Give thanks for farmers this Thanksgiving
Thousands of people across the country have been working for months to make this holiday meal possible.
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In July, Ashtabula County Farm Bureau was named a recipient of $23,200 in grants for a rural connectivity project through BroadbandOhio.
“Rural Connections is a project vision that the Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake and Trumbull County Farm Bureaus have to help bridge the rural divide caused by a few factors including lack of broadband access, lack of affordable options, and lack of digital skills in our community,” said Mandy Orahood, Ohio Farm Bureau organization director for Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake and Trumbull County Farm Bureaus. “As a grassroots organization that represents the state’s largest industry, and the backbone of America – agriculture, we have heard our members loud and clear from right here in our county to all over the United States. That is why broadband has been a priority issue of the Farm Bureau over the last few years.”
The Rural Connections project includes hiring a rural & ag technology consultant, creating an easy-to-use resource for the community to enhance digital skills, and planning and executing programming that addresses digital skills, improves online security, and introduces them to all of the resources available to improve their farms, lives and communities, Orahood said.
BroadbandOhio awarded a total of $654,590 through the state’s Digital Inclusion Pilot Project Grant to help nine community-based, nonprofit organizations address barriers in digital access. BroadbandOhio is a division of the Ohio Department of Development.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Knowing that horticulture is under the agriculture umbrella and having Farm Bureau supporting horticulture like it does the rest of ag is very important.
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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