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Life Out Loud: The first cut is the deepest
My nemesis is small but stealthy. It lurks under the model of health but, in fact, it’s a silent slayer of innocent flesh. I am speaking, of course, of the mandolin slicer.
OSU research turns algae into renewable energy
Yebo Li, a biosystems engineer with the university’s Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC), is working with West Virginia-based Touchstone Research Laboratory in the development of innovative technology for efficiently and profitably growing algae in open ponds for production of fuels and other high-value, bio-based products.
Mapleton FFA holds annual banquet
ASHLAND, Ohio — Members and guests of the Mapleton FFA met at the Ashland University Convocation Center to celebrate the achievements of the chapter and honor many and thank the community for their strong support. Officers Officers include Jared Wynn, president; Shelby Rohr, vice president; Shelby Emmons, secretary; Katie Paramore, treasurer; Dee Lowman, reporter; Garrett
Pa. farmers hammered by DOT regs
The U.S. Department of Transportation has proposed a series of regulations aimed at operators of farm equipment in Pennsylvania. Those regulations would require farmers to keep logs, prohibit anyone under 18 from working a tractor, and anyone operating a tractor or other farm equipment would need a medical certificate.
A coal camp Christmas
Second place: Alex Keck, 17, of Hanoverton, Ohio It was early December of 1933, the height of the Great Depression in the tiny Pennsylvania coal mining town of Dunbar. The rows of company houses coated with black coal dust cast a bleak silhouette against the cold gray sky. Ida was 9-years-old and she along her
Why would you consider management intensive grazing?
Many of you have seen them — farms split into paddocks where the animals are rotated each week, every three days, once a day or even every 12 hours. Some of you may wonder why? Why go to all of that hassle? Is it really worthwhile? I suppose to some, all of those division fences
Reducing tillage in organic vegetables
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — “Is there a way to try something different to move to less tillage?” That’s the question Anu Rangarajan, the director of Cornell’s Small Farm Program, asked an overflowing crowd at the latest Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture (PASA) conference. Rangarajan urged the growers at this PASA annual Farming for the Future
Payment program aids dairy producers
COLUMBUS — With milk prices collapsing following two years of historical highs, an old dairy program reauthorized by the 2008 farm bill may aid dairy producers by adding additional income over the coming months. Dairy producers are being encouraged to sign up for the Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC) — a program that provides monthly
A roundup of FFA news for the week of Oct. 23, 2008
COLLINS, Ohio — Twenty Western Reserve FFA members visited DreamChasers Farm in North Fairfield to assist in manual labor and helping to spruce up the grounds Sept. 17. DreamChasers is a therapeutic farm for special needs children. The farm is set up as an old western town and has buildings that represent everything from a
Money doesn’t grow on trees, but it might ride in on the wind
Wind power is capable of becoming a major contributor to America’s electricity supply over the next three decades, according to a new report from the U.S. Department of Energy.
