Karen Greene rides to success

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VOLUME 5, ISSUE 8
Southeast Ohio
AUGUST 2016
Local is the Karen Greene rides to success
new organic
Meigs Pomona
Grange honors
Parker
Fuhrmann’s Orchards
produces it all
By Lorna Hart
[email protected]
ing the horse-draw cart around her
seven miles of riding trails. “That’s
enough competing for anybody.
I’m retired as a competitor now,
but I have students who show and
compete. I really enjoy the learning
process.”
The farm where her equestrian
center is located was first surveyed
in 1798 as 1,000 acres given to Capt.
Baylor Hill for his service in the
American Revolution. A member
of the Continental Light Dragoons
horse regiment, Capt. Hill was captured and imprisoned by the British
from 1781 until 1783. Greene said
it has been a working farm for more
than 215 years.
“We also grow crops on the working farm. We have about 45 acres of
cropland, with corn and soybeans,”
she said.
At the Hillcroft Crescent Farm
stables, “I have two part-time workers, but I do a lot of the work myself,
I am a one-girl band.”
She said the farm has not had a
lot of owners since 1798; there have
been a lot of long-term owners.
This year, in order to preserve the
farm into the future, she said she
worked with the Tecumseh Land
Trust in Yellow Springs to provide
an easement for the future protection and care of the historic farm.
“The farm becomes protected in
perpetuity. The farm trust would
protect the assets of a working farm.
POMEROY — Meigs County
Pomona Grange recently held
its annual banquet at the Meigs
Local High School cafeteria, with
Margaret Parker as guest speaker.
Charles Yost, of Racine, was the
evening’s emcee, and introduced
dignitaries Patty and Opal Dyer,
Meigs County Deputy Masters;
Keith Ashley, Pomona Grange
membership chair and assistant
steward of the West Virginia
State Grange; Charles Yost, master of the Racine Grange; Patty
Dyer, master of Star Grange; and
Rosalie Story, master of Hemlock
Grange.
Ohio State Grange youth ambassadors Olivia Yost, of Racine, and
Asa Houchin, of Logan, were special guests at the banquet. Yost is
the sixth youth ambassador from
the Racine Grange, which has the
most youth ambassadors in the
state.
Grange members who had
attained at least 25 years of
continuous membership were
announced by Ashley: Charles and
Nita Yost of Racine Grange and
Janis Macomber of Star Grange
received a certificate and pin for
25 years of continuous membership, and Kenny Bolin, Sherri
Might, Daniel Midkiff and Linda
Montgomery of Star Grange and
Clifford Ashley of Racine Grange
each earned their Gold Sheaf for
50 years of continuous membership.
Hemlock Grange members
recognized for long memberships
were Charles Caldwell, who has
59 years; Janice Weber, 62; Pat
Holter, 64; William Smith, 66;
Rosalie Story, 68; Genevieve
Burdette, 70; Roy Holter, 71, Roy
Grueser, 76.
Star Grange members recognized for long memberships, they
included Maxine Dyer, who has
62 years; Rose Barrows, 60; and
Marilyn Wilcox, with 55 years.
Recognition went to June
Ashley of Racine Grange with 70
years of continuous service.
With 80 years of continuous
membership, Sarah Caldwell and
Sarah Cullums were recognized
for having the longest memberships.
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See GRANGE | 4
By Frank Lewis
[email protected]
“Local is the new organic,” Paul
Fuhrmann said as he drove his truck
through row after row of green beans,
tomatoes, cucumbers, peaches and
apples.
Apples are Fuhrmann Orchards’
staple. As consumers pay more attention to what they eat, the desire for
food produced nearby is starting to
gain more traction. According to an
article in Quartz, in a survey of more
than 1,000 U.S. consumers conducted
by Cowen and Company, 39 percent of
respondents ranked “where food comes
from/’what’s in my food’” as either very
or extremely important, beating the 29
percent who placed the same level of
importance on healthfulness. And while
both “local” and “organic” labels are
(often mistakenly) considered indicators of health, 43 percent of participants
said that they would be most likely
to purchase groceries with a “locally
sourced” label, compared to organic’s 19
percent.
The family farm is a disappearing part
of Americana, which is why it is almost
like a trip back in time to take the dirt
road through the fields and orchards at
Fuhrmann’s, located on Hansgen-Morgan Road in Wheelersburg/Sciotoville.
This time of year, the Fuhrmann family
sells their produce at the the farmer’s
markets in Portsmouth and Ashland.
They also sell to Deemer’s in Wheelersburg, Minford IGA, West Side IGA and
Food Fair markets in Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky.
It’s the day after the Fourth of
July and Leanne, Lora Lee and Abby
Fuhrmann have set up at the Portsmouth farmer’s market.
“Right now we have a lot of different vegetables,” Leann says. She then
recites the ingredients in a vegan’s
dream. Four different kinds of green
beans, tomatoes they grew in their high
tunnel to get a jump on the season,
seedless cucumbers, regular pickling
size cucumbers and slicer-sized cucumbers, 10 different kinds of peppers from
the hottest to the specialties and traditionals, onions, leaks, zucchini, eggplant
and many more. Their cantaloupe,
blackberries and corn are almost ready,
and, yes, they grow beautiful flowers as
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Gary Brock photo
Hillcroft Crescent Farm owner Karen Greene stands with Bella, a Shirecroft, who is 15.
Clark County stables, farm owner overcame
polio as child by horseback riding therapy
By Gary Brock
[email protected]
SOUTH CHARLESTON — The
soothing clip-clop of the Clydesdale’s
hoofs on pavement was the only
sound heard on the country road
near South Charleston.
Save the occasional birds chirping, the hooves of the massive black
Clydesdale named Guinness created
a rhythm for the ride he was giving,
pulling the show cart around the
road and property called Hillcroft
Crescent Farm in Clark County. It’s
owner, Karen Jordan Greene was
proudly pointing out the riding trails
and fields of soybeans on the 126acre farm.
Her love of horses led her to purchase the historic Baylor Hill farm in
1989 and then built the equestrian
facility Hillcroft Crescent Farm,
LLC. “from the ground up.”
Her bond with horses comes as
a result of her fight to overcome a
debilitating obstacle more than half
a century ago.
“When I was four, I contracted
polio,” she said. That was in 1952.
At age six she began riding horses.
“That was the only thing they could
put me in as physical therapy.” As
Greene underwent her horse riding
polio rehabilitation, her attachment
to horses grew. It was that attachment that helped her beat polio.
“I began competing by the time I
was 10. I competed professionally
for 45 years,” she said while rid-
2 Rural Life Today – Southeast Ohio – August 2016
Neighboring Kentucky crosses fingers for hemp law
allowed to grow hemp
in research programs.
According to the report,
XENIA — Farmers in
growers and procesour neighbor to the south sors in Kentucky are
Kentucky are anxiously
aggressively putting that
awaiting passage
research program
of an amendment
to work in hopes
to the 2014 Farm
of winning a share
Bill that will allow
of the booming
hemp to be grown
market for hemp
beyond the heavy
products.
restrictions now
Kentucky used to
imposed by federal
be a center for the
Gary
laws.
growth, processing
Brock
The agriculture
and sale of hemp.
Rural Life
website ReSource
But that ended
Today Editor nearly 70 years ago
ran an article
recently talking
when federal laws
about a pilot program
made marijuana - and all
sponsored by the state to growing methods associgrow hemp.
ated with the drug - illeYou see, under the
gal to grow or sell. End
Farm Bill states are
of the state’s lucrative
By Gary Brock
[email protected]
hemp business. “Lucrative” because ironically
one of the state’s biggest
purchasers of hemp was
the U.S. government,
which bought hemp for
use in the manufacturing
of rope, primarily for the
Navy. Hemp fiber is of
extremely high quality.
The irony here is
that hemp in America
is still a multi-million
dollar business - but
almost all that money
goes to places such as
Canada and China, which
imports those key hemp
ingredients to the U.S.
for things like medicinal
hemp, rope and paper
products.
The bipartisan bill
before Congress might
bring that money back
to U.S. farmers. The
Industrial Hemp Farming Act is co-sponsored
by Republican Senators
Mitch McConnell and
Rand Paul of Kentucky
and Democratic Senators
Ron Wyden of Oregon
and Al Franken of Minnesota, and would amend
provisions to the 2014
Farm Bill to end the halfcentury ban.
According to the
reports, in 2015 U.S.
consumers spent almost
$600 million on hempbased products. But
American farmers produced almost none of
the key ingredient for
these items. Hemp must
be imported because the
U.S. government treats
the plant as a Schedule
1 controlled substance
— the same category
as hemp’s intoxicating
cousin, marijuana.
I often see organized
hemp supporters at
agriculture events, especially the trade shows.
At their booth they hand
out sample after sample
of hemp to make the
point that the product is
perfectly harmless. They
lobby hard to get support
for their cause of making
help legal again to grow
in the U.S.
They have a good
point, actually. You
would have to consume a
huge amount of hemp to
even get a minor trace of
the drug that gets folks
high from marijuana.
People buy hemp oil
and other products without restriction here. But
farmers can’t grow it. Of
course it would be a specialty crop like many others. But according to the
USDA, we are importing
about $2 billion in hemp
from other countries.
