Our Ohio Weekly

On this edition of Our Ohio Weekly:

Over the past two months, as farmers and those along Ohio’s food supply system have continued their essential work, Ohio Farm Bureau has been hard at work as well, advocating and educating to help members and everyone involved in agriculture navigate through the many challenges brought on by COVID-19. On this Our Ohio Weekly, hear from two leaders of Ohio’s largest farm organization about the efforts being made at the state and national levels.

00:00 – Ohio Farm Bureau’s Director of Water Quality and Research, Jordan Hoewischer, discusses the revamped launch of H2Ohio.

05:10 – Ohio Farm Bureau President Frank Burkett shares the challenges farmers like him have been facing due to the coronavirus pandemic.

23:50 – Lisa Kahlig talks about her experience in Farm Bureau’s Women’s Communication Boot Camp “To the Beat of Agriculture”.

32:20 – Ohio Farm Bureau’s Executive Vice President Adam Sharp covers the myriad of ways his organization has worked with state and national leaders to share the current needs of members and what long-term issues they may be facing.

Labor has always been an issue, mainly because we are a seasonal operation. So that's a challenge finding somebody who only wants to work three months out of a year, sometimes up to six months.
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Mandy Way

Way Farms

Farm Labor Resources
I appreciate the benefit of having a strong voice in my corner. The extras that are included in membership are wonderful, but I'm a member because of the positive impact to my local and state agricultural communities.
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Ernie Welch

Van Wert County Farm Bureau

Strong communities
I see the value and need to be engaged in the community I live in, to be a part of the decision-making process and to volunteer with organizations that help make our community better.
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Matt Aultman

Darke County Farm Bureau

Leadership development
Farm Bureau involvement has taught me how to grow my professional and leadership experience outside of the workforce and how to do that in a community-centric way.
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Jaclyn De Candio

Clark County Farm Bureau

Young Ag Professionals program
With not growing up on a farm, I’d say I was a late bloomer to agriculture. I feel so fortunate that I found the agriculture industry. There are so many opportunities for growth.
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Jenna Gregorich

Coshocton County Farm Bureau

Growing our Generation
Knowing that horticulture is under the agriculture umbrella and having Farm Bureau supporting horticulture like it does the rest of ag is very important.
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Jared Hughes

Groovy Plants Ranch

Groovy Plants Ranch
If it wasn't for Farm Bureau, I personally, along with many others, would not have had the opportunity to meet with our representatives face to face in Washington.
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Austin Heil

Hardin County Farm Bureau

Washington, D.C. Leadership Experience
So many of the issues that OFBF and its members are advocating for are important to all Ohioans. I look at OFBF as an agricultural watchdog advocating for farmers and rural communities across Ohio.
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Mary Smallsreed

Trumbull County Farm Bureau

Advocacy
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