Policies, People, and Potatoes at Pennsylvania Farm Show

Published on January 12, 2024

HARRISBURG, Pa.—Everything we eat starts with agriculture, and in Pennsylvania agriculture has been celebrated at the Farm Show each January for the last 108 years. It is the official state fair, held indoors in the 1-million-square-foot Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg, and it is so popular that with 60 acres of parking, it can still be tough to find a spot. Pennsylvania children may be excused from school to attend because the Farm Show is considered a day of agriculture education. Like any state fair, the food courts attract great interest. Food courts have tables but no chairs, so visitors search for free table space and saddle up next to groups of strangers, who often strike up food-related conversations, like: “Fried mushrooms? Where did you get that?”...

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