‘Fun,’ ‘high tech’ and ‘unbelievable’ are words most often associated with a theme park, not a large-scale dairy.
Michael Stewart Leach - March 3
Food & Farm Profiles
Michael Stewart Leach - March 3
Amy Beth Graves - March 3
Life after the crash
Shelby County Farm Bureau member Leah Fullenkamp started a distracted driving campaign after her husband was killed in a tractor/car collision.
Ty Higgins - March 3
Community support brings new meat processor quick success
Meat processing facilities are beginning to pop up around Ohio as entrepreneurs have seen an opportunity to fill a need in their communities.
Michael Stewart Leach - Sept. 1, 2020
Brannon farm changes gears during pandemic
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…
Amy Beth Graves - July 21, 2020
Farm Bureau helps dairy industry during tough times
The phone call April 3 stunned Kevin Spreng. He was going to have to dump more than 700 gallons of milk on his Shreve farm, Willow Brook Dairy. The reason? His milk processor, Dairymens Inc., was over capacity for milk…
Amy Beth Graves - May 11, 2020
Collaboration builds community within pork industry
“That’s not true.” Over and over again, Josh and Courtney Berry found themselves uttering this phrase as they watched a CBS News “60 Minutes” program about the pork industry. Josh, who is a Fairfield County Farm Bureau member and on…
Michael Stewart Leach - May 1, 2020
Apples, hard cider and a success story in northeast Ohio
Matt Vodraska is something of a 21st century renaissance man. Soft spoken and poised, the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation’s Outstanding Young Farmer of 2019 is rooted in agriculture, educated in art, skilled in developing business ideas and dedicated to furthering…
Kathy Gray - April 24, 2020
Food contest winners hone their craft
Have you ever had a shrub to drink? Or a switchel? Perhaps not in Ohio, unless you’ve met Licking County Farm Bureau member Amy Pausch of Alexandria. Pausch is the founder of Dandy’s Handcrafted Shrubs & Switchels, a new company…
Amy Beth Graves - March 3, 2020
Growing corn, wheat and advocacy for farmers
Rachael Vonderhaar pauses when asked where the crops grown on her Preble County farm end up. It’s not that she doesn’t know — it’s just that the list is long. The wheat is sold to Consolidated Grain and Barge on…
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…