July | 2017 | CFAES On Sustainability

Dig the roots of ecological farming

July 10 2017

The Growing Right Oral History Pop-up Tour — a look at the roots of ecological farming in Ohio — has three appearances slated this week:

Tuesday, July 11, 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., at Pearl Market in downtown Columbus.

Friday, July 14, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., at Raisin Rack Natural Food Market in Westerville.

Saturday, July 15, 9 a.m. to noon, at the Clintonville Farmers’ Market in Columbus.

The tour is part of the 2017 Ohio Sustainable Farm Tour and Workshop Series. CFAES is a co-presenter of the series.

Download the series brochure.

Copy that; or, learn the craft of graft

July 6 2017

There’s a gardening skill called grafting. It’s used a lot on apple trees. And it can help you turn a favorite tree — whether an apple like this one, a pear, a dogwood or another — into more new trees just like it. (Photo: iStock.)

It’s actually pretty refreshing

July 6 2017

Discover new and better ways to manage manure — methods that boost soil fertility, crop yields and farm profits while protecting water and the environment — at the annual Manure Science Review on Aug. 2 in western Ohio.

CFAES’s outreach arm, OSU Extension, is a co-host of the event.

Where, when to get fertilization training by Sept. 30

July 6 2017

Ohio farmers who still need to get their state-required, CFAES-expert-provided Fertilizer Applicator Certification Training before the Sept. 30 deadline have 22 chances left to do it.

Check the dates and locations in your area.

Thursday: Stone Lab greets IJC scientist, Toledo prof

July 5 2017

Stone Lab’s next summer guest lecture program — featuring Matthew Child, physical scientist with the International Joint Commission’s Great Lakes Regional Office in Windsor, Ontario, and Jeanine Refsnider of the University of Toledo’s Department of Environmental Sciences — is this Thursday, July 6, at 7 p.m.