How much sense does
that make?
I think growing it here
would boost out agriculture economy, plain and
simple.
To me, the Hemp
Farming Act just makes
good sense.
Gary Brock can be reached at 937556-5659 or on Twitter at GBrock4.
In Memory: Gene Logsdon
Gene Logsdon was the
first friend I made away
from home who loved
farming as much as I did.
In 1970 I published a
book of poems, Farming:
A Hand Book. A copy
went to the office of Farm
Journal where Gene was
then working, where he
and my book were about
equally misplaced, and
where he and my book
came together perhaps by
mutual attraction. Gene,
anyhow, read the book
and came to see me.
He drove in here on a
bright morning in, as I
remember, late spring,
after my garden was
well started. As I would
eventually know, he was
almost a perfect gardener. He also had been
properly brought up and
had good manners. He
noticed politely that my
strawberries were not
quite as good as his. But
as we stood looking and
talking at the row-ends,
I deduced easily that he
was in general a better
gardener then I was.
He was in fact a better
gardener than I was ever
going to be. Like all the
incidental differences
between us, that hardly
mattered.
From the garden,
we went down to the
rockbar by the river, sat
down, and talked a long
time. Our conversation
revealed further differences, for we had grown
up in different places and
different cultures. But
we had grown up farming, and with close to the
same old ways of feeling
and thinking about farming, ways that had come
to Gene, I believe, mostly
from his mother, and
to me mostly from my
father. And so our talk
that day was full f the
excitement at discovering
how well we understood
each other and how much
we agreed. That was
the start of a conversation that lasted 46 years
and was for me a major
life-support. It involved
much talking face-to-face,
much letter-writing, and
phone-calling. It dealt
with farming, gardening, our families and
histories, other subjects
of importance, but also
unimportant subjects,
and it was accompanied
always by a lot of laughter. I have needed his
writing, and have been
especially delighted by
his late-coming fiction,
but I have needed even
more his talk and his
company. Gene was a
great companion.
I have always enjoyed
especially my memory
of one of the trips we
made together. It was
another fine day, and we
were driving in northeastern Ohio, looking
for a land-restoration
project we both were
much interested in seeing. But we fell into our
ongoing conversation as
we might have fallen into
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Gene and wife Carol, OEFFA Conference 2014 book signing table.
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Grange
From page 1
Junior members presented their Ohio State
Grange first-place talent
acts from the Ohio State
Fair. Ella Kitty, of Logan,
and Crockett Dennis, of
Thornville, performed
their acts for the group
before the introduction
of the guest speaker.
Margaret Parker, a
former member of the
late Rockspring Grange,
is currently a member
of the Hemlock Grange.
She is the past president
of the Meigs County
Pioneer and Historical
Society, and spoke on the
importance of documenting one’s life with written
stories and photographs
and encouraged everyone
to do so. She told some
of her personal history,
and shared some interesting stories from older
Meigs County newspapers.
At the close of Parker’s
presentation, Emma Ashley, Meigs County Pomo-
Apples
From page 1
well.
“We just started picking peaches,” Leanne
said. “We only have
about half of a crop this
year because of the late
spring frost. So right
now it’s kind of hit and
miss, but in a few weeks,
when it gets closer to
about the 20th of July,
we should have enough
peaches to have enough
for everyone.”
But what the name
Fuhrmann really stands
for is great apples in
more varieties than you
can count.
“We’ll start picking
apples in August and we
won’t stop harvesting
apples until the end of
na lecturer, made a surprise announcement. The
Meigs County Pomona
Grange had unanimously
chosen Margaret Parker
as the 2016 Community
Service winner in recognition for her service to
Meigs County.
As the longest serving
president of the Meigs
County Pioneer and Historical Society, Parker
served in the position
for 30 years. She and her
husband, Leland Parker,
became trustees in the
Society in 1975, and
she served as secretary
from 1976 to 1983. She
became vice president in
1983 and became president in 1985, with her
through 2015.
During her tenure, the
Society published several
books on Meigs County,
including “A Study of
Meigs County History,”
“The Underground
Railroad” and “Meigs
County History Volumes
one, two and three.” The
museum saw the addition
of the Nolan Annex.
Parker has been a
member of the Ohio
Association of Historical
Societies and Museums
since 1989. She served
a secretary for the Ohio
Association and was recognized by the group in
1994 with an Outstanding Achievement Award.
She is a charter member and current treasurer
of the Meigs County
Genealogical Society;
member of First Families
of Ohio, Athens County
Historical and Genealogical Society, Ohio
Historical Society, Meigs
county’s U.S Bicentennial
Committee, and charter
member and secretary
of the Buffington Island
Battlefield Preservation
Group.
She is a member of the
Winding Trail Garden
Club, and has been a 4-H
advisor, as well as a Girl
Scout and Boy Scout
October,” Leanne said.
Out at the farm, Paul
looks at the trees with
anticipation.
“That first hill back
over there is Gingergold,
one of our first varieties,” Paul said as he
manipulates his truck up
the muddy road. “That
is called Blondies. It’s
and a Fuji - called an
Evercrisp. What a lot
of people don’t know
is that they also have
orchards at an out-ofthe-way location in
Lucasville and he will
soon be spending a lot of
time there as the apples
come into ripeness.
The store, located
What is a Pomona
Grange?
Meigs County Pomona
Grange meets every
other month at each
of the three Grange
locations: Racine,
Hemlock Grove and Star.
Emma Ashley presented Margaret Parker with the 2016 Community Service award at a recent Grange
banquet.
leader and the mother of
seven children.
Parker will be entered
in the Ohio State Grange
Community Service
finals.
In closing, Meigs
County recorder Kay
Hill and Meigs County
auditor Mary Byer-Hill
were recognized for
their attendance at the
banquet. Meigs County
treasurer Peggy Yost, a
Racine Grange member,
was also acknowledged.
Hemlock Grange will
be celebrating their
peaches,” Paul said.
“Later, in August, we’ll
start with Gingergold
apples and then the
other apple varieties and
then we’ll switch over to
nothing but apples.”
Paul says there is no
comparison between
local produce and what
some supermarket
chains call local produce.
“If they can get it
brought in in 24 hours
by truck, that is what
they consider local,”
Paul said. He said people who want really fresh
produce should insist on
buying local produce.
When you spend time
with any member of the
100th anniversary with
festivities later in the
year, and said they will
announce plans and dates
for the observance at a
later time.
Contact Lorna Hart at 740-9922155, Ext. 2551.
Fuhrmann family, you
will learn quickly why
local in the new organic.
You will also see why the
family farm, if nothing
else in the U.S., has to
be preserved.
Reach Frank Lewis at 740-3533101, ext. 1928, or on Twitter @
franklewis.
“We’ll start picking apples in August and we
won’t stop harvesting apples until the end of
October,”
-Leanne Fuhrmann
actually a Golden Gala,
and they actually started
at McLaughlin Orchards
right here in Sciotoville,
and then there will be
Gala, then Honeycrisp.”
What has the family
excited is a new variety
that is coming - a cross
between a Honeycrisp
at the Wheelersburg/
Sciotoville location, will
open on July 20 and will
be open daily from 8
a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday
through Friday and 8
a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday.
“We’ll have at that
time vegetables and
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Lora Lee Fuhrmann (left) and Abby Fuhrmann, of Fuhrmann Orchards, set up to sell their produce at the
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Botanical sanctuary plans new signage, exhibit
By Lorna Hart
[email protected]
RUTLAND — For
those looking for a place
to enjoy and learn about
plants in their natural
habitat, the Goldenseal
Botanical Sanctuary in
Rutland provides such an
opportunity.
Visitors are welcome
and tours, classes and
workshops are offered
throughout the year. The
sanctuary includes overnight accommodations
for those who wish to
stay and enjoy this rural
southeastern Ohio natural
conservatory.
Goldenseal Sanctuary
was created in the late
1990s when United Plant
Savers acquired about 380
acres of land in what is
considered prime medicinal plant territory. The
sanctuary is now home
to hundreds of native
medicinal plants where
visitors can walk on trails
to learn about them and
the sanctuary restoration
project.
Thanks to an Ohio EPA
Environmental Education
Fund grant, United Plant
Savers will be adding
interpretive signage and
an exhibit, telling the
story of resource extraction and habitat restoration on the site. The
exhibit will show pictures
of the land in the 1960s,
accompanied by images of
various stages of restoration.
The Meigs Soil and
Water Conservation District and Rural Action will
be helping United Plant
Savers with the projects.
Goldenseal Sanctuary in Rutland receives Ohio EPA grant
Their goal is to use the
$25,000 grant to teach the
public the importance of
environmental protection.
Heather Louwer, of the
Ohio EPA, said visitors
will have the opportunity
to see how the area was
restored when the projects are complete.
“This will give visitors
a chance to see what the
area looked like before
and during the restoration,” Louwer said. “And
the interpretive signage
will help familiarize the
public with plant names,
The purpose of the Goldenseal Botanical
Sanctuary is “to provide the inspiration and
model for a network of more then 100 independent botanical sanctuaries created and
stewarded by United Plant Savers members.
The sanctuaries share a common conservation ethic, modeled by the Sanctuary: medicinal habitats are protected for the sake of the
plants and for future generations.”
all part of the effort to
teach the importance of
protecting our environment.”
