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• Be sure to share the included timeline and Buckeye Farm News articles included in this month’s packet.

• Be prepared to discuss what it means to for livestock producers to be socially responsible.

• Do you have local examples that could be referenced in your discussions?

• Encourage members to consider whether animal care factors into their food purchase decisions.

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Many advisory councils have requested a definition of the term terrestrial carbon sequestration. This was a term that Ohio Department of Agriculture Director Robert Boggs used in one of his responses in the November 2007 discussion guide. Terrestial carbon sequestration is the process of capturing and storing carbon in the earth.

FUN SHEET

1. Long hair drawn back and tied 1. Ponytail

2. The origin of U.S. Mail 2. Pony Express

3. Make bets at the track 3. Play the ponies

5. Someone or something that has only one attribute 5. One trick pony

6. ‘80s collectible toy 6. My Little Pony

7. A multicolored horse 7. Painted pony

8. "Yankee Doodle came to town" 8. Riding on a pony

9. Contribute your money 9. Pony up