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April Conference Promotes Efforts to Bring Healthy Local Food to More Cafeterias
https://agnr.osu.edu/news/april-conference-promotes-efforts-bring-healthy-local-food-more-cafeterias
Ohio State University Extension will serve as the local host for the National Farm to Cafeteria conference in Cincinnati April 25-27. The conference is designed for school districts looking to start or expand a Farm to School program, consumers who want ...
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Register Soon for Greenhouse Hydroponics Workshop
https://agnr.osu.edu/news/register-soon-greenhouse-hydroponics-workshop
There’s a way to grow crops that’s all wet, in a good way, and you can learn about it in northeast Ohio soon. Registration is open for The Ohio State University’s 2018 Greenhouse Management Workshop, which this year will focus on hydroponics, a booming Oh ...
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More Fertilizer Certification Opportunities in 2018
https://agnr.osu.edu/news/more-fertilizer-certification-opportunities-2018
The new year brings more courses to become certified in a skill farmers will probably need in 2018: spreading fertilizer. Fertilizer certification and recertification courses are about to start up again and are offered across the state through Ohio S ...
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Ohio State Offers Programs to Support Ohio Women Farmers
https://agnr.osu.edu/news/ohio-state-offers-programs-support-ohio-women-farmers
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Rarely is the image of a farmer a woman. And yet, among all of Ohio’s farms, 40 percent are managed or partly managed by women. Nationally, women made up almost one third of all farmers, according to 2012 census data, the most recent year ...
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Webinar Series to Advise on Whether Solar Panels are a Smart Investment
https://agnr.osu.edu/news/webinar-series-advise-whether-solar-panels-are-smart-investment
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ever consider solar panels to power your farm? Beginning in January, a six-part series of webinars will inform participants about Photovoltaic (PV) panels that convert sunlight into electricity and are installed on a roof or placed on the ...
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Ohio Maple Days on tap January 18-20
https://agnr.osu.edu/news/ohio-maple-days-tap-january-18-20
2018’s Ohio Maple Days will be on Jan. 18 in Morrow County, on Jan. 19 in Wayne and Holmes counties, and on Jan. 20 in Geauga County. The annual program, the same at each location, will feature educational sessions on maple production. It’s timed to help ...
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Precision University: Nutrient Technology
https://agnr.osu.edu/news/precision-university-nutrient-technology
LONDON, Ohio — With so much focus on fertilizer these days, where and when it’s applied, a conference will be held in January to inform people about the many approaches and technological advances that can make it easier. The 2 nd annual Precision Universi ...
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Starting a Farm? We Can Teach You How
https://agnr.osu.edu/news/starting-farm-we-can-teach-you-how
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Landowners interested in beginning a farm can take an eight-week intensive course starting in January to help them realize their ambition. The New and Small Farm College is offered by Ohio State University Extension and helps landowners e ...
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Environmental Science Online Courses Offered
https://agnr.osu.edu/news/environmental-science-online-courses-offered
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Anyone with access to the Internet, any time, anywhere, can take a series of free online introductory courses in environmental science at The Ohio State University. Three new Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are available for anyone in ...
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Corn Farmers Thrilled, Soybean Farmers Disheartened by this Year's Yields
https://agnr.osu.edu/news/corn-farmers-thrilled-soybean-farmers-disheartened-years-yields
COLUMBUS, Ohio— Despite the gush of rain in the early part of the season, corn made a comeback and led to surprisingly high yields in Ohio this year. The state’s soybean farmers were not so fortunate: yields were down an average of four bushels compared t ...