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  1. Baseline Assessment of Soil Health in Ohio now available

    https://soilhealth.osu.edu/news/baseline-assessment-soil-health-ohio-now-available

    As our understanding of soil health advances, farmers are increasingly interested in assessing and ... improving soils on their farms. Several commercial labs now offer soil health analyses but generating values ... soil health value is essential for understanding these tests and inferring soil function. A common ...

  2. Good Agricultural Practices

    https://producesafety.osu.edu/good-agricultural-practices

    Agriculture Practices Program The National GAPs Program was established in 1999 and based at Cornell ... has created many educational materials to help implement good agricultural practices on the farm. ... two primary benefits: 1) Reduce the risk that a foodborne disease outbreak will originate on the farm ...

  3. Soil Type & History

    https://soilhealth.osu.edu/soil-health-assessment/soil-type-history

    the state. [View a larger map of Ohio's soil regions (Ohio Department of Agriculture).] Ohio has ... Survey. The US Department of Agriculture provides descriptions of specific soil series, including general ... The Ohio landscape includes a variety of soil types, natural history, and climatic factors which ...

  4. Produce Safety Alliance Grower Training Course

    https://butler.osu.edu/events/produce-safety-alliance-grower-training-course

    Announcement   The Ohio Department of Agriculture and The Ohio State University Extension Office Butler County ... course will cover basic produce safety; worker health, hygiene, and training; soil amendments; wildlife, ... domesticated animals, and land use; agricultural water (both production and postharvest); postharvest handling ...

  5. How COVID19 Affects the Safety of Your Fresh Produce

    https://producesafety.osu.edu/news

    produce handlers could contaminate fresh produce that is not further treated.  Although COVID-19 ...

  6. OSU Extension Soil Health Tour 2022

    https://soilhealth.osu.edu/news/osu-extension-soil-health-tour-2022

    The 2022 OSU Extension Soil Health Tour includes 18 in-person tour stops and 6 virtual tour stops. ... event will offer 1.0 CEUs for Soil and Water Management. And save the date for our Soil Health winter ...

  7. GAPS Training Webinar

    https://producesafety.osu.edu/events/gaps-training-webinar-5

    to reduce food safety hazards and the risk of on-farm produce contamination. Participants will ... This is a 3-hour educational course that covers good agricultural practices or ...

  8. 2020 OSU Extension Greene County Master Gardener Scholarship

    https://greene.osu.edu/program-areas/master-gardener-volunteers/2020-osu-extension-greene-county-master-gardener

    OSU Extension Greene County Master Gardener Offer Scholarship We will not be offering ...

  9. Local Foods

    https://greene.osu.edu/program-areas/agriculture-and-natural-resources/local-foods

    Marketing Food Innovation Center Good Agricultural Practices Bee lab Funding and financing for beginning and ...

  10. 2022 Soil Health Webinar Series

    https://soilhealth.osu.edu/news/2022-soil-health-webinar-series

    8 a.m. on the first Thursday of each month for Ohio State Extension’s 2022 Soil Health Webinar series. ... series, farmers, industry, and academic experts will weigh in on practical steps to improve soil health ... sessions only). Soil Health Webinar Series 2022 Thursday, January 6th, 8-9 am What’s Your Soil Health ...

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