Pennsylvania travelers are invited to enjoy the newly expanded Pennsylvania Ice Cream Trail. After a popular inaugural season, the Pennsylvania Ice Cream Trail expanded from 12 creameries in eastern and southcentral Pennsylvania into three trails including a Western Pennsylvania Trail, with a total of 32 stops in these regions for 2019.
Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding and Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) deputy secretary Carrie Fischer Lepore recently joined local and state officials to kick off the 2019 Ice Cream Trail season at Chester Springs Creamery at Milky Way Farm in Chester Springs. The creamery is on a historic 103-acre dairy farm that has been home to four generations of the Matthews family. It is one of 10 stops on the Eastern Pennsylvania Trail.
Initiated in 2018, the trail is a partnership of the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture's (PDA) PA Preferred program, the DCED's PA Tourism Office, and the Center for Dairy Excellence (CDE) to highlight dairy destinations across Pennsylvania.
The program includes a passport that visitors can have stamped to earn prizes at stops along each trail. More information about creameries on the trail, including a downloadable passport, can be found at http://www.visitPA.com/scoops. Visitors who share photos from the trail using #PursueYourScoops may be featured on visitPA's website and social media channels. The trails officially opened statewide on June 1.
Dairy is the largest sector of Pennsylvania's $135.7 billion agriculture industry, contributing $14.7 billion annually to the economy and supporting 52,000 jobs in the state. In 2018, PDA, PA Preferred, and CDE joined dairy farmers and industry advocates to kick off "Choose PA Dairy: Goodness That Matters," a campaign to support Pennsylvania's dairy industry by educating consumers on how to find and buy locally produced milk and the impact it has on Pennsylvania's economy and the health of its residents.
For travel inspiration, readers may visit http://www.pahappythoughts.com or http://www.facebook.com/visitPA. More about Pennsylvania farms and commonwealth initiatives to support dairy and other agriculture businesses is available at http://www.agriculture.pa.gov.
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