Too fat to enlist: Military recruitment hindered by obesity
By TED BOSCIA ITHACA, N.Y. -- At a time when American military forces are stretched thin overseas, a growing number of potential recruits...
U.S., China agree on environmental protection
WASHINGTON -- During her first official visit to China, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa P. Jackson and Minister of Environmental Protection Zhou...
Mapleside Farm: The key to organic farming is crop management
Organic is the only way to go. At least that’s what Mapleside Farm in Geauga County believes.
Labor department issues rule-making for H-2B
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration recently announced the publication of a proposed rule that seeks to...
Golf course goats? Animals offer green vegetation management
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Avon Golf Course superintendent Don Davis is used to answering golfers questions about the course. Lately though, many of those questions...
Hard work, fiscal sense the formula for Horn beef farm
Sons, mother keep farm going after death of proprietor.
A roundup of 4-H news for the week of Oct. 14, 2010
MOUNDSVILLE, W. Va. -- The Ridge Runners 4-H club kicked off its new year with its first meeting Sept.14 at the Bowman Ridge Community...
A roundup of FFA news for the week of Oct. 14, 2010
WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, Ohio -- Miami Trace students, age 16 and older, were eligible to donate blood during the first annual blood drive of...
The future of Ohio is in our hands
Editor:As we get ready to elect our Ohio leaders and possibly a new governor we need to consider which of them has done the...
EPA approves E15 waiver for newer vehicles
EPA gives (slight) nod to fuel with higher percentage of ethanol, but National Corn Growers Association and other industry groups not happy with limited scope of the waiver.
