On this episode of Our Ohio Weekly: The air we breathe, the water we drink and the ground we walk on are some things that many of us take for granted. Clear air, clean water and food are vital for…

On this episode of Our Ohio Weekly: The air we breathe, the water we drink and the ground we walk on are some things that many of us take for granted. Clear air, clean water and food are vital for…
This Water Quality Status Report, the sixth in a series, shows the strides farmers have made in improving and protecting one of the state’s most valuable resources and that clean water and productive farming can coexist.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced Ohio Farm Bureau Senior Director of Policy Development and Environmental Policy Dr. Larry Antosch as a member of the Great Lakes Advisory Board, an EPA federal advisory committee. Administrator Wheeler re-established the…
After a lot of anxiety about whether the launch of Gov. Mike DeWine’s H2Ohio water quality initiative would need to be delayed a year or cut due to the coronavirus pandemic, farmers in northwest Ohio recently received some good news…
Toledo voters passed the Lake Erie Bill of Rights in 2019, giving Toledoans the legal right to sue anyone accused of violating the lake’s right under LEBOR to “exist, flourish and naturally evolve.” The very next day, a lawsuit challenging…
The deadline for farmers to submit applications for the H2Ohio program is moving back to the original date of March 31, 2020. Gov. Mike DeWine strongly believes in the H2Ohio water quality initiative and farmers have shown overwhelming interest to…
More than 1,500 northwest Ohio farmers have attended the four meetings held so far to learn more about Gov. DeWine’s H2Ohio program and the $30 million funding available to farmers and landowners within the Maumee River watershed. At the beginning…
Beginning in February, funding for farmers interested in incentives for implementing approved nutrient management practices will be available through the state’s H2Ohio initiative in the 14 counties of the Maumee River Watershed. Those counties are Allen, Auglaize, Defiance, Fulton, Hancock,…
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and Ohio Department of Agriculture Director Dorothy Pelanda announced Jan. 15 that $30 million in H2Ohio funding will be available for Ohio farmers in more than a dozen counties beginning next month. The funds will be…
The Blanchard River Demonstration Farms Network project is a five-year initiative, showcasing and demonstrating conservation practices that will help improve agriculture’s impact on downstream water quality. This video series highlights the efforts being made on three northwest Ohio farms to…