Around the Table
Keep food safety in mind this summer
Ohio State Extension educator Paige (Irwin) Shaffer provides food safety tips for summer cookouts and family gatherings.
How-To's
How to avoid tick bites when you can’t avoid the outdoors
The best way to avoid a tick bite is to stay away from tick habitats. But that's hard for farmers and other outdoor workers to do. If you can’t avoid the outdoors, here are some things you can do to prevent tick bites.
How to manage horse manure
Geauga SWCD Education/Communications Specialist Gail Prunty breaks down strategies for managing horse manure to reduce its environmental impact.
Columns
Snow in June? It’s the eastern cottonwood tree
Retired wildlife biologist Tami Gingrich details the unique qualities of the cottonwood tree, highlighting their showy seed dispersal.
Study focuses on parasite affecting snakes
Jim Abrams participates in a study focused on a protozoal parasite that infects the gastrointestinal tract of snakes.
Give food waste a second life
Brianna Roe, agricultural technician for the Guernsey Soil and Water Conservation District, shares tips to reduce food waste.
Sharing the happy endings makes the sacrifice worthwhile
Eliza Blue shares the happy ending for a kitten she found on her ranch a couple of years ago.
It’s June: Time for dairy month
Ohio State Extension educator Bonnie Ayars welcomes Dairy Month, sharing ways to celebrate the dairy industry throughout June.
Know the basics of fly control in livestock this summer
Ohio State Extension educator Ted Wiseman provides tips to control flies around livestock to reduce stress and disease transmission.