Yearly Archives: 2021
Recovering plant killer develops a green thumb
Julie Geiss shares her journey from plant killer to green thumb, pinpointing the moment she started caring to when her mom passed away suddenly in 2018.
No one is ever just a farm kid
Whether you are a parent, mentor, educator, employer, admissions counselor or advisor, it is your responsibility to believe in and advocate for youth.
Investment will benefit Ohio’s rural residents
The USDA announced it is investing $42.3 million to help rural residents gain access to health care and educational opportunities.
Ohio fishing, hunting licenses on sale
If your hunting or fishing license has expired, you can purchase a new one online at wildohio.gov, at hundreds of participating agents throughout the state.
Reader: Open dialogue is key to success
One reader believes we must return to a time when we can have open discussions on all topics both agricultural and political without fear of being labeled.
Land donated for first Meigs County state nature preserve
A land donation is helping the ODNR protect a globally rare limestone barren habitat in what will be the first state nature preserve in Meigs County, Ohio.
Roundup of 4-H news for March 4, 2021
During the Mahoning County Junior Fair Board virtual February meeting, members discussed ideas and activities for ways to celebrate the 175th Canfield Fair.
Ask ‘big biz’ what stinks in rural America
Alan Guebert details a lesson for rural America, diving into the chemical and ethical cloud now shrouding AltEn, a 25 million-gallon per year ethanol plant.
Pennsylvania meatpacking plant remains closed after DEP order
Nicholas Meat shut down after the Pennsylvania DEP ordered it to stop spreading food processing waste from its facility onto snow-covered ground.
Pa. bill would put new bonding requirements on renewable energy projects
SB 284 would require developers to post a bond with the state to cover costs related to decommissioning and reclamation and proper recycling or disposal of the project.