The OEEF provides
funding each year for
environmental education
projects serving kindergarten through university
students, the general public and the regulated community.
Five grants totaling
$191,00 were awarded
statewide, and eligible
recipients included environmental groups, public
and private schools, colleges and universities,
trade or professional
organizations, businesses
and state and local governments.
Letters of intent for the
next grant round are due
to Ohio EPA no later than
July 8, and applications
are due no later than July
15. Prospective applicants
are encouraged to contact
the Ohio Environmental
Education Fund on the
Web or by calling (614)
644-2873 to discuss project ideas.
Contact Lorna Hart at 740-9922155, Ext. 2551.
Memory
From page 2
a river that just carried us along. We talked
intensely on and on about our urgent-as-usual
agenda of subjects. When it finally occurred
to us to wonder where we were, we found that
we were a good many miles inside the state of
Pennsylvania. It was a good day.
Gene’s last days were spent at home in the
care and company of his family. His participation in this life ended on the morning of May
31. Not long before, when we lasted talked on
the telephone, we were still in our conversation, telling our news, remembering things,
thinking together, laughing. I’m sure it would
be wrong to wish Gene had lived longer, for
that would be only to wish him a longer illness. But for me, as I am sure for many others,
his absence is large. I won’t cease to miss him.
But I’m glad to think that my missing him will
always remind me of him.
This article originally appeared in OEFFA’s
summer newsletter, and is reprinted here with
permission, with the following editor’s note:
Prolific writer, farmer, and OEFFA member
Eugene (Gene) Logsdon, age 84, passed away
on May 31 at his home. Gene was born in Tiffin, Ohio and lived the majority of his life in
his beloved Wyandot County with Carol, his
wife of almost 55 years.
He inspired and entertained many readers
and farmers through his collection of written work. He wrote more than 30 books and
countless magazine articles on small-scale
farming and sustainable living. Beginning
in 1974, he wrote a weekly column for the
Progressor Times and more recently began a
popular blog called The Contrary Farmer.
OEFFA was privileged to have Gene as a
supporter, advocate, and member; an annual
guest of the conference, and a newsletter
contributor. We’re deeply grateful to novelist,
poet, activist, and Kentucky farmer Wendell
Berry for generously sharing memories of his
friend Gene.
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By Gary Brock
[email protected]
Artist drawing of this year’s corn maze, titled “Harvesting A Cure.”
ago. It has been during
the last few years that the
theme for the mazes has
involved battling cancer
and finding a cure.
In 2014, the theme was
“Save the Udders” and
in 2015 it was “Tree of
Hope.”
“Because we are very
community driven, we
have over the years
donated a portion of
the proceeds to local
organizations such as
Greene County YMCA,
Tecumseh Council of
Boy Scouts of America
and Girl Scouts. The last
few years we have been
donating to the Circle of
Victory for breast cancer
awareness, and have
donated over $7,500 - the
total over the years has
been more than $20,000
donated back to the community,” she said.
In the first few years
of the corn mazes, they
averaged about 5,000
visitors. “The last years
we have been averaging
about 15,000 people,”
she said. “But it is always
so weather dependent.
There have been seasons
when it has rained every
weekend.”
The Haglers opened
the farm market - from
the ground up - in 1999,
and opened the maze a
few years after that.
“We usually plant the
maze the last week of
June, first week in July.
This is a little later than
you usually plant corn so
that the live stalks stand
up better later in the fall
months. Then we cut
it out when it is two to
three feet high. We use
a GPS system to cut it
out,” she said. They have
used this high-tech method since they started cutting out the mazes.
“Once we cut the paths
out, it is an ongoing job
to keep the paths clear
until we open,” she said.
And what sort of maze
will visitors weave their
way through this year?
“Due to the design, this
is one of the more difAerial view of the 2014 corn
ficult maze we have done. maze, themed “Save the Udders.”
The size is basically the
same, but this degree of
get through.”
difficulty is greater,” she
Estimated time to get
said. She added that they through it? “The maze is
also have a “mini maze”
designed to be interacto the side of the big
tive. There is a mazopoly
maze for kids and school
game that is like a scavgroups for basically three enger hunt with stations
to eight years old.
throughout the maze that
“JD Equipment Inc.
navigates you to other
is our primary sponsor
stations. There are also
and this is depicted in
‘passports’ directing
the maze with a John
you through the maze
Deere combine and their
to different locations.
logo in the maze. We
Depending what game
also have a pink ribbon
you choose, it should take
in the maze for breast
about an hour and a half,”
cancer awareness, plus
she said. There are also
two bridges,” she pointed halfway points where visiout. The maze will have
tors can exit and take a
about 15,000 feet of paths break or if they only want
and cuts through more
to do half the maze.
than 300,000 living corn
Once the maze season
stalks. “There is a lot of
is finished in November,
paths and a lot of corn to
they will harvest the
Free estimates
corn.
Hagler says the maze
is a nice family-oriented
component for people to
enjoy while at their farm.
In addition to the
mazes, other activities
include hayrides on weekends, a mini straw maze,
there are farm animals
to pet, pumpkin painting
and an area to reserve
and book for campfires
for groups of 20 or more.
Hours for the farm and
maze are weekends from
Sept. 10 - Nov. 6; Friday:
5 p.m. – 8 p.m.; Saturday:
1 p.m. – 9 p.m.; Sun. - 1
p.m. –6 p.m.
Tuesday through Friday: Groups of 20 or
more by reservation only.
Call for special weekday
scheduling and discounts.
Maze admission is
adults, $9; children (4-12
yrs): $7; 3 and under are
free.
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XENIA - For Marcie
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annual fall corn maze
at their Apple Country
Farm Market is more
than a fun attraction that
draws thousands to their
Spring Valley farm each
year.
For them, it is a cause.
When their 14th season
of nine-acre plus corn
mazes opens to the public
Sept. 10 and running
through Nov. 6, visitors
will not just be having a
great time weaving and
puzzling through the
maze, they will be helping a worthy cause.
A five-year breast
cancer survivor, Marcie
Hagler says that a portion of the proceeds for
the “Harvesting A Cure”
themed maze will be
used to support cancer
patients and survivors.
She said the targeted
proceeds will go to the
Greene Foundation, Circle of Victory to benefit
cancer patients in Greene
County.
Her battle against
breast cancer “Really
hit home when we were
choosing recipients for
donations,” she said.
“When I had breast cancer it was amazing how
supportive everyone was.
I thought, wouldn’t it be
great to give back and
do something for the
Greene County Circle of
Victory for breast cancer
research? That is where
it originated with my passion for this.”
In fact, the owners of
Apple Country Farm Market have been donating a
portion of the proceeds
from their annual corn
maze to charity since
they started it 14 years
If You Go:
The MAZE at Apple Country Farm Market, Ltd. in Spring
Valley:
Theme 2016: “Harvesting a Cure” (sponsored by JD
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Where: Apple Country Farm Market, 2323 US Route 42,
Spring Valley, Ohio 45370
Contact: Marcie Hagler Maze: 937.750.1005; Email:
[email protected]
Website: www.applecountryfarm.com
When: Weekends from Sept. 10 - Nov. 6
Hours: Friday: 5 pm – 8 pm; Saturday: 1 pm – 9 pm; Sun.
- 1 pm –6 pm
Fri. & Sat. are Flashlight Nights in the Maze. Bring your
own Flashlight!
Tuesday – Friday: Groups of 20 or more by reservation
only. Call for special weekday scheduling and discounts.
Maze Admission: Adults: $9
Children (4-12 yrs): $7 3 & Under: Free
Groups of 20+ must pre-schedule to receive a discount.
Hayrides – by appointment (minimum group of 10)
beginning Oct. 3; All ages: $3
Directions:
From Dayton: Travel US Rte. 35 East, take the Rte. 35
Bypass (Washington Courthouse exit) follow the bypass
to the Rte. 42 South exit (Lebanon exit). Go four miles,
Apple Country Farm Market is located on the right.
From Xenia: Take US Rte. 42 South four miles past the
bypass. Apple Country Farm Market is located on the
right.
From Lebanon: Take US Rte. 42 North 13 miles. Apple
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Lots of small farm topics at Farm Science Review 2016
well, Hogan said. Seven
of the sessions will be
led by specialists from
Purdue University, which
partners with Ohio State
to provide educational
programming for FSR.
The schedule for the
small farm programs is:
Sept. 20, Small Farm
Tent
10 a.m., Specialty
Crops for the Ohio Plate,
Jacqueline Kowalski, OSU
Extension
11 a.m., Postharvest
Sanitizer Use for Fruits
and Vegetables, Amanda
Deering, Purdue Extension
Noon, Getting Started
in Hydroponic Production, Beth Scheckelhoff,
OSU Extension
1 p.m., Developing a
Successful Farm on 20
Acres, Tamara Benjamin,
Purdue Extension
2 p.m., Growing Under
Cover: Are High Tunnels
or Greenhouses for You?
Beth Sheckelhoff, OSU
Extension
Building
10:30 a.m., Growing Hops in Ohio—An
Update, Brad Bergefurd,
OSU Extension
11:30 a.m., Understanding the Need for Forage
Testing, Elysia Rodgers,
Purdue Extension
12:30 p.m., How’s the
Health of Your Small
Farm’s Balance Sheet?
