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Turning Over New leaves: Celebrate Food Waste Prevention Week with Composting!
April 2, 2024 by ryankline375
It can be challenging to understand the impact our food waste and diet have on our environment. From preserving our foods to planning out our meals there are many steps we can take to reduce our food waste. In honor of Food Waste Prevention Week, April 1- 7, lets dig in to yet another form of food waste reduction: composting! Though composting has often been viewed as difficult or as an advanced way to stop food waste from entering the landfill, Extension offers some beginner friendly tips!
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2024 Small Farm Conference
The deadline to register for the 2024 Small Farm Conference and Trade Show is approaching on March 28th, we don’t want you to miss out on this great opportunity.
Register today at: https://go.osu.edu/2024osusmallfarmconference
Conference Details: https://u.osu.edu/gofarmohio/programs/new-and-small-farm-conference/
Value Added Producer Grants
Which Breed of Chicken is Best For Our Needs?
Chick days are quickly approaching! Are you unsure of what breed of chicken would be best to purchase. Here is a factsheet written by Knox County’s Extension Educator, Sabrina Schirtzinger.
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Good Agricultural Practice Training
A Guide to Local Food Products in and Around Knox County
Mount Vernon Farmers Market New Vendor Orientation
New Strawberry Disease in Ohio?
A new strawberry disease has been found in Indiana and researchers are looking for samples to determine the extent of the problem. The disease, caused by a species of the fungus Neopestaltiopsis, has been reported in several southeastern states and other countries where it causes leafspots, fruit spots and a plant decline. In Indiana, the disease has been reported to cause a leafspot (Figure 1) and a plant decline. This disease resembles Phomopsis and upon further investigation may ultimately turn out to be Phomopsis.
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Foodpreneur Coaching: Crafting a Blueprint to Grow Your Food and Farm Business
The CFAES Center for Cooperatives is working to help businesses keep things moving forward in these difficult times. Marketing is a key aspect to maintaining or growing any business, including food and farm businesses.
The CFAES Center for Cooperatives, OSU Extension Direct Food & Agricultural Marketing Team, and Ohio Farm Bureau in Ross, Hocking, Fairfield, and Pickaway counties are hosting a virtual interactive experience for small and medium food entrepreneurs who are eager to grow their businesses. Foodpreneur School Coaching will give attendees an opportunity to engage with experts in marketing and promoting their local food and farm products, and more, to help them learn strategies to meet their growth goals. This educational opportunity will cover marketing locally raised meat, increasing produce sales, and promoting local food and farm retail products.
Foodpreneur School Coaching sessions will all be held online and will be offered over a span of three weeks with each session held on a Tuesday evening. The cost to attend the Foodpreneur School Coaching is $20 per session for Farm Bureau members, and $25 per session for non-Farm Bureau members. There is a separate registration for each session. We encourage early registration; each session will have a limited number of seats available. To learn more, go to https://cooperatives.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/events or see the postcard below and attached.
To register for the Foodpreneur School Coaching you can go to go.osu.edu/foodschool2020.
For additional information you may contact Charissa Gardner at gardner.1148@osu.edu.