(Undated) -- Thousands of people will flock to community and county fairs across the midstate in the next few months. But, organizers have been dealing with a loss in state funding for several years. Throughout this month, WITF's new Real Life | Real Issues series is taking a closer look at how the trend is impacting these traditional events.
I had a chance to visit both the Lebanon Area Fair in Lebanon and the Mason-Dixon Fair in Delta, York County, to find out. Check out the report I filed:
PA Agriculture Department Secretary Russell Redding sat down with me in the WITF Public Media Center to talk about the issue. Here's the full interview:
If you like this photo I snapped at the Mason-Dixon Fair, we've put together more pics for you. Feel free to post your own fair photos there.
We'd also like to hear about your experiences at fairs over the years in the comment section below.
If you missed it, WITF's Radio Smart Talk broadcast live from Lebanon too.
Jim Davis, president of the Pennsylvania State Association of County Fairs, penned an essay about county and community fairs for Central PA Magazine.
While those two fairs have wrapped up for the year, there's plenty more happening across the midstate.
