Amy Beth Graves - Dec. 2, 2020
When the pandemic first hit in Ohio, Debbie Pifer knew her year-round farm market, White House Fruit Farm, was going to be busy. She also knew that she and other agricultural businesses in Mahoning County were going to need a…
Ty Higgins - Dec. 1, 2020
As the number of COVID-19 cases has risen significantly across the United States and in Ohio over the last several weeks, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has made the decision to adjust its operating status in USDA Service Centers that…
Michael Stewart Leach - Nov. 19, 2020
Nostalgia and trendy share shelf space at the family-run Monnin’s Fruit Farm about 10 minutes from downtown Dayton. Antique cash registers used in the farm store’s first years, trays of hydroponic lettuce grown in nearby Vandalia, FreshStart Farm organic dairy…
Amy Beth Graves - Nov. 17, 2020
When restaurants started closing their doors because of COVID-19 in March, Tom Hertzfeld scrambled to find homes for many of the eggs sold through his family business, Hertzfeld Poultry Farms in northwestern Ohio. Some were shifted from going to restaurants…
Ty Higgins - Oct. 28, 2020
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine was joined by Lt. Gov. Jon Husted Wednesday to request the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation send up to $5 billion in dividends to Ohio employers to ease the continued financial impact from the COVID-19 pandemic….
Ty Higgins - Sept. 29, 2020
Our Ohio Weekly recently visited with American Farm Bureau President Zippy Duvall to talk about the impact the coronavirus has had on the agriculture industry and AFBF’s response to it. The interview started off on a personal note as Duvall…
Full stop. The first case of COVID-19 was officially diagnosed in Ohio March 9, and the Ohio Department of Health ordered everyone to stay at home beginning March 23. Suddenly, schools across Ohio closed. Downtown office buildings emptied. Grocery stores…
Ohio Farm Bureau Staff - Sept. 15, 2020
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed House Bill 606 into law, ensuring civil immunity to individuals, schools, health care providers, businesses and other entities from lawsuits arising from exposure, transmission or contraction of COVID-19, or any mutation of the virus, as…
Kelli Milligan Stammen - Sept. 11, 2020
Conversations with farmers have historically revolved around two things — weather and markets. Yet in the winter months leading up to spring 2020, Kris Swartz noticed a change in the conversation. Conservation practices were a hot topic when farmers came…
Michael Stewart Leach - Sept. 1, 2020
Hard work, dedication and concern for others aren’t quaint concepts at Olde Tyme Farms. These principles helped the 20-acre chicken, egg and organic vegetable operation quickly pivot and keep moving, despite the COVID-19 shutdown. “We changed from mostly wholesale to…
