Applications for Ohio Farm Bureau Health Plans now available
Members have three ways to apply: contacting a certified agent, calling 833-468-4280 or visiting ohiofarmbureauhealthplans.org.
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Get to know new Ohio Farm Bureau President Bill Patterson in the September/October issue of Our Ohio magazine, as we visit him and his family on their farm in Chesterland. Patterson speaks about the combination of agriculture and service that defines his heritage and is at the heart of his new role, as well as how Farm Bureau can remain strong in the next 100 years.
One of the ways Farm Bureau remains strong is through the growth of rural broadband, which has long been a priority issue for our members. Ohio Farm Bureau Executive Vice President Adam Sharp’s Across the Table column in this issue highlights how the pandemic made the need for better broadband very apparent and how critical it is in all aspects of life on the farm. Thanks in large part to Farm Bureau’s advocacy efforts, there is now broadband expansion funding throughout the state.
In this issue of the magazine, we take flight with a Fisher Crop Care by Air and explore how farming from the sky can be a beneficial way to keep crops strong throughout the growing season. A visit to Hondros Farms speaks to lessons learned as the hemp operation makes adjustments in year two.
This year’s Golden Owl Award winner Don Hammersmith, recently retired from Ayersville High School, talks about how teaching is like farming — you plant seeds and watch them grow. Another feature story in September/October’s magazine focuses on the National Conservation Foundation’s Next Generation Leadership Institute cohort from the perspective of inaugural member Samantha Steiner, a Warren County Farm Bureau member.
A new OSU Impact section from an important Ohio Farm Bureau partner, Ohio State University College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, is included in this issue, as is the fourth and final installment of a series on the conservation practices at work throughout the Blanchard River Demonstration Farms Network.
In-person Grow and Know events continue to increase as we turn to the popular fall agritourism season. Some comfort food also can be found in the September/October magazine as the temperatures begin to become more temperate.
These are just some of what members will find in the latest issue of Our Ohio magazine, a benefit of Farm Bureau membership and Our Ohio supporters. A digital edition is also available.
Feature photo: Patterson Fruit Farm. Photo by Dave Gore.
My first recommendation in your journey is to start out with a local farming friend or mentor along with joining an organization like Ohio Farm Bureau.
We’re just so thankful for the Farm Bureau and the foundation for helping put this together. And of course, the Boyert family for the vision they had with this grant. It’s jumping us forward 10 years. It’s unbelievable.
I could not have done it without the resources I have found through Farm Bureau.
It wasn’t until I joined the Wilmington College Collegiate Farm Bureau that I truly saw how my passion could translate into leadership, advocacy and a career.
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.
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.
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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