Penn Vet Dean Andrew Hoffman (far right) and Penn’s Director of Commonwealth Relations Mike Smith (second from right) spoke with then-governor-elect, now Gov. Josh Shapiro and Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding during Public Officials Day at the Farm Show.
In January, at the 107th Pennsylvania Farm Show, Penn Vet students, faculty, staff, and leadership met with public officials, farmers, 4-H students, and hundreds of other attendees. Their interactions at the weeklong celebration of agriculture underscore the crucial value that the region’s only veterinary school delivers, through our graduates, rigorous research, and livestock animal care.
The Farm Show’s theme — Rooted in Progress — essentially describes the strengths of Penn Vet, said Dean Andrew Hoffman, “Agriculture is all about interconnection: between human and animal health, between animal health and environmental health, and between the producers, consumers, and veterinarians who each have a role to play in a successful food system.”
See more photos from the 2023 Pennsylvania Farm Show here.
Above, third-year students from Penn Vet on opening day of the Farm Show, from left-to-right, Cara McNamara; Bucks County’s Alexis D’Souza; Lebanon County’s Kailey Werkheiser; Jake Nicastro; and Chester County’s Kathryn Lenker; with Andrew Hoffman, the Gilbert S. Kahn Dean of Veterinary Medicine.
Below, Ann DiPastina, a member of Penn Vet’s Food Animal Field Service team, volunteered at the Farm Show’s Calving Corner, a popular attraction where 16 calves were born during this year’s eight-day event.
Below, opportunities to get hands on with animals are a big part of the Farm Show’s appeal, and seven- year-old Colton Gray of Landisburg, Pennsylvania, and many other visitors, took full advantage.
Farmers young and old from around the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania show off their prize animals (above and below) at the state’s Farm Show, held in a million-square-foot complex in Harrisburg each winter. Penn Vet’s faculty and staff engaged with visitors and leaders throughout the event, underscoring the essential expertise and services that the School and its graduates contribute to the state.
