Wednesday, July 8, 2026

The Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York City has unearthed an unsigned drawing by Italian renaissance sculptor Michelangelo.

Molly and Ted Bartlett combined their love of the outdoors with a love of food and started Silver Creek Farm, a certified organic produce farm in Hiram, Ohio.

The Federal Highway Administration designated the Historic National Road in Ohio an All-American Road, and named the Amish County Scenic Byway a National Scenic Byway.

An 1868 barn was dismantled near Alliance, but will be given new life as a barn-home near Wadsworth next year.

The Zoar Harvest Festival, Aug. 3-4, will commemorate the summer wheat harvest done by the 19th century German Zoar Separatists who founded Zoar Village in 1817.

Consumption is outpacing crop production in the United States and other grain-growing nations for the first time in years.

The 2002 Butler County Farm Tour Oct. 5 will give visitors an inside look at four diverse operations in the county.

The Historic Sauder Village in Archbold, Ohio, will host its 19th annual Doll Show and Sale Aug. 3-4.

Consumers choose locally grown food for product freshness and to help support local small farmers - and they're also more willing to pay a higher premium for "locally grown" than for "organic."

Youth from Ohio and Pennsylvania battled for bragging rights at the National Guernsey Youth Dairy Bowl Contest, June 22, in Sacramento, Calif.