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Spanning over 10,000 acres on three campuses, Ohio State’s College of Food Agricultural and Environmental Sciences boasts an impressive area of learning. But more than acres, the college also covers a lot of ground with its offerings for young people wanting careers in agriculture, including 22 bachelor’s degree majors, 26 associate degree majors and 32 minors. On this week’s Our Ohio Weekly, we’ll visit with the dean in charge of everything happening at OSU’s CFAES, Dr. Cathann Kress.
00:00 – Dr. Cathann A. Kress, who serves as Vice President for Agricultural Administration and Dean, College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES) at The Ohio State University, talks about the challenges her faculty and staff faced and how they navigated through the COVID-19 pandemic to continue operations and education.
16:50 – Innovation and research also continued at CFAES. Dean Kress shares some of the new happenings on Waterman Farm.
23:50 – “To the Beat of Agriculture,” hear the story of Groveport, Ohio farmer, Katherine Harrison, and her farm that is home to a growing goat yoga operation (among other things). But more than that, Harrison Farm is about planting seeds of perseverance that will sprout when the time comes.
32:20 – Ohio State University Extension is obviously such as important part of Ohio agriculture. Dean Kress talks about how that statewide outreach been modified to fit the times.
42:20 – Why is unemployment fraud happening in Ohio and what do you do if you are a victim? Ohio Farm Bureau Policy Counsel Leah Curtis discusses the issue and how to protect yourself from unemployment fraud.
To grow a network and gain perspective and knowledge in the industry through personal and professional development has been invaluable. Every day I learn and grow.
The issue of property taxation remains as one of the biggest challenges our members face today. Ensuring agricultural property is valued for its agricultural potential and not development is critical to the continued success of Ohio agriculture.
Farm Bureau is what really got the word out. It’s been one of their goals to get this done.
I could not have done it without the resources I have found through Farm Bureau.
Because we are younger farmers just starting out, Farm Bureau has a lot of good opportunities and resources to help us grow in the future.
Through the Select Partner program, we became educated in farm insurance and weren't just selling policies. It became more and more clear why farmers need an advocate like Ohio Farm Bureau.
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