American Farmland Trust - Pennsylvania Senate Republican Caucus

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The Honorablc Jos.pn B. Scimali, II
Hrrhbury,PA l?120-3025
I sitc lo you lodo) in support ollh€ nominarion of Ru*ell Reddina fo. Pennsylldi! Seortury of Agrictrlture.
Ir ihe rine tnat I have loown Mr Reddin& I hive found him to be a c.nniuen public sdanl eho ha sped
$e pan 15 yqs holping lad lhe Pennsylvmia Depdddt ofA8icuituE. B6ause ofhis oubranding
ladsship, Pen6ylvania is recoeriad as & influentid and pogHsive leader mone aerioulttrEl sdes.
A5 s*dary, Mr. Redding would hing viill hin instght on prcduclion 4rioultuG, consuher ksues,
@Mation of our nabml Esdurces, agriculttrml eduetion, ma*.1 d.lelapmen! urbs agicultud inniafi€s
sd the numes ofrural Pennsylvsia. In addition, Mr Redding will br a huge 6set io Pennsylvania 6 ou
Agriculturc Seort!ry bsuse ofhis qtensive exp€ridce in vorking with divdse sbkeholder goups on
Egioml, nat sd national issues. Po.sylvdia\ unique Spogr.phy and exensive agiculrudl div*sity Eqdire
a ladr qho m yark both hore at nome and beyond our sb's bordeE ud I believc Mr. Redding is lhe
In ttre yeds I have been rcqnainbd wilh Mr R.ndin& h. demonstEted ex@ptioml lsdflship in noving nor
only Pennsylvania's aglioullure fward bfrlne nanner in which ve rspond ro lNngry Pennsylvaniss. He
diccled sff b bld a lead @le on the Govenoi s C.uncil on Food and Nunitidn, which developed i working
plan for a hunslrfEe P€nnsylvania.
I ask for your support to conirn Ru$ell Redding s our ne{ SsEiary of Agric!fture, so rhai he oan orchestare
rhe dnlinuing good vork ofrhe Deptuent With a liftline ofqperience in a€.icnlrue, hG wo|k lof both
Republican and Dnodalic govmos, and bk las1 15 yeds of senice 1o the Penaylvanh Depdhenl of
Agriculturc, lheft k no mor. .xperienced, klowledgelble or d€'licaten Ieodd in agricultu€ loday. His
letdeship in rhes ohalleleing rines is crnid, as is your suppofr of peonsyhsia lglicultN,
I ilian k you for your suppon of Mr. Rodd ing and for your offons on behalf of Pennsylvania \ huns:.} Plese
know th.t therc is no befrer pe6on b guide $is atency.
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Cc, The Honorable Mich&l Brubaks
The Honomblc Mich&l O Pok
903 Co6/ RGd . H isbulg, PAI7|Og FAr 7r'56r.4616 wxenrBrpzroodbank o,!