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BUTTER THAN EVER?: Pennsylvania Farm Show's Butter Sculpture Honors America’s 250th Anniversary
The 1,000-pound sculpture honors the Founding Fathers and America250, using butter recycled into biofuel, highlighting Pennsylvania’s agricultural legacy in the nation’s history.
- On Jan. 8, the Pennsylvania Farm Show preview unveiled the annual butter sculpture at 1 p.m. in Harrisburg.
- Framed around America250, the show highlights Pennsylvania agriculture with the theme 'Growing a Nation,' chosen to honor the nation’s 250th anniversary, as part of state America250 events.
- Sculptors Jim Victor and Marie Pelton constructed a wire-mesh frame coated with 1,000 pounds of butter donated by the Land O'Lakes plant in Carlisle, which was recycled into bio-fuel after a partial collapse.
- Over half a million visitors are expected, and the Farm Show runs eight days from Saturday the 10th through Sunday the 17th, with Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding attending the preview.
- An apple mural and America250PA exhibits show Pennsylvania's history this year, while a Ben Franklin reenactor toured with officials and culinary students plus Chef Kurt Wewer lead educational programs.
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BUTTER THAN EVER?: Pennsylvania Farm Show's butter sculpture honors America’s 250th anniversary
The 1,000-pound, 2026 Pennsylvania Farm Show butter sculpture has been unveiled and it features a few beloved American icons in honor of the United States' 250th anniversary.
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