Yearly Archives: 2002
Ohio receives first share of federal farmland preservation funds
The USDA presented the Ohio Department of Agriculture with $1.6 million, the first time Ohio will receive funding through the federal Farmland Protection Program.
Farm Aid concert pushes a message with the music
If you listened beyond the notes at Farm Aid 2002, founder Willie Nelson and Farm Aid board members Neil Young, John Mellencamp and Dave Matthews pushed a message promoting sustainable agriculture and preservation of the smaller family farm.
Farm Aid 2002: Mamas, don’t let your babies grow up to be farmers
There's more to Willie Nelson's Farm Aid agenda than just helping "family farmers," as Editor Susan Crowell suggests in her commentary this week.
At the Farm Science Review: Small is BIG
This year's Farm Science Review, Sept. 17-19, at the Molly Caren Agricultural Center near London, Ohio, featured the obligatory huge combines and track tractors, but it was obvious from a stroll around the grounds, that small is big - and getting bigger.
Fighting Lyme disease is often like doing battle with unidentified foe
While columnist Judith Sutherland and her son Cort continue to battle the ups and downs of Lyme disease, her work has helped another patient's diagnosis.
Hazard A Guess: Week of Sept. 19, 2002
Each week Farm and Dairy challenges readers to identify a small tool or gadget.
Read it Again: Week of Sept. 19, 2002
Each week Farm and Dairy takes a look at what was making news in years gone by.
America begs you, keep the change
Columnist Kymberly Foster Seabolt recalls the "New Coke scare" and, with proof from a McDonald's lawsuit, proves that America doesn't like change.
How We Behold
Farm and Family Living columnist Laurie Marlatt Steeb writes to encourage readers to live in the moment yet remember the past.
Parian bisque doll heads captivate
Antique columnist Roy Booth writes about the admired "parian" antique dolls.
