Yearly Archives: 2017
Rural America’s dramatic decline
The gap between America's rural poor and non-poor, like in urban areas, continues to widen. However, that the gap is widening faster in rural America.
Birds use cover crops as B&B during migration
University of Illinois research shows that migratory birds prefer to rest and refuel in fields with cover crops.
4-H’ers provide aid in time for the holidays
Jefferson County, Ohio, 4-H members collected $4,000 in Walmart gift cards for 4-H members in Texas, still strained from the impact of Hurricane Harvey.
Ohio Farm Bureau honors Ken Davis, Fred Finney
Ohio ag leaders Ken Davis, Highland County, and Fred Finney, Wayne County, received Ohio Farm Bureau's Distinguished Service Awards Dec. 7. Also honored was Shirley Boyd, Agriculture Educator Award winner.
Ohio Proud: helping producers market local food
Ohio Proud is a marketing program created by the Ohio State Department of Agriculture to promote locally grown, raised and processed foods.
Landscape contracting student blazes his own trail
Penn State junior Elliot Redding is getting hands-on experience doing what he loves from landscape competitions to networking to mountain biking.
Commentary: Rural communities can fight opioids
Editor Susan Crowell on the opioid crisis: "There needs to be a sense of urgency. We need to start responding as neighbors, as communities."
ATI director enjoys changing lives through education
The newest director at the Agricultural Technical Institute says a two-year degree can make a huge improvement in a person's career and quality of life.
Finding a little green space can go a long way
We all need to compromise for the good of nature, animals, wildlife, pollinators, and even ourselves. Protecting our natural resources will benefit us all.
Fascinated by tales from Cletrac ‘mechanic’
Sam Moore details the early career of William Hazlett Upson, the author of the Alexander Botts adventures, published from the 1920s into the '60s.
