Written by Peggy Kirk Hall, Attorney and Director, Agricultural & Resource Law Program

Our Agricultural & Resource Law Program team is excited to be part of the new Northeast Ohio Ag Innovation Center (NEO-AIC), a center that targets farm-based value-added businesses in Northeast Ohio. Based at OSU’s campus in Wooster, Ohio, the center offers individual assessment and assistance to farmers in the Northeast region of the state who want to add or expand their production of value-added food, fiber, or fuel products. Ohio State’s center is the newest of the USDA-funded Ag Innovation Centers, which includes seven other centers in Massachusetts, New York, Minnesota, Georgia, Maryland, Missouri and Indiana.

The center will focus on “value-added agriculture,” which refers to enhancing an agricultural product by altering its physical state, production method, or marketing approach, ultimately broadening the customer base for the product. Examples include: Continue reading OSU’s new center will help Northeast Ohio farmers with value-added production →