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.
Birdsong Farm: Community, environment are top priorities
In Hiram, Ohio, Birdsong Farm owner, Matt Herbruck, says: “I realized I needed to do a job I felt good about at the end of the day."
Pero Dairy: Family, farming and community life
EAST CANTON, Ohio — Imagine being responsible for six children, 132 dairy cattle and 400 acres on a daily basis.
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Trying to gauge the growth of CSAs
Community Supported Agriculture, or CSAs, have grown in Ohio in the past 10 years. But the concept may be reaching critical mass, according to Brad Bergefurd, OSU Extension state horticulture specialist.
Sweet corn fields provides growth opportunity for Akron students
22 students from the New Frontier Academy are getting lessons in marketing and hard work this summer.
The personal farmer: Hawk Meats turns farm market model on its ear
Promoting the quality of a farm’s product, according to Sam Hawk, is every bit as important as the day-to-day production work. Hawk has no problem discussing his passion for farming.
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.
Wildmans bring transparency to swine industry
Ohio swine farm moving toward more transparency, greater efficiency as a feeder-only operation.
Lake to River Food Hub ties farmers and schools together
The Lake to River Food Hub of Youngstown is working to tie farmers, food and the community together.
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.
