Politics, not producers, steering agriculture
A reader stresses that agriculture is no longer a profession of farmers. It is a government institution fraught with bureaucrats, lobbyists and all the mud and muck of politics.
Moo-ve over Coke
The new drink, e-Moo, developed by Cornell University food scientists could put the fizz back into a flat fluid milk market.
Pork producer supports checkoff
A local pork producer take the opportunity to share a few facts about the recent settlement agreement reached between the USDA and the National Pork Producers Council.
Movie plots abuse scientific facts
Movies do not give a very realistic picture of how science is done or why says an assistant professor of biology at James Madison University who teaches a general science course, "Biology in the Movies."
New view of public education
Ohio State University President William E. Kirwan proposes a new education paradigm that views public education as one seamless system that begins with pre-school and continues through graduate school.
USDA on top of potential disease risk
In this week's commentary, Editor Susan Crowell comments on rumor and fact concerning mad cow disease and cattle quarantined in Texas.
Ohio farmers seek federal action
Ohio Farmers Union members who met with Ohio Congress members to discuss the Farmers Union's new legislative proposal.
Charges pending in dairy cattle abuse case
An Ashtabula County barn was seized by officials when diary heifers found knee deep in manure and walking on animal corpses. The cleanup has been completed.
Ohio Historical Society offers genealogy classes
The Ohio Historical Society Archives/Library and the Franklin County Genealogical and Historical Society offer a geneology workshop series focusing on discovering family history.
Medina County Fair trying to regroup in wake of E. coli panic
The 155th Medina County Fair will be held at the same location it's been held since about 1920, even after the E. coli outbreak at last year's fair.
