August 2007 - Page 3 of 10 - Farm and Dairy

Home 2007 August

Environmentalists choose mosquito over man

August 29, 2007

Editor: It was interesting to read Jerome K. Stephens' letter concerning DDT and Rachel Carson (With DDT use, comes resistant insects, July 5, 2007).

Food policy council could be the ticket

Farm and Dairy Staff -

August 29, 2007

Editor: The formation of Gov. Strickland's Ohio Food Policy Advisory Council ("Council formed to establish, enhance Ohio food policies," Aug.

The risk of conspicuous sustainability

Susan Crowell -

August 23, 2007

Back-to-school shopping is a piece of cake with my 16-year-old son, Jon. We don't shop. And I love it.

Bumper sticker triggers concern

Judith Sutherland -

August 23, 2007

Yesterday, as I was driving to buy groceries and fill up the gas tank on my car, I couldn't help but notice the bumper sticker on the pick-up truck ahead of me.

What goes around comes around

Alan Guebert -

August 23, 2007

Some of the sagest advice my father ever offered my brothers and me urged us not to "hit back at bullies" because, sooner or later, "They'll get theirs.

Help for the Lonely Heart

Laurie Marlatt Steeb -

August 23, 2007

"You just can't imagine what loneliness is," Dad confessed quietly as he eased his way off our deck that has needed new steps since we moved in (has it really been 13 years?).

The lasting lessons of life

Kymberly Foster Seabolt -

August 23, 2007

It seems to me to be patently unfair that firsts get all the fanfare - first step, first love, first kiss.

Results are in from Pa. Holstein show

Other News -

August 23, 2007

DUNBAR, Pa. - A 5-year-old claimed top honors at the Pennsylvania Holstein Association's southwest championship show July 28 at the Fayette County fairgrounds in Dunbar, Pa.

Ohio FSA may close county offices

Other News -

August 23, 2007

COLUMBUS - The Ohio Farm Service Agency (FSA) will hold public meetings in six counties to solicit public comment regarding the Ohio FSA proposed office restructuring plan in which Perry, Erie, Carroll, Warren, Lorain and Montgomery county offices are being considered for closure.