2024 Ohio Food Policy Summit – Friday, September 20

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The 2024 Ohio Food Policy Summit will take place on Friday September 20th, 2024 at the Nationwide and Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center, located at 2201 Fred Taylor Drive in Columbus Ohio. This year’s Ohio Food Policy Network Summit will feature discussions on innovative food policies and programs. Join us in riveting discussions on how we can nurture a just, sustainable, and thriving food system for all Ohioans. EVENT DETAILS AND REGISTRATION

All About Goats! Fall Webinar

The Ohio State University Extension Small Ruminants Team is hosting a 6-part All About Goats! Fall Webinar series. This webinar series is going to answer producers burning questions concerning their own herd and help new producers start their herds. Whether you are thinking about or currently raising Dairy or Meat goats- this webinar is for you! All youth livestock exhibitors are encouraged to attend. Registration is required and can be completed by visiting go.osu.edu/allaboutgoatsfall

Open Position – Cuyahoga County Urban ANR/CD Extension Educator

The Ohio State University Extension (OSUE) seeks an Educator to work collaboratively with county, area, and state teams of OSU professionals and with local agency leaders and volunteers. The Educator will be responsible for a broad range of basic to complex duties that could include but are not limited to: Providing guidance and/or leadership for Agriculture and Natural
Resources and Community Development, targeted to local and area needs, focusing on urban audiences. The Educator will focus on urban agriculture operations, implementing trainings, advancing resource utilization, and providing general support to local growers and agribusiness owners. This Educator’s work will be a collaborative effort with the Farm Service Agency’s Cleveland Urban County Committee and USDA’s Urban Service Center (USC), the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), and other community-based organizations. The Educator will focus on improving the sustainability and long-term viability of urban agriculture operations, will facilitate outreach and engagement, online resource access, research and technical assistance, and urban stakeholder data and mapping.

If interested in helping the Cuyahoga County Extension Office improve the local food system, please Ohio State University’s Workday webpage and search for the job requisition number or click: R111248.

Important Update – July issue of OFN Now Available

The July issue of Ohio Fruit News is now available.  The feature articles include:

  • Impact of heat and drought on apple trees and fruit
  • Characteristics of apple rootstock
  • Mancozeb proposed interim registration review – crop cancellations and REI changes
  • New climate-smart commodities program offered by Central State Univ.

Please visit https://u.osu.edu/fruitpathology/fruit-news-2/ to read the July issue of OFN to learn more.