This week’s YouTube video comes not from Erie but Harrisburg — The 2009 Pennsylvania Farm Show. This year’s farm show featured a butter sculpture dedicated to the PA state guard:
You might remember from our January 9 post that the life-size butter sculpture was to be sent to Lake Erie Biofuels here in Erie to be transformed into biofuel. Governor Rendell also announced at the farm show that the B2 mandate would go into effect no later than 2010 which requires diesel to contain a blend of 2% biodiesel (B2) from Pennsylvania alternative energy suppliers. Here’s a snippet from that press conference:
As for the farm show, here are some interesting facts: the show traces its history to 1685 and William Penn; the event is held on 25 acres and 400,000 visitors attended this years show; the farm show has no admission fee. Here’s an overview of the farm show:
