Ohio Farm Bureau Staff - July 24, 2020
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, 2020
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, 2020
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, 2020
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, 2020
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, 2020
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, 2020
Farms to Food banks: Community foundations partner with Farm Bureau to supply pork, despite challenges facing the industry
Ohio Farm Bureau Staff - May 5, 2020
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…
Ohio Farm Bureau Staff - April 27, 2020
Scott Rodhe has never seen anything like this in his lifetime. No one has. The owner of Rodhe’s IGA Marketplace in Millersburg recently talked with Our Ohio Weekly radio program about the impact the COVID-19 pandemic is having on his…
Kayla Jones - April 21, 2020
With all of the recent changes and new struggles brought about by COVID-19, the Knox County Farm Bureau Board of Trustees decided to invest money in making a small impact in the Knox County community. Knox County board members worked…
