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Chestnuts Take the Stage at OEFFA
February 17, 2023 – the Appalachian Staple Foods Collaborative (ASFC) and Route 9 Cooperative launched the second year of their North Central SARE grant at ... Read More
Farmers Rally for a Climate Smart Farm Bill
Farmers, farmworkers, and their allies gathered in Washington D.C. from March 6-8 for the Farmers for Climate Action: Rally for Resilience. The grassroots coalition, led ... Read More
Rural Action Project delivers over 1,000 Meals in 2022
Rural Action’s Neighbor Loaves & Meals project increased its distribution to food access programs in 2022 thanks to a $3,000 grant from the Ohio Farm ... Read More
Heritage Grain Brings People Together in Yellow Springs
by Ciraran Lyons
YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio – Farmers, millers, brewers, bakers, entrepreneurs, and researchers convened for the first ever Heritage Grain School hosted by the Agraria ... Read More
Chestnut Field Day is a Tasty Success
CAROLLTON, Ohio – ASFC hosted a hands-on field day this September to share our North Central Region SARE funded grant research to develop value-added products ... Read More
Local Food in Schools Keeps Dollars Local
by Michelle Ajamian
When Lynne Genter was hired to coordinate Farm to School purchases and education at Federal Hocking Schools, she used the cafeteria as her ... Read More
Whole Grain Rich Standards Rolled Back for School Meals
by Eleanor Reagan
Across the country, the COVID-19 pandemic proves to be a major barrier to nutrition for over 30 million children relying on subsidized school ... Read More
West Virginia Hazelnut Orchard Finds Local Cultivars
John Kelsey has been growing hazelnuts on his farm in Mason County, West Virginia, since 2011, when the Thousand Cankers Disease outbreak damaged the black ... Read More
Ohio Chestnut Farm Incorporates Alley Cropping
As nut orchards grow in popularity, farmers are looking for innovative ways to generate income and improve soil health as their trees mature. This has ... Read More
Nut-works Build Regional Resilience
By Eleanor Reagan
As supply chains become increasingly unreliable and energy shortages more frequent, local food production and processing will become ever more crucial to ... Read More
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