Eric Richer, OSU Extension
1:30 p.m., Small Scale
Poultry Production, Deb
Brown, OSU Extension
2:30 p.m., Managing
Available Nitrogen from
Manure, Compost and
Cover Crops, Alan Sundermeier, OSU Extension
Tent
10 a.m., Aquaponics:
The Good, the Bad, and
The Ugly, Matt Smith,
OSU Extension
11 a.m., Increasing
Fruit and Vegetable Sales
With Foodlink, Roy Ballard, Purdue Extension
Noon, Raising Miniature Beef Cattle, Greg
Meyer, OSU Extension
1 p.m., Cooperative
Marketing of Specialty
Crops, Hannah Scott,
OSU Extension
2 p.m., Dealing With
Pesticide Drift on a Small
Farm, Michael O’Donnell,
Purdue Extension
Building
10:30 a.m., Growing
Fruit in Containers, Gary
Gao, OSU Extension
11:30 a.m., Selection
of New and Used Tractors for Your Small Farm,
Jason Hartschuh, OSU
Extension
12:30 p.m., Aquaculture
Opportunities in Ohio,
Matt Smith, OSU Extension
1:30 p.m., Growing
Super Fruits, Gary Gao,
OSU Extension
2:30 p.m., Planting for
Pollinators, Roy Ballard,
Purdue Extension
Presentations on alternative enterprises, production systems and
marketing systems are a popular draw at the annual Farm Science
Review.
Tent
10 a.m., Understanding
Food Insecurity in the
U.S., Mike Hogan, OSU
Extension
11 a.m., How to Start
a Gleaning Program in
Your Community, Sabrina
Schirtzinger, OSU Extension
Noon, Developing A
Successful Grant Proposal
for Your Farm Business,
Mike Hogan, OSU Extension
1 p.m., Growing Vegetables in Parking Lots
and Vacant Lots in Dayton, Jim Jasinski, OSU
Extension
Building
10:30 a.m., Using
Annuals for Forages:
Baling vs. Grazing, Alan
Gahler, OSU Extension
11:30 a.m., Hedging
Weather Risks on Small
Acreages: Tips from a
Meteorologist, Hans
Schmitz, Purdue Extension
12:30 p.m., Treatment
and Control Strategies
for Internal Parasites in
Small Ruminants, Tim
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Sponsored by CFAES,
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The Review annually
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growers, producers and
agricultural enthusiasts
from across the U.S. and
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than 4,000 product lines
from 630 commercial
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LONDON — Organizers of the Small Farm
Center programs at
the 2016 Farm Science
Review are thinking big
this year, with more than
two dozen presentations
planned during the threeday annual farm show.
“They’re always popular,” said Mike Hogan,
Ohio State University
Extension educator and
one of the leaders of the
OSU Extension Sustainable Agriculture Team,
the sponsor of the programs.
But he hopes the “small
farms” moniker doesn’t
fool anyone.
“We’re really focused on
alternative enterprises,
alternative production
systems and alternative
marketing systems,” he
said. “We have farmers
of very large operations
come to these presentations. People are looking
for ways to increase profitability no matter their
size or scale.”
The Farm Science
Review, which is Sept.
20-22 at the Molly Caren
Agricultural Center near
London, Ohio, offers
farmers and other visitors
the opportunity to learn
about the latest agricultural innovations from
experts from the College
of Food, Agricultural, and
Environmental Sciences
(CFAES) at The Ohio
State University. OSU
Extension is the outreach
arm of the college.
The Small Farm Center presentations will be
offered on the half-hour
beginning at 10 a.m. each
day of the Review, Hogan
said. Each is 50 minutes
long, with sessions alternating between the Small
Farm Building and the
Small Farm Tent. Both
are located at the corner
of Beef Street and Corn
Avenue on the Review
grounds.
In addition, the Small
Farm Center will have
available information and
any handouts from all 27
presentations.
“Most people come to
the Review for just one
day, and our presentations overlap, so it would
be impossible to attend
all of them,” Hogan said.
“But anyone will be able
to find information about
all of the topics no matter
when they attend.”
Popular topics from
past years, such as growing hops and raising
miniature beef cattle, are
on this year’s slate, as
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By Martha Filipic
Gary Brock photos
Client Dan Marion prepares his black Clydesdale Guinness for a cart ride.
Cure
From page 1
This keeps the farm a
working farm. It is protective, not restrictive,”
she pointed out.
Inside the stables,
Greene walked along
the row of horses, stopping and talking to each
one. “We have 17 horses
right now. This is Bella,
a Shirecroft, who is 15,”
she said, leading the
horse outside for a walk.
She teaches riding and
provides riding lessons
as well as giving instruc-
tions for those wishing
to compete as riders.
“Most of my clientele
comes and stays for a
long time. My plan is
to continue to serve the
clients and provide a
good service for them.”
One of the clients,
Dan Marion drove the
cart touring the farm
and owns Guinness,
the black Clydesdale. “I
think the Clydesdales
are very regal. He is a
lovely animal. I wish we
could duplicate him,”
with Marion agreeing.
“When we get time,” he
said. He and his family
have horses at the facil-
ity and ride there regularly. The show cart and
Guinness took part on
the Lebanon Christmas
parade last year.
As a successful professional rider and trainer,
Greene was asked what
about operating the stables she most enjoys.
“I love being able to
help people and horses
form a relationship they
can work with. I have
always loved animals,
particularly horses. It
was physical therapy for
me as a child. I just feel
an affinity with horses. I
enjoy what I do because
I feel I can make a dif-
Owner Karen Greene rides in a show cart driven by client Dan Marion on her riding stables and farm in
Clark County.
ference, at least here
in my little world,” she
said, nodding toward
her stables.
“It is rewarding. It is
great to help animals
and people both, and I
love the process,” she
added.
Riding along the horse
trails, she talked about
nature and maintaining
the integrity of the farm
through the land trust.
“We have lots of
beautiful birds here.
Red tail hawks, quail,
wild turkeys… I have a
Chocolate Lab that is
very good with all the
wildlife. We have red
wing blackbirds, indigo
bunting, goldfinch, orioles, kestrels, Eastern
bluebirds, great horned
owls. The wildlife tends
to abound since no
hunting or trapping is
allowed on the property
— my equine insurance
forbid hunting because
To see video of Karen Greene riding in the
show cart talking about her love for all things
equestrian, go to the Rural Life Today website
as www.rurallifetoday.com and click on this
article.
of all of the riding
trails,” she said.
As the ride around
her farm came to an
end, she talked about
her connection with her
horses. “The thing with
horses is that their aptitude for learning is very
high. So we try to work
with the horse the way
the horse thinks, not the
way the person thinks.
So if you can think like a
horse, you can teach the
horse quite efficiently.
So after all these years,
I pretty much think
like a horse,” Greene
laughed.
Hillcroft Crescent
Farm, LLC is located in
Clark County near Clifton Mill. It is open 365
days a year, 9 a.m. to 9
p.m. The farm provides
boarding, train riding,
lessons and training for
horses. Special needs
horses are welcome.
The farms does not provide horseback riding
for the public.
“We take pride in
offering a quiet, restful and loving home to
horses and ponies who
live here, and a warm
and friendly atmosphere
for their humans,”
Greene said.
She said those interested can call 937-4169661 for a tour.
Gary Brock can be reached at
937-556-5759 or on Twitter at
GBrock4.
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Farm Bureau offers reward
The Pike County Farm Bureau and Farm Credit Mid-America partnered to sponsor Pike County Jr. Fair
Board members T-shirts for the Pike County Fair Aug. 1-6. Pictured above (left to right) is Farm Bureau
President Mackenzie Stokien, Jr. Fair Board members, Kelly Hines, and Organization Director Kim
Harless.
County Fair T-shirt sponsor
On July 27, a $2,500 reward was presented in Pike County by the Pike County Farm Bureau for providing
information that leads to the arrest and conviction of a felony committed on a Farm Bureau members
property. Pictured left to right are: Paul Lyons, OFBF Regional Supervisor, Mackenzie Stokien, President
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Jackson County Fair supported
Gallia County Farm Bureau and Farm Credit Mid-America partnered to sponsor Gallia County Jr. Fair
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Representative Erik Mason, Farm Credit Representative Jake Bodimer, Jr. Fair Board Advisor Danella
Newberry, and Farm Credit Representative Emily Tussey. Front row: Jr. Fair Board Member, Organization
Director Kim Harless, and Jr. Fair Board member.
The Jackson-Vinton Farm Bureau was a proud sponsor at the Jackson County Fair in July. Fun Night,
Jr. Fair Fun night, the Greased Pig Contest and champion species were a few of the events that were
sponsored. Other sponsorships included trophies, fair-book ad, and banners. Pictured is one of the
grand champions the Jackson-Vinton Farm Bureau sponsored, providing the trophy and Katy’s Dairy
Bar sponsored the banner. Pictured from left to right is Organization Director Kim Harless, Volunteer
Meredith Harless, and Katy’s Dairy Bar Owner Sela Fannin.
