American Farmland Trust - Pennsylvania Senate Republican Caucus

Honorable Patricia Vdce
168 Capilol Building
Heisbug PAl7l20-3031
I m Midnc today lo ;uppor lh€ connmalion ofRusell Redding lbr s€creldv ol
Agri€ultur in Ptrsylvei4 Rnssll Redding hd .lwa'ts bd involved in Asricdtue s
ne gEw up or a Ern in Admd Court/.
He has sefled ou srale in lhe nalh of conercss, tne departnent of Labor ed tndNtry
md the Deparmeni of Educalion s well 15 yed in the D€petnenl ofASicultw Ee
als serued I! Wshington DC 6 @ Agricultural Policy Advi$ry ed Exdutiv€
Assisldt 10 U. S. Setutor Hdls woford.
Rusell is very tnowledseEble in ihe fie1d of Agrjculhue fiom all 6p6h H. w6
mted on a fam so he knows the prcducei side. r{e is a con.ud. &d he ha worked 10
help kep Pmsyleeia ASncultrc srcwing foi ovd 15 ]€ars He em€d his B S and M
S. DegEs ftom Pm Siaie University in Agricultu& od Extesion Edualior E€, hi.
wife. Nina md 2 sons ee very elie in the Adams Codty 4 H s weU s avid suPPort€G
of lh€ Pmylveia IFA, He wd jusl tcogni&d by lh€ FIA for ov€r 35 ]td of
involvdenl this p61 lue.
h setlinc to know R!$ell ovr the lsl 10 yea$, I m dded a1 nis vd knowledSe
ol agricultual €venid jn ou slal€ md ou Nation lle is s avid reader md is @$letlv
updaling his knowledse on world evenk s weU !s AgncultuE Ee h a betievs in
educatins ou trud for the fuim in aSncultuF in ord.r 10 k€ep ou Srare s agricult(€
stmns ed conpetnive He has helped to do just fial over lh€ l6tlj ,€m in lhe
I do not believe yon could find a bettd suiled pdson to lill th€ position ofs@reilrv of
AericultuF for fie Slale ofP€msylveia, Russ€ll R€dding is a tne 4set to Pmsvlvmia
Aeicuhure $d oui Stat€! rlis swic€ fld dedicalion to the field ofaSlicullft d well a
th€ Slale sp€ak for it6ela
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Mich@l A. O'Pale
PENNY BRAMMER
68 SILVER CRO\!^* DRTVE
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