The opioid crisis is devastating countless communities across the state, as Ohioans are now more than two and a half times as likely to die from a drug overdose than a car accident. In fact, Ohio ranks third in the…
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Field Day with Jordan Hoewischer: Hope for Ohio
In the latest episode of Field Day with Jordan Hoewischer, Ohio Farm Bureau’s Director of Water Quality and Research steers from those topics as he talks with Marissa Mulligan, policy outreach fellow for the Ohio Farm Bureau, about an epidemic…
Farm Bureau encourages ‘No’ vote on State Issue 1
The Ohio Farm Bureau Federation board of trustees has announced the organization’s opposition to State Issue 1, misleadingly called the Neighborhood Safety, Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Amendment. Farm Bureau, Ohio’s largest organization for farm, food and rural interests, believes…
Work continues to help combat opioid crisis
Taxes. Immigration. Trade. Water quality. Regulatory reform. All of the above are traditional priority issues for anyone associated with agriculture and farming. In 2017, they were joined by a nontraditional, but very real priority issue — the drug crisis —…
Teens learn about opioid epidemic, prevention
Empowering 4-H and FFA youth to talk to their peers about combating the opioid epidemic was the catalyst behind Hope for Ohio: A Teen Forum on the Opioid Crisis in December. Ohio Farm Bureau, OSU Extension, Ohio FFA and Prevention…
Joe Cornely - Dec. 18, 2017
Hope for Ohio on Town Hall Ohio
Most days you can’t pick up a newspaper or turn on the radio or TV without reading or hearing about the opioid crisis. Ohio leads the nation in opioid related overdose deaths. The opioid crisis is found in adults and…
Community prevention efforts grow in drug battle
It’s that time of year for Kathi Albertson. It’s Christmas tree season. In years past, she and her husband, Don, would be in all-hands-on-deck mode for the holidays. Last year, however, was the final year their Christmas tree farm in…
Drug crisis comes to rural Ohio
When the East Coast press wants to do a front page story in a flyover state like Ohio, that usually means it’s election season. But when The New York Times visited a farm in Blanchester this past March, the story…