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Lawrence County Farm Bureau and Farm Credit Mid-America partnered to sponsor Jr. Fair Board
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Bureau President Drew Schmidt, Organization Director Kim Harless, 4-H Youth Educator/ Lawrence
County Farm Bureau Board Member Rachael Fraley, Jr. Fair Board President Morgan Harper, and Jr. Fair
Board VP Parker Rowe.
Vinton County Fair support
The Lawrence County Farm Bureau recently sponsored the awards for the Tobacco Project winners
during the recent Lawrence County Fair. Pictured above is Wyatt Stallo, Lawrence County Farm Bureau
President Drew Schmidt, and Griffin Fuller. Wyatt and Griffin were the 2016 Tobacco Project winners.
Jackson-Vinton Farm Bureau and Farm Credit Mid-America partnered to sponsor Vinton County Jr. Fair
Board members T-shirts for the Vinton County Fair held July 24-30. Pictured above is: Back Row: Farm
Credit Representative Jake Bodimer, OSU Extension Educator 4-H Youth Development Travis West,
Farm Bureau Organization Director Kim Harless, Farm Credit Representative Sarah Kovar, Farm Credit
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Support for Jackson County Fair
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Row: Farm Credit Representative Jake Bodimer, Farm Credit Representative Sarah Kovar, Farm Credit
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By Darla Cabe
things nice for times
when Pat’s beautiful yard
is used for family gatherIt’s a busy time of
ings. “We recently had a
year. The gardens and
birthday party for two of
fields are producing, and the great- granddaughwe are occupied with
ters who were born a
gathering and storing up week apart. The babies
food. Days and weeks are were turning one. As you
spent at the county and
know, a one –year- old’s
state fairs and there’s
first cake can be pretty
lots of work to be done.
messy. Well, Alana was
Time and materials are
pretty neat. She didn’t
at a premium so swift,
want all that sticky stuff
money-saving recipes are all over her, but Carjust what country folks
men was another story!
are needing in these dog She had icing all over
days of August.
her from head to toe,”
Pat says with a smile
Pat South
as she remembers. “So
Pat South’s hundred
I got some really good
year old blue brick home pictures of her getting a
sits snugly on a
bath in the kitchen
big yard. It’s not
sink!”
surprising that
Having grown
this Four Seasons
up on a farm with
Garden Club memthree brothers, Pat
ber has beautiful
admits to being a
flowers and a tidy
bit of a “tomboy”
vegetable garden
in her younger
South
in that yard. “My
days. But the boys
favorite summergot to help with
time activity is
the big farm work, and
gardening,” Pat says,
Pat helped in the garden
which is just what you
and kitchen. “I had good
would expect this active
parents and we were a
great-grandmother to
church- going family. I
say. “I also enjoy vacadid fun things with the
tioning and I like to get
Farm Bureau, learned
out on just about any
folk dancing and enjoyed
kind of water.” She loves the freedom a farm
lakes for canoeing and
kid has to explore” she
for motor boat rides and remembers.
spends as much time on
The family farm
and in the water as she
was on Miami-Shelby
can. Another thing that
County Road. Her famis not surprising then,
ily lived on the Shelby
is that she is often seen
County side, so that
in the pool at the Piqua
meant she attended and
YMCA.
graduated from Sidney
For the past 30 years,
High School. She then
Pat has been a swim and attended Otterbein Colwater fitness instruclege and graduated with
tor there as well as a
a degree in Home Ecolifeguard. Previous to
nomics. After living on
that, she worked as a
the Shelby County side
bank teller and had a
of the line, she married
few other jobs, but spent in Fletcher, Ohio (Miami
most of her time being a County) and then she
stay-at-home mom. She
and Tom settled in
and her husband Tom
Piqua, so Miami County
raised three sons, who
became her long-time
all still live close to their home.
parents. Almost all the
With work, gardening,
grandchildren and great- family and spending as
grandchildren live in
much time outdoors as
Ohio too, which makes
For Rural Life Today
possible, Pat leads a full
life. She also likes to
sew, make crafts, bake
– she’s pretty good at
making the grandkid’s
decorated birthday cakes
- and cook. This time of
year though, when she’d
rather be in the garden
or on the water, or she’s
canning or freezing the
produce she’s grown, it
is great to have quick
meals that save time and
it’s always nice to fix
dishes that are easy on
the budget too.
“These days, families
are so involved in so
many activities and just
have busy lives so finding quick meals is a big
help. To save money, I
try to buy in bulk things
that I use often and
when they are on sale.
And use coupons!” she
advises. Pat’s quick and
low cost recipes are sure
to please your farm family just like they please
hers.
Chicken Reuben Dish
3 – 4 chicken breasts,
halved
Sliced Swiss cheese
Large can or bottle of
sauerkraut
Bottle of Thousand
Island Salad Dressing (I
use low-cal)
Place chicken breasts
in a 9 x 13 baking dish.
Cover with cheese slices.
Then cover with sauerkraut. Pour about a half
cup of Thousand Island
salad dressing over the
sauerkraut. Cover with
foil and bake at 350 for
1 hour. Preparation is
very quick.
Tortellini Soup
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 Tablespoon butter
1 48 oz. can chicken
broth
19 oz. pkg. frozen
cheese tortellini
1 pkg. frozen chopped
spinach
2 (14 oz). cans stewed
tomatoes, undrained and
cut up
Shredded parmesan
cheese
In a large saucepan
cook garlic in butter 1
– 2 minutes. Add broth
and tortellini. Heat to
boil, reduce heat and
simmer 10 minutes.
Add spinach and tomatoes and simmer 5
more minutes. Sprinkle
each serving with parmesan cheese. MORE
OPTIONS: You can also
add 1 package frozen
spinach soufflé, a 12 oz.
can of chicken or frozen
Italian meatballs to the
soup.
Crockpot Chicken
8 oz. cream cheese,
softened
1 can cream of chicken
soup
1 pkg. Good Seasonings Zesty Italian Dressing mix (dry, in the
envelope)
3 – 4 pounds boneless
chicken breasts
Sliced onion
Whisk the cream
cheese, soup and dry
dressing mix together
in the crockpot. Add
the chicken breasts and
sliced onion on top if
you choose to use that.
Cook on low about 6
hours. This is great
served on rice, mashed
potatoes, toast or used
for shredded chicken
sandwiches.
Karen Lawrence
Karen’s family is
made of money! No, the
Lawrence family is not
outrageously wealthy,
but they all seem to be
in the money business
and between them all
they definitely know a
few things about saving
money and groceries.
Karen, who has lived in
Miami County her entire
life, has worked in the
banking and mortgage
business for over 36
years. Her husband,
Tim, retired in 2009
after working for the
Kroger Company for 30
workers too and shares
years and both her sons
this funny memory: “I
and a daughter-in-law
are accountants. “I enjoy worked at a small bank
working with all types of with a couple of young
tellers that I love to piecpeople to purchase new
es. I had a large amount
homes,” Karen says.
of fresh apples one week“Each client has speend and decided I would
cific needs. It is very
make apple pies and
rewarding to watch a
take one to the office. By
young person start a
growing up and doing
loan application very
a lot of baking I didn’t
timid and scared and
think anything about it.
watch them as the loan
After the pie was eaten,
goes through the prowhich didn’t take long,
cess. All the frustrations
one of the girls was talkof paperwork, requests
ing to a customer and
for things that don’t
said “Karen just took
make sense at times….
an apple and made a
to finally getting to the
pie out of it, isn’t that
closing table and seeing
amazing?” She had never
their faces as they get
been around anyone who
the keys to their new
did baking from
home.” As much
scratch apparas Karen loves the
ently. She said she
process of helping
thought the only
folks get a home,
way to get a pie
her greatest love
was to buy it at the
in life is her famstore.
ily. “I enjoy being
Being “money
a grandmother,
minded”, Karen
mother and wife,” Lawrence
tries to be frugal.
she states. “My
family means everything “I am a coupon clipper
and also watch sales
to me.”
when I need something.
The family that Karen
I don’t usually buy
grew up in is important
things that are not on
to her too. The quintessale.” While raising her
sential “middle child”,
boys, Karen worked fullKaren is the third of
time so she had to be a
five children. She has an
good time manager too.
older brother and sister
She uses the crock pot
and a younger brother
a lot and makes extras
and sister and like her
when she is cooking that
husband, her dad was
can be frozen and ready
in the grocery business.
Her mother was a home- in a pinch later. Karen
also admits to having a
maker who taught the
sweet tooth and has a
girls to cook, bake, sew,
special cookie jar that
mend and do household
is usually full of homechores. “We made a lot
made cookies. “I made a
of our clothes,” Karen
ceramic cookie jar back
recalls. “That gave us
in 1977 when I was in
confidence and undercollege. That jar is well
standing of hard work
known to my family as
and the self satisfaction
of knowing we did things having homemade cookourselves. We all learned ies (or Oreos). Now
my 5- year- old grandhow to mow grass, do
daughter knows to look
dishes and help wherever needed. Not only at in “Grandma’s Cookie
home, but we helped the Jar”. Even my son’s dog
knows there are cookies
elderly neighbors in our
in there too. When the
neighborhood also.”
Following the teaching dog hears the jar open…
she is right beside me!”
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to label their food to
reflect that they contain
genetically modified
ingredients.
