Through the Challenge, the university seeks individuals, organizations and groups to donate and/or raise undergraduate scholarship funds for students from their area. Gifts may be given as current-use or endowed scholarships. As an incentive through the But for Ohio State campaign, the university will match the new endowment payout for four years for donors who accept the Challenge. Donors can determine the scholarship name, designate a scholarship to benefit students based on need or merit or both, and designate a scholarship to benefit a geographic area (e.g. high school, county, city, or region).
Anyone can make a tax-deductible contribution in any amount by visiting www.giveto.osu.edu/challenge.
More information is also available via the Ohio State Office of Academic Affairs development team at 614-247-6600. Jodi Bopp is the senior director of philanthropy (bopp.12@osu.edu). You can also contact Erin Holmes Wingfield, director of development for the Ohio State University Foundation, OSU Extension – 4-H youth development, in the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (holmes-wingfield.1@osu.edu).
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Chinese (Mandarin) training is being presented jointly by the Ohio State University Extension Office of Mahoning County and the Mahoning County District Board of Health.
Date: Wednesday, June 19, 2012
Time: 9:00 am to 1:00 pm
Location: Mill Creek MetroParks Farm - McMahon Hall (7574 Columbiana-Canfield Rd. Canfield OH 44406
Cost: $55.00
For flyer and registration click here.
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Pastures for Profit is a comprehensive management intensive grazing school offered annually throughout Ohio by the Ohio State University Extension Forage Team. The Team consists of members from OSU Extension, the OSU Department of Horticulture and Crop Sciences, and the Natural Resource Conservation Service.
The following 30 to 45 minute presentations were recorded live in mp4 format during a Pastures for Profit grazing school offered in April of 2012. Even on a high speed connection they may each take 3 to 4 minutes to load, but then should play flawlessly on your desktop, laptop, iPad and most phones.
http://go.osu.edu/MIG1 : Getting Started Grazing
http://go.osu.edu/MIG2 : Evaluating Your Grazing Resources
http://go.osu.edu/MIG3 : Understanding Forage Growth
http://go.osu.edu/MIG4 : Economics of MIG
http://go.osu.edu/MIG5 : Forage Specie Selection and Alternatives
http://go.osu.edu/MIG6 : Pasture Fertilization
http://go.osu.edu/MIG7 : Conservation Practices
http://go.osu.edu/MIG8 : Pasture Layout and Design
After you've had the opportunity to watch one or more of these presentations, please come back and take this brief survey and tell us what you thought, and how we might do better: http://go.osu.edu/MIGsurvey
]]>COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio Department of Agriculture today (6/17) announced the first discovery of Asian longhorned beetle (ALB) in Ohio. An exotic, invasive insect that kills maples and other trees, ALB was found in Bethel, Clermont County, in southwest Ohio.
For the full story and additional resources, go to:
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/newsroom/2011/06/adult_detection_ALB.shtml
]]>Here's a calendar of special events that should, we hope, interest you if you farm, garden, grow trees, keep bees, raise livestock, practive conservation, and/or more. Link on Field Days for more information.
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$15.00 per person with pre-registration before the first class or $20.00 at the door. Call Ohio State University Extension, Lake County at (440) 350-2582.
Light snacks included. A Certificate will be given for 6 hours of parenting.
Presented by: Lisa Siciliano-Miller, MSSA, LISW-S, OSU Extension, Lake County
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We are planning a workshop to help anyone who uses an air assisted sprayer in selecting the right type and size of nozzle. Link on SPRAYER WORKSHEET to help you select proper nozzle for your sprayer for the 2011 spray season.
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]]>Ready to start your own salsa business but need a really big kitchen? The City of Geneva is pleased to announce its partnership with David Marrison, Ohio State University Extension, Ashtabula, Maurine Orndorff, Agricultural Programs Technician, Lake County Soil & Water Conservation District, local growers and the Lake Local Food Initiative to create a shared-use commercial kitchen for the region. A shared-use commercial kitchen facility enables small or budding food-product businesses to share production space, machinery and knowledge to develop their products – like salsa, sauces, pickles, vinegars -- for public distribution and consumption.
Though Ashtabula, Lake and Geauga County's strong agricultural underpinnings lend easily to distributable food production, small or new businesses often face overwhelming start-up or operational costs that act as a barrier to growth. The partnership was formed to remove that barrier and open opportunities to new and existing food-product businesses. The partnership believes that a shared-use commercial kitchen could be used to help new food-related businesses in critical functions, including enabling product development and sharing marketing strategies and business plans. Users can include vegetable growers, fruit growers, meat processors, cheese makers, grape growers, caterers, chefs and cooks. Agricultural producers can increase their bottom line by creating and marketing higher value products.
There are currently no licensed commercial or business incubating kitchens in Northeast Ohio. A Shared Commercial Kitchen in Northeast Ohio would help to improve the sustainability of local food producers, develop new entrepreneurship businesses and make locally grown food available year around.
Interested? The partners hope that anyone interested in taking advantage of a shared-use commercial kitchen will participate in a short survey. The survey is designed to understand the interest level and potential uses from producers, entrepreneurs, restaurants, companies and organizations that might be prospective tenants of the proposed facility.
Click here to access the survey.
The completed survey may be mailed to Jennifer Brown at City of Geneva, 44 N. Forest St., Geneva OH 44041 or faxed to Jennifer at 440-466-5027, or emailed: asstcitymgr@genevaohio.com.
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Ohio State University Food Safety Hotline – 1-800-752-2751 offers answers to questions regarding food safety concerns.
USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline – 1-800-535-4555 or online at www.fsis.usda.gov offers information on safe storage, handling, and preparation of meat, poultry, and egg products.
Betty Crocker Hotline - 1-888-275-2388 offers information on everything from baking cookies to making gravy.
Butterball Turkey Talk Line - 1-800-288-8372 or online at www.butterball.com offers live help during Talk Line hours and automated assistance after hours.
Fleischmann’s Yeast Baker’s Help Line - 1-800-777-4959 answers all your questions about breads and rolls.
Hershey’s Consumer Hotline - 1-800-468-1714 offers help and recipes for everything chocolate.
Honeysuckle White Help Line - 1-800-810-6325 or online at www.honeysucklewhite.com offers pre-recorded answers to turkey preparation questions and offers recipes for leftovers.
Land O’ Lakes Bakeline - 1-800-782-9606 or online at www.landolakes.com offers baking tips and recipes.
Libby Consumer Hot Line - 1-800-854-0374 offers pumpkin tips, advice, and recipes.
Ocean Spray Consumer Helpline - 1-800-662-3263 offers information on cranberries and recipes.
Perdue Farms - 1-800-473-7383 offers help on roasting, carving, stuffing, gravy, and leftovers.
Reynolds Turkey Line - 1-800-745-4000 offers tips about cooking using Reynolds products.
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