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Article: AGRICULTURE SECRETARY, FOREST PRODUCTS ASSOCIATION CELEBRATE NEW WOODMOBILE TRUCK
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- April 8, 2008
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The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture issued the following news release:
Pennsylvania students can continue to learn how lumber, aspirin, baseball bats and shoe polish are derived from the same raw material thanks to a new truck, said Agriculture Secretary Dennis Wolff.
The truck, donated by the Pennsylvania Forest Products Association, was unveiled today as part of an event to kick off the sixth season of the WoodMobile. The WoodMobile is a traveling classroom that helps to educate elementary and middle school students about Pennsylvania's $17 billion hardwoods industry using hands-on activities.
"Pennsylvania's hardwoods industry is a national example for environmental responsibility ...