Big Fish Farms is an American Paddlefish Caviar Ranch in Clermont County, Ohio, featured in the January/February 2021 Our Ohio magazine.
Kelli Milligan Stammen - Jan. 5
Farm & Food Profiles
Kelli Milligan Stammen - Jan. 5 Michael Stewart Leach - Nov. 19, 2020
Pandemic leads to spike in demand for local produce
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
A collaboration to crow about
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…
Kathy Gray - July 11, 2020
The heartbeat of harness racing
His name sounds common, but Uncle Peter of Hickory Lane Horse Farm is strictly stud royalty. The farm, in Findlay, is making the most of Uncle Peter’s storied background as a winner of the Breeders Crown in harness racing and…
Michael Stewart Leach - Jan. 10, 2020
Flower farm blossoming
A galaxy of small, white Edison bulbs sparkled overhead. Bowls of roses, dahlias and other blossoms made a low, flowery hedge down the center of the long table. As if on cue, the early October moon rose in a cloudless…
Amy Beth Graves - Jan. 8, 2020
A collaboration with Ohio cattlemen
A sense of dread overcame Bill Wickerham as he walked around the corner of the barn. Worried about two newborn calves, he’d left work early to check on them. Lined up on the fence posts were several black vultures watching…
Jill Smith - Nov. 30, 2017
Logan County Spotlight Member: Korie Slemmons
The county is embarking on a new feature for our website and social media that will feature our county volunteers and members. Our first featured member is Korie Slemmons, a Logan County Farm Bureau board member. Korie has served on the county…
Michael Stewart Leach - Nov. 10, 2017
Raising fine fibers adds to agriculture’s diversity
The fabric of their lives holds more than symbolic meaning for Carrie and Robbie Davis. They are weaving an unusual agribusiness that encompasses everything alpaca, from raising the charming Andes natives to chic fashions made from delicate natural yarns on…
Eileen Eisenhauer - Oct. 27, 2017Meet your Farm Bureau: County Board 2017 Treasurer, Tom Daiber
October’s spotlight blog features Crawford County Farm Bureau’s board 2017 treasurer, Tom Daiber. Every month, Crawford County will feature a spotlight blog on a board member so you can get to know him or her a little better.
Christy Montoya - Aug. 16, 2017
Preble County Farm Bureau President, Brad Guckian
Brad Guckian has been a Farm Bureau member for the past seven years, six of which he has served on the board as a member or chairperson. Brad has always been involved with the agriculture industry; he worked on his grandfather’s…