New technology rests beside the old at U.S. Air Force Museum
The U.S. Air Force Museum at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base at Dayton projects a striking image of the service's present and future as much as it preserves and portrays the Air Force's past.
Poland historical society holds holiday tour of homes
Seven homes , plus the newly opened Poland Public Library, are on the annual Christmas Tour of Homes scheduled for Dec. 4 and Dec. 5.
Senate farm bill moves to floor
An agriculture program reauthorization bill moved out of the Senate Agriculture Committee strong on conservation measures and $4 billion higher than the House version.
Shepherds symposium to cover scrapie
The 2001 Buckeye Shepherds Symposium held by the Ohio Sheep Improvement Symposium will be Dec. 1 at the Raddisson Columbus Airport.
Taft to sign law strengthening regulation of minerals operations
Senate Bill 83 is the first comprehensive overhaul of the state's industrial minerals law since 1974, and received important support both from the environmental community and Ohio's mining industry.
Flock owners must ID sheep
New scrapie eradication rules, which take effect Nov. 19, call for stricter identification of most breeding animals and all sheep 18 months or older. Goats are also affected.
Agriculture not to blame for antibiotic resistance
Of all antibiotics used in the United States, only 6.1 percent are used for growth promotion in food-producing animals, so don't blame livestock producers for antibiotic resistance.
Operation Evergreen: Tree donations brighten holiday spirits
Christmas tree growers from across Ohio donated nearly 100 trees this year to "Operation Evergreen," an effort that has been sending holiday cheer to peacekeeping troops in eastern Europe for the past five years.
Think globally, buy locally
If events of Sept. 11 make you nervous about the U.S. food supply, get to know a local farmer, says this letter writer.
Wayne County voters turn down farmland preservation initiative
Voters turned down the 10-year tax that would have raised $2.3 million annually to preserve county farmland and open space.
