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Sandy Rock Acres is a 50 acre farm located in the heart of Hocking Hills. Cristina Wieg and Rick Perkins pasture raise quality meat goats and free range chickens for meat and eggs. They have worked closely with the Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) on a number of cost sharing grants in order to develop a spring, construct high tensile pasture fencing to increase rotational grazing, and install a cistern and water lines for a livestock watering system. Join them for a tour of their…See More

(From the USDA:) You are invited to a Community Forum with United States Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack in Zanesville, Ohio, August 31, 2009. Secretary Vilsack is leading the Obama Administration’s Rural Tour – which is an opportunity to discuss the efforts by the Obama Administration to rebuild and revitalize rural America.At each stop on the Rural Tour, Secretary Vilsack has been listening to local residents about how USDA can assist them, and discussing solutions to the challenges…See More

OEFFA's 31st annual conference, Growing with Integrity, Eating with Intention (Feb. 13-14, 2010 in Granville, OH), needs your workshop topic and presenter suggestions. Contact Renee for an application (also attached), offer ideas or ask questions: renee@oeffa.org; 614/421-2022. Thanks!See More

(From the USDA:) You are invited to a Community Forum with United States Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack in Zanesville, Ohio, August 31, 2009. Secretary Vilsack is leading the Obama Administration’s Rural Tour – which is an opportunity to discuss the efforts by the Obama Administration to rebuild and revitalize rural America.At each stop on the Rural Tour, Secretary Vilsack has been listening to local residents about how USDA can assist them, and discussing solutions to the challenges…See More

PLEASE CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVE! URGE THEM TO SUPPORT THE KAPTUR-FARR FOOD SAFETY PROPOSALThere is no question: our food system needs to be safer. But Congress is currently debating food safety legislation (Food Safety Enhancement Act - H.R. 2749) that could hinder beginning, sustainable, and organic farmers' access to markets, require expensive fees, and lead to the dismantling of important conservation practices and wildlife habitat.HR 2749 is still scheduled to go to the floor of the House…See More