Yearly Archives: 2020
Take the steps to ensure healthier watersheds and farms year round
Did you know that more than 99% of streams and rivers are impacted by human activity? Find out how you can reduce your impact by being wise with deicer.
Mark equipment, buggies for safety
Make sure farm equipment, buggies and other slow-moving vehicles are properly marked when driving them on the road.
Strength in community during loss
Judith Sutherland reflects on how her community comes together during times of loss.
Democracy must protect ordinary lives and local communities
Alan Guebert ponders the role the inaction of politicians over decades has played in the meat markets — how both producer and consumer have been squeezed.
Pennsylvania preserves 14,727 acres of farmland in 2020
Pennsylvania safeguarded 2,710 acres on 32 farms in 17 counties through the state’s nation-leading farmland preservation program in 2020.
Local food advocates design software for food hub collaboration
Ever since she helped found the Oberlin Food Hub, in Ohio, in 2015, Cullen Naumoff said she has constantly had to educate people about what food hubs are and how they work. But the pandemic has started to change that.
“It catapulted the food supply chain to the front of the New York Times,” Naumoff said.
Market correction holds, with bullish news
Marlin Clark breaks down the USDA supply and demand report that came and went last week, and how changes in the numbers could affect the trading.
Co-Alliance LLP to offer $20,000 in scholarships
The Co-Alliance Solutions Scholarship program offers 20 $1000 scholarships to graduating high school seniors planning to study agriculture in college.
Pandemic effects evident in Ohio Farm Bureau policy priorities
The pandemic’s influence was evident at the Ohio Farm Bureau’s annual meeting Dec. 7-11 — both in the way the meeting was conducted, and in the policy priorities delegates set for 2021.
How to make salt-dough Christmas ornaments
Learn how to make simple salt-dough Christmas ornaments.
