April 2024 - 18

PENNSYLVANIA VEGETABLE GROWERS ASSOCIATION
Pennsylvania Vegetable
Growers Association
GROUP SAYS
FAREWELL TO LEADER
AFTER 40 YEARS
BY CHRIS KOGER
MANAGING EDITOR
T
he Mid-Atlantic Fruit &
Vegetable Convention and
the Pennsylvania Vegetable
Growers Association (PVGA)
recognized industry leaders,
including recently retired Bill Troxell,
at its Jan. 30 annual awards banquet.
Life Membership Awards
Troxell began his tenure at PVGA
in 1983. At the time, he was working
on Dale Whitenight's vegetable
farm in Danville. Whitenight was
PVGA's president at the time. When
the group's executive secretary
resigned, Whitenight encouraged
Troxell to step in.
In 1989, the position turned into a
full-time job with the creation of the
Pennsylvania Vegetable Marketing
and Research Program.
" Over the next 35 years, Bill's
dedication to PVGA grew and
strengthened the organization and
has made the Mid-Atlantic Fruit
and Vegetable Conference the
premier growers convention in the
Eastern U.S., " Pete Flynn, PVGA
president, said when introducing
Troxell at the awards banquet.
" To honor Bill for his 40 years of
dedication, we thought we would give
him a Life Membership Award -
so he can never leave, kind of like
Hotel California. "
18 | APRIL 2024
Pete Flynn, (from left), president of the Pennsylvania Vegetable Growers
Association, with Steve Sample, honoree at the association's annual
banquet, and his wife, Darlene. Photo courtesy of PVGA.
Although Troxell officially retired
in December, it wasn't surprising
that he was busy helping throughout
the convention.
The association also awarded the
Life Membership Award to Steve
Sample, who bought a 37-acre
specialty crop farm in Duncannon
with his wife in the late 1970s. With
no experience, they started farming
at Sample's Vegetable Farm in
1978 and built a roadside market
in 1980; it's still in use. He joined
the PVGA and began attending the
annual convention, field days and the
Pennsylvania Farm Show to learn
about farming.
At the time, Sample maintained
his job with the railroad, at Conrail
and Amtrak, retiring in 2011. Now he
devotes all of his time at the farm.
Flynn said Sample has been
instrumental in setting up and tearing
down the association's booths at
the Pennsylvania Farm Show and
volunteering at the booth every year.

April 2024

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of April 2024

Editor's Letter
The Pest Whisperer?
Managing wildlife on the farm
Weed battle
Pennsylvania Vegetable Growers Association
Southeast honors
Why every operation needs two succession plans
Biopesticides and beneficial insects
Ag Labor Review
Farm Market & Agriculture
Classifieds
Advertiser Index
April 2024 - 1
April 2024 - 2
April 2024 - 3
April 2024 - Editor's Letter
April 2024 - 5
April 2024 - The Pest Whisperer?
April 2024 - 7
April 2024 - 8
April 2024 - 9
April 2024 - Managing wildlife on the farm
April 2024 - 11
April 2024 - 12
April 2024 - 13
April 2024 - Weed battle
April 2024 - 15
April 2024 - 16
April 2024 - 17
April 2024 - Pennsylvania Vegetable Growers Association
April 2024 - 19
April 2024 - Southeast honors
April 2024 - 21
April 2024 - Why every operation needs two succession plans
April 2024 - 23
April 2024 - Biopesticides and beneficial insects
April 2024 - 25
April 2024 - 26
April 2024 - 27
April 2024 - 28
April 2024 - 29
April 2024 - Ag Labor Review
April 2024 - 31
April 2024 - Farm Market & Agriculture
April 2024 - 33
April 2024 - Classifieds
April 2024 - Advertiser Index
April 2024 - 36
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