Mobile Poultry Processing Unit Planning Meeting

Research Services Bldg. Room 130

OARDC Wooster Campus

Work is progressing to develop an ODA approved mobile poultry processing unit. A large working group has met several times to brainstorm how a mobile unit and management system could be implemented. We toured the mobile unit that has just been built in Galion, Ohio, that will be shipped to the state of Vermont.

I was hoping the site could have various info maps-one would be under list of all users showing where users are. maybe that list could be organized by region or alphabetically as right now it seems random and it's hard to look through. Also I think it would be a great resource to map farms, processing facilities, inclduing kitchens, meat processing, dairy processing, mills, etc, farm markets, CSAs, distributors, and even commercial buyers of local food.

        Our 2007 NCR-SARE farmer grant to test various staple crops in Appalachian Ohio, has garnered considerable interest in locally procured staple foods among food outlets and consumers, and several new and seasoned farmers are eager to form a staple growers’ cooperative.

There will be a Pasture Poultry Workshop on October 11, 2008 at Fisher Auditorium on OARDC campus, Wooster, Ohio in the morning. For more information, contact John Anderson at OARDC.   His email address is anderson.37@osu.edu or phone number is 330.263.3753.

We recently posted this as a question, but have decided to repost as a new message...  We are working on a proposal for the Stinner Endowment.
The project is fairly broad, covering several social issues, and, appropriately, seeking funding from a wide range of sources, and collaboration from a wide-ranging network.
  Here’s the synopsis, after which I will write the question we have for everybody to give input on:

Hi Everyone,

I'm posting this to the main group as well as some other group that might have interest in increasing edible perennial production in the region. 

WKSU's Mark Urycki presented a nice piece on Fresh Fork Market this morning. You can hear it on the WKSU website.

Congratulations to the Fresh Fork crew, keep up the good work guys.

Henry and Iva Miller's farm at TR 110, Millersburg, Ohio will host the 4th Family Farm Field Day in Holmes County, Ohio. The focus of the field day is to provide an educatinal format for grass-based agriculture; suppporting low energy and non-industrial way of farming; promoting living skills for families in healthy and economical way; and builidng morale and enthusiasm in the farming community.

Dave Cannon and I met with our local Wooster City Schools administrators and food service director recently to discuss increasing the fresh and local foods in their school lunch and snacks. I had asked Deb Eschmeyer for some advice and she was kind enough to provide a very thorough reply, excellent information and advice that should be shared! So here it is for those of you who might be considering similar conversations (thanks again, Deb)...

I am posting this question because I am basically wondering if there is room for an academic journal that covers the dynamic systems we are exploring developing here, or if creating a new journal would be redundant?

Also, and importantly, is there interest among people in this community in exploring this idea?

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