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
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
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.
The July issue of Ohio Fruit News is now available. The feature articles include:
Please visit https://u.osu.edu/fruitpathology/fruit-news-2/ to read the July issue of OFN to learn more.
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Cuyahoga County residents can pickup seeds at the Cuyahoga County Extension office during Earth Week, Monday April 22nd through Friday April 26th. Soil samples for a $30 soil test can also be dropped off during this time.
For more information about Victory Garden Seeds: read the Extension Operations article HERE or visit the Ohio Victory Gardens website.
For more information about soil testing in Cuyahoga County: visit cuyahoga.osu.edu or to learn more about soil sampling read the FACTSHEET or watch the VIDEO.
R101743 Student Summer Assistant – Cuyahoga County (Open)
OSU students: https://www.myworkday.com/osu/d/inst/15$392530/9925$224949.htmld
Non-OSU students: https://osu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/OSUCareers/job/Satellite-Campus/Student-Summer-Assistant—Cuyahoga-County_R101743-1
Join Central State University for a Land Grant Open House, Friday April 26th, 2024 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Please register at the LINK before April 151h to:
The ninth public meeting of the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production Advisory Committee will be held April 10, 2024, 2 PM – 4 PM ET. The public may attend via Zoom with advanced registration (see link below). Written comments will be accepted via email (UrbanAgricultureFederalAdvisoryCommittee@usda.gov) until April 24, 2024 and will be shared with Committee members for consideration. The final agenda will be posted below at least 24 hours prior to the meeting.
The Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production Advisory Committee (UAIPAC) is one of several ways that USDA is extending support and building frameworks to support urban agriculture, including issues of equity, climate resilience and nutrition access.
For more information, please read the Fact Sheet: Federal Advisory Committee for Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production.
USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released the 2022 Census of Agriculture data on February 13, 2024 and will release several associated data products throughout the year at www.nass.usda.gov/AgCensus.
The Census of Agriculture Provides the only source of comprehensive agricultural data for every state and county in the nation. These data will be used by offices like FSA and University Extension, as well as decisionmakers, agribusinesses, researchers, and many others.
The Census of Agriculture, taken only once every five years, looks at land use and ownership, operator characteristics, production practices, income and expenditures. For America’s farmers and ranchers, the Census of Agriculture is their voice, their future, and their opportunity.