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OhioFarmBureau uploaded a new video
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Local volunteers from county Farm Bureaus, Chambers of Commerce, home-school students, Soil and Water Conservation District personnel and others ha...
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Local volunteers from county Farm Bureaus, Chambers of Commerce, home-school students, Soil and Water Conservation District personnel and others have come together to help feed the hungry.
Volunteers are mechanically harvesting and hand packaging more than 180,000 pounds of fresh carrots from an unharvested 10-acre field owned by Ohio carrot farmer Tom O'Neill. O'Neill is a carrot farmer for Campbell's Soups. With a good crop this year, there was excess left over, so O'Neill decided to put the carrots to good use.
The carrots will be donated to 12 food banks around Ohio that are affiliated with the Ohio Association of Second Harvest Food Banks.
Location: Swanton, Ohio
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OhioFarmBureau uploaded a new video
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During recording for this week's episode of Town Hall Ohio, Ohio State University President E. Gordon Gee told Ohio Farm Bureau about his stance on...
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During recording for this week's episode of Town Hall Ohio, Ohio State University President E. Gordon Gee told Ohio Farm Bureau about his stance on State Issue 2, which, if passed, would create the Ohio Livestock Care Standards Board. (http://www.safelocalohiofood.org) (http://ofbf.org/news-and-events/issue2)
Watch this video clip for a preview of what he'll say.
Gee joins OSU's new College of Veterinary Medicine Dean Lonnie King and OFBFs Jack Fisher in discussing the interrelationships between human, animal and environmental health on this weeks Town Hall Ohio.
The program airs this weekend on WTVN and 12 other Ohio radio stations. (http://www.townhallohio.org)
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OhioFarmBureau uploaded a new video
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Out of state animal rights activists say Issue 2 is about big ag and not family farms. With nearly 60,000 family farmers in its membership, Ohio Fa...
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Out of state animal rights activists say Issue 2 is about big ag and not family farms. With nearly 60,000 family farmers in its membership, Ohio Farm Bureau knows this isnt true. Issue 2 creates the Livestock Care Standards Board, which is specifically charged with setting animal care standards that promote local food production and that protect Ohio families and farms. The board will carry out its charge under the authority of the Ohio legislature adding another layer of protection for all Ohioans.
In this video, meet some of the multigenerational family farmers who say Issue 2 will help them continue to provide safe, local food for Ohio while giving excellent care to their animals.
Learn more at www.safelocalohiofood.org and Ohio Farm Bureau's Issue 2 News page.
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OhioFarmBureau uploaded a new video
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Saying that it would kill jobs, raise consumer costs and make America less competitive, hundreds of Ohioans rallied in Lima Aug. 21 against climate...
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Saying that it would kill jobs, raise consumer costs and make America less competitive, hundreds of Ohioans rallied in Lima Aug. 21 against climate legislation passed by the U.S. House.
Being high energy use customers, were very concerned about the bill and want to see a bill thats more favorably written for Ohios farmers, said Ohio Farm Bureau State Trustee Mike Schumm.
American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) strongly opposed the House bill, believing that it would impose enormous costs on agriculture and other sectors of the economy, and the cap-and-trade program would take effect whether or not competing nations like India and China adopted similar programs, meaning U.S. industries would have an incentive to locate overseas. It also provides no concrete alternative energy program, such as nuclear, to hold down energy costs and appears to have little or no impact on the climate, according to AFBF.
Schumm said projections indicate that the bill could increase electricity costs by 20 percent or more and also result in increased fuel costs.
Thats going to affect our bottom line greatly, he said.
Schumm also noted that financial incentives for farmers to implement practices that capture carbon are an important part of climate legislation but not all farmers can take advantage of them.
In my instance, we have a lot of livestock, so no-till isnt always viable for us. And if we plant trees, we cant grow the crops that we need to produce the grain to feed the livestock or feed the American public, he said. (The bill) is not enough to keep us going the way we need to go.
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