The 12th annual Cultivating a Cure event was held Aug. 14, 2022 at The Ohio State University College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences Waterman Agricultural and Natural Resources Laboratory in Columbus. About 300 people attended the event, which raised over $120,000, pushing the total raised over the years to over $1 million.
Guests heard from Dr. Kristina Johnson (pictured center), Dean Cathann Kress, Nationwide Board of Directors Chair Jeff Zellers (at podium), Ohio Farm Bureau President Bill Patterson (at right), Brent Porteus and keynote speaker, Dr. Bhuvaneswari Ramaswamy, medical oncologist at The James.
Founded by Porteus, a previous board president of Ohio Farm Bureau and member of Nationwide’s board of directors, Cultivating a Cure supports cancer treatment and prevention research at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute.