Dairy goats, cheesemaking, composting and backyard urban homesteading take the stage next in this year’s Ohio Sustainable Farm Tour and Workshop Series. The Food, Family and Farming Tour is Saturday at Lucky Penny Farm in Kent in northeast Ohio. Get full details here on p. 35. Check out a WKSU story about the farm here. (Photo: Nubian goat, one of the farm’s breeds; iStock.)
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Grass-based, organic dairying: Sustainable Farm Tour Series
Weaver Dairy, an 85-cow, grass-based, certified organic dairy in Hillsboro in southeast Ohio, hosts the Ohio Sustainable Farm Tour and Workshop Series on Wednesday, Aug. 5 (PDF; scroll to p. 11). (Photo: Purestock.)
Hot August days: Sustainable Farm Tour Series
The Ohio Sustainable Farm Tour and Workshop Series continues this weekend in central Ohio. The Pasture-based Livestock and Poultry Tour is Saturday in Williamsport. The Sustainable Urban Produce Farm Tour is Sunday in Columbus. For details, go here and see pages 34 and 39.