 168 Animals
 100 Different Companies
 10 Animal displays
1
message

8. Construction

12. Opening the doors. . .

15. Opening the doors. . .

18. Opening the doors. . .

21. Opening the doors …

23. Opening the Doors: Crops and Conservation

26. Mission Accomplished
 Overwhelmingly
 Normalized
 Engage
positive response
Today’s Agriculture
Consumers

27. THANK YOU !
Chris Herr
PennAg Industries Association
cherr@pennag.com
717-651-5920
www.pennag.com