The legislation passed
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Pamela Bailey, the
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unprecedented fashion
to get this solution
passed,” said Bailey.
The House approved
the bill 306-117 on
July 21, and the Senate passed the bill the
previous week over the
strong objections made
by Vermont’s representatives. Both Sens.
Bernie Sanders and
Patrick Leahy argued
that the bill does not
go far enough and compared it to their states
tougher GMO requirements. The Vermont
law requires the food to
be have a label that says
“produced with genetic
engineering.”
The White House
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legislation creating a
national labeling standard for foods containing genetically modified
organisms even though
consumer groups criticize the bill for allowing information to live
behind special codes,
and for allowing an
exemption for meat and
eggs.
“While there is broad
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consumers’ interest in
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ingredients from genetically engineered crops,”
White House spokeswoman Katie Hill said
in an email. “We look
forward to tracking its
progress in the House
and anticipate the President would sign it in its
current form.”
Under the legislation,
which has been pushed
for by companies
including Monsanto
Co., Wal-Mart Stores
Inc. and groups including the National Corn
Growers Association,
consumers may still find
it hard to figure out if
the food they are buying
is genetically modified,
leading opponents to
dub the bill the DARK
Act.
The law doesn’t mandate printing “GMO”
on the exterior, instead
offering three options
for disclosure: text on
the packaging, a symbol, or an electronic
link that would direct
consumers to a website
for more information.
Beef, pork, poultry
and eggs wouldn’t be
subject to labeling,
though the deal would
cover many other grocery staples including
corn flakes and cooking
oil. The bill also would
tightly define genetic
engineering in ways
the biotech industry
wanted, not including
new techniques such as
gene editing.
State-imposed labeling requirements would
be banned and producers that have secured
a “certified organic”
designation from the
U.S. Department of
Agriculture would be
allowed to clearly display a “non-GMO” label
on their products.
The push for a
nationwide standard
is in response to a
law that took effect
in Vermont on July 1
requiring disclosure of
GMO ingredients on
food labels. That rule,
plus other initiatives
in Maine, Connecticut
and other states, has
food companies and
commodity-growers
concerned about a
patchwork of state laws
that would impede commerce, expose them to
fines, needlessly scare
consumers about safe
products and force
expensive reformulations of food products
to become GMO-free.
“There is too much
at stake in the marketplace to let the consequences of the Vermont
law linger any longer,”
said Richard Wilkins,
a Delaware soybean
farmer and president of
the American Soybean
Association, in a statement after the Senate
vote.
But pre-empting Vermont with an industryfriendly law will thwart
the goal of helping
consumers know where
their food comes from,
said Dana Perls, senior
food and technology
campaigner for Friends
of the Earth, an environmental advocacy group.
“This bill is a travesty, an undemocratic
and discriminatory bill
which pre-empts state
laws, while offering no
meaningful labeling for
GMOs,” said Perls.
Under the legislation,
the USDA has two years
to write rules, which
will take time because
of complexity within
food production. For
example, when a majority of a product is made
with meat, no GMO
label would be required.
In the case of a pepperoni pizza, for instance,
a label would be needed
if the flour in the crust
came from GMO grain,
according to Michigan
Democratic Sen. Debbie
Stabenow, who helped
craft the bill.
By taking disclosure
off the physical label,
consumers have lessthan-ideal access to
information some might
want to know, said William Lesser, a science
and business professor
at Cornell University
in Ithaca, New York.
“Many food consumers
will simply not take the
time needed to inform
themselves about the
ingredients of the many
food items they purchase.”
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Spencerville’s beef with chickens
Opponents hope environmental
concerns will stop big chicken farm
By Amy Eddings
[email protected]
SPENCERVILLE — In
the 1990s, Spencerville
residents successfully
fought off a landfill.
Now, residents are
coming together to
oppose the latest Spencervillan: Pine Valley
Ranch LLC’s proposal
to build a massive egglaying operation housing
2.2 million chickens in
six barns near Monticello, in neighboring Van
Wert County, about five
miles from the center of
the village.
“This is a much bigger
farm than we’re used to
around here,” said opponent Kathleen Codell.
She was one of about 30
people who attended the
Village Council’s regular
meeting July 25 to urge
Mayor John P. Johnson
and council members to
join the effort to stop the
chicken farm.
Their concerns center
around three core issues:
the safety and sustainability of the Allen County Area Aquifer, which
spans five counties
and is the sole source
of drinking water for
Spencerville and other
communities; chicken
manure; and traffic.
Pine Valley Ranch’s
principal owners, Jim
and Josh Fleck, of New
Bremen, and Ralph,
Randy and Chris
Rindler, of St. Henry,
were not at the council
meeting. They did not
respond to requests for
comment for this story.
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From page 13
Crock Pot Pizza
Pizza Sauce
Pepperoni, Mushrooms, Green Peppers,
Onions
Ground Beef and/or
sausage, browned
1 pound macaroni
Mozzarella cheese
Cook macaroni and
Manure
Two million chickens
will lay a lot of eggs.
They’ll also make a lot of
manure.
“We live in the country. There’s gonna be
poop. Yeah, we get that,”
said Brett Rider, one of
the founders of Spencerville Against Factory
Farms, in his presentation to the Village Council.
Pine Valley Ranch
expects its chickens to
produce 18,333 tons of
manure each year. The
manure will be dried
in storage barns and
distributed off the farm
to manure brokers and
farmers who will use it
instead of commercial
fertilizers, according to
their application.
Rider and others question Pine Valley Ranch’s
figures. They say the
Ohio Department of
Agriculture’s own guidelines put the manure tonnage at 70,901 tons per
year, nearly four times
Pine Valley Ranch’s estimates. Another largescale poultry operation
seeking ODA permits,
WDC Eggs in St. Henry,
would have fewer chickens — 1.6 million — but
plans for much more
manure, 48,000 tons.
“The ODA Appendix is supposed to be
used for planning purposes, yet the estimated
manure numbers in ODA
[manure management
plans[ are all over the
place,” opponent Vickie
Askins wrote to the
ODA.
But manure output
is not an exact science.
ODA, in its own guidelines, said manure values
could be off by plus
or minus 30 percent,
because of genetics,
animal performance and
other factors.
Applicants don’t have
to use ODA guidelines,
either. They can use
manure production
records from a similar
type facility, possibly like
the kind the Rindlers
operate across the OhioIndiana border in Jay
County that houses 4
million layers.
No matter what the
output, farmers suggest
there will be plenty of
demand for Pine Valley
Ranch’s chicken manure.
“Guys are lining up to
buy it, big manure brokers,” said Spencerville
farmer and dairy manure
hauler Brandon Youngpeter.
He said it’s cheaper
and better for the environment than chemical
fertilizers.
“It attaches to the soil
particles better than the
manmade commercial
fertilizers. There’s less
phosphorus runoff,” said
Youngpeter.
But environmental
advocates with Lake
Erie Waterkeeper and
drain. In the crock pot,
start with a layer of
pizza sauce, then add a
layer of macaroni. Next
add more pizza sauce,
then the pepperoni and
other toppings. Next
add a layer of cheese.
Continue layering. Cook
on high for 2 hours, then
turn to low.
1 can creamed corn
1 box Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix
1 cup sour cream
Melt margarine in casserole dish. Beat eggs
into melted margarine.
Add remaining ingredients and mix. Bake at
375 for 45 minutes to
1 hour.
Spoon Cornbread
1 stick margarine
2 eggs
Butter Cookies
1 cup softened butter
1 ½ cup powdered
“We have committed
our lives to producing
safe, wholesome foods
and to responsible farming — that remains
firm,” they wrote in a
statement released earlier this month. “As the
project moves forward,
it is our intent to do the
right thing and to be
open in our communications with stakeholders.”
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Guardians of Grand
Lake St. Marys argue
that even a little bit of
additional phosphorus
in local watersheds will
exacerbate the harmful
algae blooms that have
plagued Grand Lake
and Lake Erie in recent
years.
Besides denying permits for the 2.2 million
chicken farm, they want
ODA to extend its stricter “4R Nutrient Management Program” of Right
Source, Right Time,
Right Rate and Right
Place, currently suggested for commercial fertilizers, to manure, too.
Water
In 1987, members of
Spencerville’s “Dumpbusters” scored a huge
victory when state
environmental officials
denied a permit for a
proposed 240-acre landfill east of the village.
Ohio Environmental
Protection Agency cited
concerns that the landfill
sugar
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla
2 ½ cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda
¼ tsp. salt
Cream butter and add
sugar gradually. Cream
until fluffy. Add unbeaten egg and vanilla.
Beat well. Sift together
dry ingredients. Blend
into creamed mixture.
Wrap in was paper and
chill at least an hour.
would have been too
close to the village’s
wells, exposing the public to possible health
hazards from its leachate.
Spencerville Against
Factory Farms hopes
a similar argument
will persuade the Ohio
Department of Agriculture to deny permits to
Pine Valley Ranch.
They worry about its
plan to create a 20-foot
deep lagoon to hold
up to 2 million gallons
of water from its eggwashing operation. For
eggs blotched with poultry manure, that water
could contain manureborne pathogens along
with naturally occurring
hormones and antibiotics, according to the U.S.
Department of Agriculture.
