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Fresh Fun for All the Pennsylvania Farm Show

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Fresh Fun for All the Pennsylvania Farm Show
People taste samples of farm products at the Pennsylvania Farm Show on Jan. 9, 2020. PA FarmShow/Flickr
Salena Zito
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HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania—The first time Mee Cee Baker went to the Pennsylvania Farm Show, she was a 12-year-old 4-H member whose pig got loose during the market show and took off into the center of the massive complex. A chaotic scene emerged as the frightened animal ran haphazardly among the large equipment, tractors and people. Everyone in attendance, at least in Baker’s 12-year-old eyes, seemingly chased it down or ran away.

Salena Zito
Salena Zito
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Salena Zito has held a long, successful career as a national political reporter. Since 1992, she has interviewed every U.S. president and vice president, as well as top leaders in Washington, including secretaries of state, speakers of the House and U.S. Central Command generals. Her passion, though, is interviewing thousands of people across the country. She reaches the Everyman and Everywoman through the lost art of shoe-leather journalism, having traveled along the back roads of 49 states.
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