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Success With New Commodities Promising for Ohio Farmers
farmers have additional opportunities." Asian eggplant, bitter melon and specialty sweet potatoes may ... interest in specialty crops. "The tobacco market is decreasing. Specialty crops are providing farmers ... researchers may prove to be promising new commodities for Ohio farmers. Specialty types of sweet potato, Asian ...
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Chow Line: Your nose knows ripe cantaloupe (for 7/2/06)
Avoid melons with soft spots, bruises or punctures. Donââ¬â¢t worry if thereââ¬â¢s ... a ââ¬Åbleachedââ¬Â side where the melon rested on the ground. The melon should feel heavy for its size. The blossom ... remaining and should have a smooth depression (known as a full slip). Under-ripe melons do not pull cleanly ...
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Chow Line: Seeded or seedless, watermelon a treat
can use to increase your odds: Lift it: Ripe melons should feel heavy for their size. For uncut ... melons, thump the rind with your fist. If you hear a resonant, solid and dull sound, the melon is ripe. ... A light metallic ring indicates the melon was picked too early. If you grow watermelon in your garden, you ...
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OSU Sustainable Ag Tours Set: ‘Learn from the Farmers Themselves’
about from the real experts-- the farmers themselves.” Organic and ecological farms are the focus. Get ... Farms of Ohio, a vertically integrated hatchery, grow-out, processing, marketing and retail operation. ... 2, Melon Research at the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center’s (OARDC) Frye Farm near ...
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Media Advisory: U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Visiting Campus June 28
University researchers from the Center for Advanced Functional Foods Research and Entrepreneurship (CAFFRE ... Administration, and Dean, College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences Steven Schwartz, Ph.D., CAFFRE ... Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences Steven Clinton, M.D., Ph.D., CAFFRE Associate Director and medical ...
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OSU Extension Offers Farmers' Market Series This Winter
winter as part of its Farmers' Market series for those interested in learning about food safety and ... farmers' markets and vendors. The cost of each workshop is $5 per person and can be paid at the door, but ... direct marketing. The first workshop, "Food Safety Update," will be held Feb. 23 from 6:30 p.m. ...
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Direct Marketing Tours Focus on Local Food Systems
the Athens Farmers' Market, ACEnet, and Green Edge Gardens, among other businesses. OSU Extension ... begins at the Athens Farmers' Market parking lot, 1000 East State Street, Athens. "The tour is ... designed to showcase local food production, processing, support and connections at farmers' markets ...
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Agritourism Workshop Promotes Preparedness, Emergency Management
markets, pick-your-own operations, wineries, farmers markets or festivals will have the opportunity to ... agriculture, agritourism, farming research and farmers markets as part of the 2012 Ohio Sustainable Farm Tour ... throughout Ohio. “We try to highlight farmer-friendly research and education,” Sundermeier said. “Sometimes ...
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OSU Sustainable Ag Tour offers up-close look at alternative production systems
on urban agriculture, agritourism, farming research and farmers markets, as part of the 2012 Ohio ... people to experience what alternative production systems are all about from farmers themselves, said Alan ... Sundermeier, an Ohio State University Extension educator who is also a member of Ohio State’s Sustainable ...
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Keeping the Small Farm Alive
https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/keeping-small-farm-alive
Center in Wilmington, Ohio. The conference is designed for small, limited resource and beginning farmers ... Basin Resource Conservation and Development, Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education, Ohio ... Magazine, American Small Farm Association and Innovative Farmers of Ohio. Topics of discussion throughout ...