Not your average farmers market: Pickwick Place connects consumers with agriculture
Pickwick Place is a place to support local producers and learn about where your food comes from. It features three entities: Pickwick Place Market, a farmer’s market; The Loft, an event center and reception hall; and Acres of Adventure, a hands-on activity center.
Judy Ligo: ‘I had to prove I knew what I was doing’
The second in our Women in Agriculture series: It is much easier for women to be involved in agriculture than it was 30 years ago when Judy Ligo was starting out. “You had to work your way in and prove you knew what you were doing.”
Wildmans bring transparency to swine industry
Ohio swine farm moving toward more transparency, greater efficiency as a feeder-only operation.
Ohio fish farmer finds success with recirculating systems
For Dave Lemke and his wife, raising fish and selling them through their retail store in Wooster, Ohio, has been a good combination. The entrepreneur is hoping to expand production with new tanks.
Lady Buggs Pharm honors ancestral ties to plants and nature
Lady Buggs Pharm honors ancestral ties to her urban garden which grows traditional fruits and vegetables as well as medicinal plants.
They grow ‘sweet fruit and sour people’
The winter of 2014 destroyed the McConnell peach crop, but that’s hasn’t closed the market.
Business has changed, but farm is a Theaker family tradition
Richard Theaker’s first ancestors in Ohio were blacksmiths by trade and the deed to the first Theaker property in Ohio was, in fact, written on sheepskin.
Knox County couple builds savory business from raspberries, Brussels sprouts
Growing berries was something they always wanted to do, but was very new to them.
Experiments and education: Stacy Farm finds strength in family and community
For the past two decades, the Stacy Family Farm has been both a family and a community affair.
Medina girl finds a way with 4-H animals
Allie Loftis didn't grow up on a farm, but she found one to help house her livestock projects.
