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The Ohio Agricultural Environmental Assurance Alliance is a Core 4 Conservation alliance and is a public-private partnership consisting of producer-led organizations, commodity groups, agricultural businesses, government agencies and Ohio State University. The alliance was established to develop an environmental self-assessment program for Ohio’s agricultural and horticultural commodities and the lands on which they are grown.

The self-assessment was developed through a grant from the Ohio Environmental Education Fund and consists of four goals: to help producers ensure better soil, cleaner water, greater profits and a brighter future.

Officials from the Natural Resource Conservation Service helped develop the tools so that "a producer could use it to make sure he or she is eligible to participate in the conservation provisions of the 2002 Farm Bill," according to Larry Antosch, OFBF director of environmental research.

"We’re hoping landowners will get behind this project," Antosch said. "It’s a positive thing that agriculture is doing to address some of these environmental issues. And I think it proves that Ohio farmers really are naturally resourceful."