Water quality: Not quite, but almost, rocket science
We'll be hearing lots more about watershed protection and regulation across the country, as states are mandated by the Environmental Protection Agency to establish nutrient standards for water bodies.
Here’s to those who work for a living
You know what our problem is? "We've spent decades trying to distance ourselves from traditional notions of Work," says Dirty Jobs' Mike Rowe.
Farmers, embrace your link in the food chain
Farmers need to embrace their new/old role in the food chain, engage with eaters everywhere through outreach and education. We should "own" the food issue.
Facing a beginning and an ending at Farm and Dairy
"A year's plan starts with spring."
-- Chinese proverb
Like farmers, the Chinese who quote this proverb recognize a good harvest depends on the spring sowing....
What will you say when the media call your farm?
Every farmer and every farm needs to have a public relations plan in place -- BEFORE the media come calling.
Columbiana County Fair creates moving veterans’ tribute
Fourteen veterans — representing World War II, the Korean Conflict and the Vietnam War — were honored in a special service at this year's Columbiana County Fair.
Ohio animal welfare compromise: Smart move or sell-out?
Leadership of Ohio's major commodity and farm groups sat down at the negotiating table with the Humane Society of the United States. Why? Well, let's just say politics makes strange bedfellows.
We deserve truth in Conklin dairy farm animal cruelty case
The issue of how the video from Conklin Dairy Farms came to be produced and released is rather murky. Editor Susan Crowell has more questions than answers.
Local food important, but won’t solve nation’s nutrition disconnect
We can't push and prod and tout local foods without pushing nutrition education.
Emotion trumps science every time: Farmers need to ‘start with why’
When you start talking from your passion, and not your science, all of a sudden, farming becomes more relevant, more meaningful to everyone else, because they, too, want to protect the environment or care about animal welfare, and can do that by supporting you.