“It might be an accident,” said Kerri Miller
of hypothetical contamination of the village’s
drinking water, “and
they might be sorry, but
we would be done for.”
But this farm is several miles away from
Spencerville’s well
heads. Mayor Johnson
said that, based on past
hydrological surveys, it
would take more than
five years for any contaminated water to reach
the village’s wells.
He also said the village’s water system
wouldn’t be affected by
Pine Valley Ranch’s estimated usage of 91,000
gallons a day, either, or
even usage of 159,000
gallons a day, which
is what opponents say
the farm will require.
He said a study done
in 2001 had test pumps
running more than 1.3
million gallons a day, for
three days, before other
private wells nearby saw
their water tables drop.
“The contractor concluded that the wells that
we had would sustain
much expansion,”
Divide dough and roll
on floured board. Cut as
desired. Bake at 375
approximately 6 minutes.
solved. Add milk, bring
to a boil. Boil 1 minute.
Remove from stove
and pour in mixing bowl
with powdered sugar
and vanilla.
Beat with mixer. If
icing is too thin, add
some powdered sugar.
Note: if you use it on
cupcakes it is easier to
dip the cupcakes into the
icing instead of trying to
frost the cupcakes with
hot icing.
My Mom’s Caramel Icing
1/2 c butter
1 c brown sugar
1/4 c milk
2 c powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
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Brett Rider (center), of Monticello, speaks Monday to Spencerville Mayor P.J. Johnson (not pictured)
and members of the Village Council during a meeting about the possible construction of a poultry farm
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Johnson said.
Ohio’s laws state that
no manure lagoon can
be located above a solesource aquifer “without
design of ground water
monitoring or engineered controls or both.”
“In this case,” wrote
ODA spokeswoman
Erica Hawkins in an
email, “the facility has
proposed to install an
extra-thick liner” of
at least 18 inches of
compacted clay “as an
engineered control to
prevent contamination.”
She said additional
measures can be added
if the department deems
them necessary before
issuing final permits.
“We also will do what
is necessary to ensure
proper management
of manure, maintain
the water supply for
residents, and protect
the waterways on our
land and in the area surrounding our farm,” said
Pine Valley Ranch in its
media statement.
Truck traffic
“Our local infrastructure is not suited for
this facility,” wrote Kerri
Buggert, a neighbor of
the proposed farm, in
her opposition statement
to ODA. “The roads are
not built for consistent
use by large trucks.”
There will, indeed,
be more tractor-trailers
heading to and from the
poultry operation. Pine
Valley Ranch estimates a
total of 120 manure, feed
and egg trucks a week,
at 80,000 pounds per
truck.
In the permitting process, county and township officials are asked
to make recommendations regarding infra-
structure improvements
that will be needed as a
result of the new facility.
But the Van Wert County
commissioners, the Van
Wert County engineer
and the Jennings Township trustees did not
make any.
“There aren’t any
Van Wert County roads
The use of state routes
is better for roadway
wear and tear, Wendel
said.
“Township roads,
there’s not a lot of base
underneath,” he said.
Township road usage
isn’t explicitly discussed
in Pine Valley Ranch’s
application. But town-
“It might be an accident and they might be
sorry, but we would be done for.”
—Poultry farm opponent Kerri Miller
involved,” said Van Wert
County Engineer Kyle
Wendel.
Pine Valley Ranch,
which is on state Route
116, said trucks will use
state and national roads,
approaching from the
east along state Routes
66 and 118, through the
center of Spencerville,
and from the west along
U.S. Highway 127 and
state Route 117.
ship roads evidently
will be used, as well,
with enough traffic that
the Jennings Township
Board voted in April
to enter into a 10-year
Tax Increment Financing Agreement with
Pine Valley Ranch under
which a portion of the
farm’s property taxes
would be redirected
toward the repair and
maintenance of township
roads.
As for traffic problems,
Kirk Slusher, district
deputy director of Ohio
Department of Transportation’s District 1 in
Lima, said there likely
won’t be.
“One hundred twenty
trucks a week, that’s 30
trucks per day, spread
that out over 10 hours,
that’s three trucks per
hour,” he calculated.
“That doesn’t rise to any
type of impact to the
state highway system.”
He said the estimated
number of trucks servicing the farm “doesn’t
even come close to warranting a traffic impact
study, from our perspective.”
But he said village officials could request one.
Will opponents
succeed?
Whether opponents
will successfully block
the chicken farm
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arguments will be determined in the next few
months. ODA received
about 50 statements,
all against Pine Valley
Ranch’s applications,
before the public comment period closed June
22. Officials are preparing their response.
ODA has denied just
one permit to a major
farm operation in the
last 10 years. according to ODA’s Hawkins,
because it lacked
required local government input. ODA is
required by law to issue
permits if applicants
meet all the stated
requirements, she said.
“Please note that the
law does not give the
department the authority to deny a permit due
to community opposition alone,” she added.
Reach Amy Eddings at 567-2420379 or Twitter, @lima_eddings.
Henry County
AGRICULTURE SNAPSHOT
2012 CENSUS OF
AGRICULTURE
County Profile
2012
2007
% change
Number of Farms..............................848 ..............................881 .................................. -4%
Land in Farms .....................................235,919 acres ..........232,238 acres ............ +2%
Average Size of Farm ...................... 278 acres..................264 acres .................... +5%
Market Value of Products Sold .. $155,509,000..........$107,374,000 ......... +45%
Crop Sales ...................................$142,496,000...........(92 percent)
Livestock Sales ..........................$13,013,000 .............(8 percent)
Average Per Farm .....................$183,383 ...................$121,878 .................. +50%
Henry County – Ohio
Ranked items among the 88 state counties
and 3,079 U.S. counties, 2012
State Universe
U.S.
Universe
Quantity
Rank
1
Rank
1
155,509
24
88
762
3,077
142,496
15
88
422
3,072
13,013
53
88
1,933
3,076
VALUE OF SALES BY
COMMODITY GROUP ($1,000)
Vegetables, melons, potatoes
Grains
5,453
135,063
7
13
85
88
345
315
2,802
2,926
TOP CROP ITEMS (acres)
Soybeans for beans
Corn for grain
101,634
81,026
15
12
87
87
219
386
2,162
2,638
5,870
5,212
66
12
88
88
2,313
756
3,063
2,289v
Item
MARKET VALUE
OF AGRICULTURAL
PRODUCTS SOLD ($1,000)
Total value of agricultural
products sold
Value of crops including nursery
and greenhouse
Value of livestock, poultry, and
their products
TOP LIVESTOCK
INVENTORY ITEMS (number)
Calves and cattle
Hogs and pigs
Government Payments .................$4,449,000................$4,400,000 ................. +1%
Other County Highlights, 2012
Average Per Farm
Receiving Payments .......................$6,128 ........................$5,595 .......................... +6%
Economic Characteristics
Land in Farms by Type of Land Cropland
93.8%
Cropland 89% Other Uses 11% Other 6.2%
Farms by value of sales:
Less than $1,000 ......................................................................................................................... 122
$1,000 to $2,499 ............................................................................................................................33
$2,500 to $4,999 ............................................................................................................................35
5,000 to $9,999 ...............................................................................................................................45
$10,000 to $19,999........................................................................................................................57
$20,000 to $24,999........................................................................................................................41
$25,000 to $39,999........................................................................................................................65
$40,000 to $49,999........................................................................................................................42
$50,000 to $99,999..................................................................................................................... 103
$100,000 to $249,999................................................................................................................ 146
$250,000 to $499,999...................................................................................................................78
$500,000 or more ..........................................................................................................................81
Total farm production expenses ($1,000) ..................................................................102,956
Average per farm ($)21,410 ............................................................................................................
Net cash farm income of operation ($1,000) .............................................................. 65,908
Average per farm ($)............................................................................................................ 77,722
Operator Characteristics
Farms by Size Farms 250 FARMS
200 150 100 100
50 0 0
1 to 9 10 to 49 50 to 179 180 to 499 500 to 999 1,000+ Acres/Farm 1-9
10-49
50-179
180-499
ACRES
Quantity
Principal operators by primary occupation:
Farming .......................................................................................................................................... 406
Other ............................................................................................................................................... 442
Principal operators by sex: ..............................................................................................................
Male ................................................................................................................................................. 781
Female ...............................................................................................................................................67
Average age of principal operator (years) ........................................................................ 56.7
All operators by race(2): ...................................................................................................................
White............................................................................................................................................1,208
Hispanic .............................................................................................................................................. 5
300 300 200
Quantity
500-999
1,000+
See “Census of Agriculture, Volume 1, Geographic Area Series” for complete footnotes, explanations,
definitions, and methodology.
1= Universe is number of counties in state or U.S. with the item.
2= Data collected for maximum of three operators per farm
17
Old Timers Days set for Sept. 23-25
By Gary Brock
[email protected]
XENIA — There will
be new events and performers highlighting the
46th annual Old Timers Days at the Greene
County Fairgrounds
Sept. 23-25.
Lester Davis, President of the Old Timers
Club, Inc. that sponsors
the event, says he is
excited by this year’s
schedule of events. “We
will the country group
The Richard Lynch
Band performing Saturday night (8 to 10:30
p.m. Sept. 24) at the
center state,” he said.
