Friday, April 26, 2024

Ohio Gov. Bob Taft, speaking at the Farm Science Review Sept. 18, pledged to push legislation that would help clear the way for a plant to be built in the Buckeye State.

Frank Kostecki of Salem prays to the federal government, as a taxpayer, to use public money to rebuild and to fund the war, but to take no prisoners.

Jim Trotter, who recently retired from the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center in Wooster, coordinates the field demonstrations at the annual Farm Science Review. He and his wife Norma were recognized for work since 1978.

The Beaver Valley quilt guild will present its seventh annual judged and juried show, "Autumn in the Park."

Happy Trails Farm Animal Sanctuary houses and rehabilitates animals that have been rescued by the Portage County Animal Protective League. Right now it is home to two horses, three ducks, three potbellied pigs, seven dogs, 10 rabbits, and 11 chickens, and is expecting 40 sheep and a 700-pound pig.

In autumn, Pennsylvania's most popular leaf peeping resources are www.fallinpa.com and 800-FALL-IN-PA.

Small farm equipment exhibit has big presence at Farm Science Review
The Center for Small Farms, sponsored by "American Small Farm" magazine, made its Ohio debut at this year's Review.

The approximately 36 paintings and all of the nine drawings featured in "Picasso: The Artist's Studio" encompass a large range of styles - realist, cubist, symbolist, surrealist, abstract and classical - and span Picasso's lengthy career, from as early as 15 until two years before his death at age 91.

Ohio is home to 42 hydroponic greenhouses that total 19 acres of indoor floor space for vegetable production, equalling about $5 million a year in economic activity.

The 12th annual Stark County Farm Bureau drive-it-yourself tour will consist of five stops, including A & J Farms, Kridler Gardens, Motts Greenhouse, Park Farms/St. Peters site, and Raber Dairy Farms.