Join the demonstrations, discussion sessions, and vendor shows of this educational field day for grass-based agriculture. Held in Fredericksburg, Wayne Co., OH from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Four activity tracks: Grazing; Farmstead; Homestead; Natural Resources; Children. Demonstrations include low-cost bio-digester and European style scythe. Brochure at http://smallfarminstitute.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/2010-fffd-brochure.pdf or call Small Farm Institute at 740-545-6349.
Specialty Crop meeting
The Ohio Department of Agriculture is hosting a meeting Wednesday, January 13th at 11:00 am to hear from growers and other interested stakeholders about the needs, opportunities and challenges for the specialty crop industry in Ohio. This meeting is at ODA’s Bromfield Administration Building. Contact Amalie Lipstreu at 614.466.6198 or alipstreu@agri.ohio.gov for more information.
Save July 17th for 2010 Family Farm Field Day!
2010 Family Farm Field Day, an annual event of Small Farm Institute, is scheduled for July 17, 2010 in Mt. Hope, OH at David and Emily Hershberger’s farm.
2009 Buckeye Shepherd’s Symposium – December 12th
Main topic is sheep and goat health. The Ohio Sheep Improvement Association symposium is held in conjunction with the Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) Small Ruminant Health Symposium. Event location is ODA in Reynoldsburg. For more information go to http://www.ohiosheep.org/OSIA/BSS.html
IFO Annual Meeting – March 5 & 6, 2010 in Athens, OH
IFO’s Power of Agriculture: Sustaining the Future will highlight bus tours to: Hocking College to see its energy projects; AceNet to see the entrepreneurial spirit at work from those processing, packaging, and marketing their products; Snowville Creamery and Chris Chieml’s goat cheese facility to see how raw dairy products are processed, packaged and sold ; and famous gardens at Green Edge, Amesville, and other green growers. For more information go to http://www.ifoh.org/news/featured.asp
Ohio Fish Farmers Meeting Set
Ohio fish farmers and those wishing to become fish farmers are invited to a meeting with Ohio Department of Agriculture Director Robert Boggs, on Friday, October 30, 2009 in Fisher Auditorium at OSU’s OARDC Campus in Wooster. A strategic plan for developing Ohio’s aquaculture industry will be discussed and revised at this meeting. A free dinner will be provided to all those who RSVP by October 19 to: shaffer.271@osu.edu.
Small Farm Center at the upcoming Farm Science Review
Small and family scale farmers will want to visit the Small Farm Center at the upcoming Farm Science Review scheduled for Sept 22-24, 2009 at OSU’s Molly Caren Center near London, OH. The Small Farm Center is sponsored by the OSU Extension Sustainable Ag Team and American Small Farm Magazine. The Center will feature small farm equipment, educational displays and small farm seminars on topics such as moving off the energy grid, growing blueberries, pasture management, grants and loans for small farms, bramble production, freshwater shrimp and many more. See http://fsr.osu.edu/