Growing a thriving garden in a challenging season
If you have any questions about your gardens, OSU Extension and the Trumbull County Master Gardener Volunteers are here to assist.
Read MoreLooking to buy fresh local produce and support area businesses around Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake or Trumbull County? Check out our Northeast Counties 2nd Edition of the Farm Bureau Buying Local Directory! The directory not only benefits residents in our community, but Farm Bureau members who get to list their goods and services for FREE!
Download your copy today and start supporting local businesses around the county! Don’t forget to share with your friends and family as well!
It’s fresh and it tastes better. Local produce is able to ripen naturally, instead of being picked before ripening actually happens. Most produce you buy in large chain groceries travels long distances and if picked when ripe, would likely be rotten before it hit the store shelves, so it is picked before it has ripened.
Relationships. Local foods create connections that you can’t get online. Getting to know the people who produce your food is important to not only the consumers but to the farmers as well. With so many misconceptions of farmers and farming practices, relationships are so important. But with those relationships, trust, sharing and learning are key.
Stronger local communities. When you buy locally, you are supporting your community and helping those farmers and businesses continue on for future generations.
Variety. Oh the things you can find when buying local: Maple-covered peanuts, chocolate-covered bacon, homemade soap and so much more. Local farmers tend to grow a variety of items instead of only one crop. Additionally, they love supporting other farmers and businesses as well and often branch out offering other locally made products.
Download the 2021 Buying Local Directory
Submitted by Mandy Orahood, an Ohio Farm Bureau organization director serving Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake, and Trumbull counties.
OFBF Mission: Working together for Ohio farmers to advance agriculture and strengthen our communities.
If you have any questions about your gardens, OSU Extension and the Trumbull County Master Gardener Volunteers are here to assist.
Read MorePlease join us is congratulating our 2024 scholarship winners. LCFB wishes them the best in all of their endeavors.
Read MoreThe 2024 Ohio Farm Bureau Foundation Golf Invitational raised over $110,000 for foundation scholarships, grants and programs that help enhance agricultural communities and support careers in agriculture.
Read MoreCrawford County Farm Bureau hosted its inaugural Scholarship Golf Scramble June 29 at the Golf Club of Bucyrus.
Read MoreFair is quickly approaching and that means we are busy planning our fair tent. We are once again looking for volunteers to help make our tent memorable for all who visit.
Read MoreAt the 2024 fair, we are offering a special benefit for our youth exhibitors. Each youth exhibitor will have the opportunity to display a stall sign on their pens throughout fair week.
Read MoreJoin us in congratulating the 2024 scholarship recipients on their well earned reward! Hard work and dedication to education and agriculture has been shown by each recipient.
Read MoreA farmer answers some of the most common questions about milk.
Read MoreThank you to everyone who stopped out at the Morrow County Dairy Tour Saturday, June 22!
Read MorePlease join Marion County Farm Bureau and Soil & Water Conservation District for their Annual Meeting Aug. 20.
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