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Part Two: Harvesting kindness
Judith Sutherland continues her story from last week about Adele Crockett and the orchard she was left in 1932 amid the Great Depression.
A roundup of 4-H news for the week of Dec. 11, 2008
MEDINA, Ohio — The Medina County junior fair market beef steer and market heifer weigh-in and identification will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Jan. 17 at the county fairgrounds. All beef steers and market heifers to be shown at the county fair and those beef animals intended for the Carcass Show must be
In the time of COVID, community isn’t just a word
Rebecca Miller ponders county fairs, masks, Africa and what community has to look like in 2020.
Mud and guts
It was shockingly unladylike, hilarious and completely filthy. Women paid to tromp through a mud-and-whatever slurry almost knee-deep, diving and sliding face-first through the mess, losing pants and shoes and inhibitions along the way.
Ohio Farm Bureau names finalists
COLUMBUS — Ohio Farm Bureau Federation released the names of the finalists of its 2008 Outstanding Young Farmer contest. Finalists are Wayne and Sara Greier of Canfield, Robert and Autumn Morrison of Bloomingdale, Steve and Sonya Quillin of Stone Creek and Brandon and Julia Weber of Jackson. The award recognizes individuals or couples 35 or
Galehouse’s efforts put her in the Ohio Christmas Tree hall of fame
FRAZEYSBURG, Ohio — Amy Galehouse of Galehouse Tree Farm in Doylestown was inducted into the Ohio Christmas Tree Association Hall of Fame at the association’s winter meeting on the campus of Ohio State University. Galehouse is best known for her tireless efforts with Operation Evergreen in assuring as many trees, ornaments and holiday greetings as
Ohio specialty crop — hops — could make a return
Hops, once popular in Ohio, could once again be grown locally.
Checkoff oversight virtually nil
More and more, the federally-mandated, non-refundable commodity checkoffs resemble something out of a Charles Dickens novel. Most feature huge casts, complicated plots and, to read their press releases, are completely responsible for the best of times enjoyed by their farm- and ranch-payers. Truth But when federal auditors examine almost any aspect of the 18 checkoffs
Manager files permits to take over egg farms
The draft permits given to Ohio Fresh Eggs are for the Croton Egg Farm only.
Good conservation can lead to better water quality
It only makes sense we want the manure to remain where it is applied for it to be most profitable.
