Richland County Names 2020 Scholarship Recipients
Eileen Eisenhauer - Sept. 8
Strong Communities
Eileen Eisenhauer - Sept. 8 Nationwide Insurance - July 28
3 Ohio fire departments awarded rescue tubes
Nationwide’s Nominate Your Fire Department Contest aims to address the lack of specialized resources available to rural fire departments that are responding to bin entrapments.
Ohio Farm Bureau Staff - July 24
County Farm Bureaus bring meat to the masses
For a while in late spring, there was a significant slowdown in meat production. Food chain disruptions due to the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in meat processing bottlenecks. Grocery and food pantry refrigerators and freezers were running low or on empty,…
Jaclyn Krymowski - July 17
All about community at County Line Produce Auction
One of the places to be in West Salem on a warm summer evening is at the intersection of OH-301 and County Road 500. In the summer of 2019, crowds gathered under the green tin roof of an open barn…
Amy Beth Graves - July 13
Investment in fair buildings can revitalize region
Revamping Pickaway County fairgrounds spurs economic development The excitement in the air was electric. A long line of vehicles waited every day to get in to see the new fairgrounds in Pickaway County. Even though half of the fair was…
Kelli Milligan Stammen - July 6
Deersville serves up ice cream, Americana
Memorial Day weekend in 2020 looked a little different across the state as pools remained closed and big gatherings to revel in the 3-day weekend were postponed indefinitely. But the weekend didn’t look too different at the Deersville General Store…
Eileen Eisenhauer - May 26
Morrow Farm Bureau collects suggestions for 2021 work
Morrow County Farm Bureau asks its community leaders and Farm Bureau members to provide input on the issues and policies by June 30.
Ohio Farm Bureau Staff - May 21
Farm Bureau continues to push for broadband access
Residents in rural Ohio are familiar with the challenges that come without access to broadband services, but those areas have now been disproportionately impacted by COVID-19. With schools, restaurants and libraries closed simultaneously, rural residents have been cut off from…
Susan Welsh - May 20
Community foundations, Farm Bureau partner to help food banks
Farms to Food banks: Community foundations partner with Farm Bureau to supply pork, despite challenges facing the industry
Ohio Farm Bureau Staff - May 5
New directory connects consumers to local farmers
COVID-19 has many consumers thinking differently about where they source their food and, because of that, a new resource developed by Ohio State University Extension is helping consumers looking for locally grown products connect with farmers in their area. Brooke…