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Learn to Make Cheese With OSU Extension Workshop
Sat, 09/06/2008 - 12:32 — Steve BossermanJEFFERSON, Ohio -- Enhance your dairy operation with a farmstead cheese business with the aid of an Ohio State University Extension cheese-making workshop.
OSU Extension in Ashtabula County will offer the workshop Nov. 19-21. Hands-On Basic Cheese Making -- Enhancing Dairy Profitability with Cheese, is packed with information on a milk quality, ingredients used in cheese making, cheese-making processes and techniques and tips for establishing a cheese-making business.
Local Agriculture: Growing locally given a helping hand in Bay Area
Tue, 07/08/2008 - 09:37 — Steve BossermanThe article below by James Burke relates to an earlier OLFSC posting by Ross MacDonald about My Farm in the Bay Area. The My Farm business model is one we are exploring for possible application in the Greener Acres - Worthington Hills project which is getting started. You can track our progress and even join our effort via the Greener Acres group on the OLFSC.
A Vision for Worthington Hills
Sun, 06/08/2008 - 23:01 — Steve BossermanMy previous posting presented ideas for a local food system in the Worthington Hills area. Ideas are necessary, but insufficient to drive the development and execution of a sound business plans. Vision gives ideas purpose, energy, and persistence over time. Vision is what's possible when assumed conditions are met, yet it remains responsive to the unexpected along the way toward fruition.
My Neighborhood as a Local Food System
Wed, 06/04/2008 - 22:02 — Steve BossermanGreensburg, Kansas--An Example of Vision and Problem-Solving
Sat, 05/31/2008 - 19:02 — Steve BossermanA year ago on May 4, 2007 a massive, F-5 tornado leveled Greensburg, KS destroying 95% of the town's homes and businesses. As the community rebuilds, they are guided by twin beacons:
Business Development in the Ohio Local Food Systems Collaborative
Wed, 05/28/2008 - 10:30 — Steve BossermanThis is the first in a series of postings to the Ohio Local Food Systems Collaborative (OLFSC) about starting and sustaining a business in local food systems. These postings have several not so ordinary characteristics:
Business Plans and Grant Proposals for Local Food Systems
Sun, 05/18/2008 - 15:21 — Steve BossermanThe OLFSC is focused on initiating and expanding local food systems in Ohio. Its usefulness depends on how well members tap the resources available as posted content and through collaboration among members and colleagues to develop successful proposals for grants and business startups and expansions.
Rooted in the Soil
Sat, 05/17/2008 - 09:43 — Steve BossermanA colleague of mine, futurist Gary Sycalik, forwarded the link to the article introduced below. The pictures of Missoula "then" and "now" remind us that communities once supported successful local food systems before the onslaught of globalization relegated such systems to the background.
Applying Skills and Innovation to Local Food Systems
Sun, 05/04/2008 - 14:11 — Steve BossermanRainFresh Harvests as a Template for Expanding Capacity of Local Food Production in Ohio?
Sat, 04/19/2008 - 14:40 — Steve BossermanBarry Adler, who participated in the Leap into Local Foods Workshop on February 29th, owns and operates Rain Fresh Harvests, an off-the-grid, self-contained, self-sustaining, zero emissions, micro-carbon footprint