Also for the first time
there will be a tractor
parade.
“The tractor parade
will be held Friday
(Sept. 23) started at
the fairgrounds gathering at 7 a.m., leaving
the fairgrounds at 7:30
a.m. and ending at the
Frisch’s restaurant on
West Main Street,” he
said.
On Thursday, Sept. 22
he said that there will
be opening ceremonies
with the crowning of
the 2016 Old Timers
king and queen. “At 8
p.m. there will be a golf
cart parade. Thursday
night is free admission,”
he pointed out.
On Sept. 23, after
the tractor parade to
Frisch’s, the thrashing
demonstrations begin at
1 p.m. Davis said that
Friday is senior citizens
day, with admission $1
for seniors. The flea
markets will open that
evening and hayrides
start at 7 p.m.
The annual pancake
breakfast, normally held
in March, will be held
this year during the Old
Timers Days festival. It
will be held Saturday,
Sept. 24, 7 a.m. to 10:30
Gov. John Kasich talks with “Ag is Cool” 9-12 Painting winner Sydney Hales, 15, of Oregon, in Lucas
County July 27.
a.m. at the dining hall,
with all you can eat pancakes for $5.
The Old Timers Days
parade will be held at
4 p.m. Saturday. The
annual church service
will be held at 9 a.m.
Sept. 25 at the dining
hall.
Admission is $4 for
adults, children age 12
and under free.
The following is the
schedule of events highlights for each of the
days:
Thursday, Sept. 22
6 p.m. - Opening Ceremonies
8 p.m. - Golf cart
parade
Friday, Sept. 23
7:30 a.m. - Tractor
drive to Frisch’s
1 p.m. - Threshing
demonstration
2 p.m. - Saw mill demonstration
5 p.m. - Tony Hale
and Blackwater
7 p.m. - hayride at
center Stage
7:30 p.m. - George
Brothers band
Saturday, Sept. 24
7 a.m. - Pancake
Breakfast
9 a.m. - Antique Tractor pull
11 a.m. - Hamilton
Family family Band,
Center Stage
Noon - Big wheel race
2 p.m. - Bale Toss
4 p.m. - Skillet and
rolling pin toss
4 p.m. - Parade
7:45 p.m. - Hog calling contest
8 p.m. Richard Lynch
band
Sunday, Sept. 25
9 a.m. church service
10 a.m. - Horse show
11 a.m. - Garden tractor pull
Noon - Pie eating
contest
1:30 p.m. - Kiddie
tractor pull
4 p.m. - Tractor raffle
and quilt raffle
Gov. John Kasich congratulates “Ag is Cool” 9-12 Drawing winner Katelynn Fetters, 17, of Hillsboro,
Highland County.
Ag is Cool winners recognized at Ohio State Fair
gail Davis, Wadsworth,
Medina County, age 7;
K-2 Drawing: Grace
Lucas, West Portsmouth,
Scioto County, age 8;
3-5 Photography: Madilyn Johnson, Newark,
Licking County, age 8 ½;
3-5 Drawing: Ella Bowman, Archbold, Fulton
County, age 11;
6-8 Photography: Riley
Yunker, Mount Gilead,
Morrow County, age 11;
6-8 Drawing: Regan
Draeger, Lindsey, Sandusky County, age 14;
9-12 Photography:
Mackenzie Allen, Aurora,
Portage County, age 17;
9-12 Drawing: Katelynn
Fetters, Hillsboro, Highland County, age 17;
9-12 Painting: Sydney
Hales, Oregon, Lucas
County, age 15; and
Director’s Choice Jo
Bailey, Wooster, Wayne
County, age 10.
The winners were honored by Governor Kasich,
Ohio Agriculture Director Daniels and Ohio
State Fair Manager Virgil
Strickler at a ceremony
july 27 at the Ohio State
Fairgrounds.
“The Ag is Cool! program does a great job
keeping our youth interested in agriculture,” said
Director Daniels. “It is
our hope that by sparking that interest, these
outstanding kids will have
a better understanding
of this industry and will
be moved to consider a
food or agriculture related
career in their future.”
This year marks the
sixth year of the contest,
and the sixth year of the
“Ag is Cool!” educational
program that is featured
at the Ohio State Fair.
2150 Eastern Ave
Gallipolis, OH 45631
(740)-446-0351
60640832
REYNOLDSBURG –
Governor John R. Kasich
and Ohio Department
of Agriculture Director David T. Daniels
announced July 27 the
winners of the 2016
“Agriculture is Cool!”
visual arts contest. Ohio
children enrolled in
school or home schooled
during the 2015-2016 academic year shared their
personal interpretation
of why Ohio agriculture
is “cool” for their chance
to win a trip to the Ohio
State Fair.
Entries, which included
photographs, drawings,
and paintings, were
judged in four different
age categories: K-2, 3-5,
6-8, and 9-12. Ten entries
were selected as winners
in their respective categories.
K-2 Photography: Abi-
19
Seventh Tomadah Paradah coming Aug. 13
WILMINGTON —
More than 100 varieties
of tomatoes with primary attributes of size and
taste will be featured
at the seventh annual
Tomadah Paradah Aug.
13 at Wilmington College’s Academic Farm.
The event, which
is free of charge, is
co-sponsored by the
College and Swindler
& Sons Florists. The
“Parade of Tomatoes”
will run from 5 to 7
p.m. at the farm located
at 1594 Fife Ave. The
university selected the
date July 19, and is a
week earlier than previous years.
In addition to featuring tomatoes expected
to be in excess of eight
ounces for viewing
and tasting, this year’s
Tomadah Paradah will
also place a spotlight
on 100 varieties of peppers, 12 subdivisions of
eggplant, four types of
watermelon and several
pumpkin varieties. The
WC Agriculture Depart-
ment’s students and
staff have been growing
these products in anticipation of the event.
Anderson and other
agriculture staff and
students will be on
hand to discuss details
on this year’s crops, in
addition to showing
visitors what’s growing
in the greenhouse and
the College’s innovative
irrigation and staking
systems.
Also, this year’s
competition coincides
with the bigger is better theme. Swindler
& Sons Florists is
sponsoring prizes of
$100, $75 and $50
for the heaviest ripe
tomatoes. The past two
years’ winners were
of the German Strawberry variety weighing
2.7 and 2.32 pounds,
respectively.
Swindler & Sons,
321 W. Locust St., is
weighing the entries for
largest tomato at their
Garden Center now
through noon Aug. 13.
Tomatoes of all sizes, colors and varieties will be on display at the “Tomadah Paradah” at Wilmington College Aug. 13.
Agriculture calendar of events
The following is a listing of upcoming agriculture events here in Ohio:
August
Aug. 16: Southwest
Ohio Corn Growers and
Agronomy Club Annual
Field Day, Fayette County Airport, 2770 SR 38
NE, Washington CH., 9
a.m. to 5 p.m.
Aug. 16: Ohio Hops
Field Night; 5:30 – 8:30
p.m. at the Ohio State
University South Centers Research Building
Auditorium, 1864 Shy-
ville Road, in Piketon.
The Northwest Ohio
Hops Field Night is Aug.
18 from 6:30 – 8:30
p.m. at the Agricultural
Incubator Foundation,
13737 Middleton Pike,
in Bowling Green.
Aug. 20: Fayette
County Farm to Fork
dinner, sponsored by
Fayette County Farm
Bureau, $4o each for
members, $45 for nonmembers, social hour
5:30 p.m., dinner 6:30
p.m., 937-382-4407 or
fayettecountyfarmtofork.
eventbrite.com for information.
Aug. 24: Clinton
County Farm Bureau
Annual Meeting - Clinton County Fairgrounds,
6 p.m., $10 per person;
hosted jointly with the
Clinton Soil and Water
Conservation District;
call 937-382-4407; RSVP
by Aug. 19.
September
Sept. 7-9: Rural
America Farm & Garden
Expo, Sept. 7 - 9, at the
Jay County Fairgrounds
in Portland, Indiana.
The Expo will feature:
Farm, Livestock & Garden Vendors; Implement
Dealers; Farm, Garden
& Educational Seminars;
Austin Dillon’s American Ethanol NASCAR
(9/7-9/9); FFA and 4-H
Soil Judging Competition (9/7); Field, Equine
& Livestock Demonstrations; Admission to the
Expo is $5 per person
or $10, vehicle with free
parking. Tickets to the
Expo and Farm to Fork
dinner will be available
soon. For questions or
more information, please
contact the Jay County
Chamber of Commerce
at (260) 726-4481, email
to: [email protected] or
visit our Facebook page
at: Rural America Farm
& Garden Expo.
Sept. 20-22: Ohio
Farm Science Review –
London; advance tickets
$7 at all OSU Extension
county offices, many
local agribusinesses and
online at fsr.osu.edu/
visitors/tickets. Tickets
are $10 at the gate. Children 5 and younger are
admitted free. Hours are
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept.
20-21 and 8 a.m. to 4
p.m. Sept. 22.
Sept. 22-25: Old
Timers Days - Greene
County Fairgrounds; $4
adults and children 12
and under free; senior
day Sept. 23, $1 for
seniors.
December
Dec. 7-8: Ohio Farm
Bureau annual convention, Columbus.
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