Mobile Poultry Processing Unit Planning Meeting

Research Services Bldg. Room 130

OARDC Wooster Campus

Greetings,

   This is a revision, in response to the very helpful comments on the proposal in the blog entitled, "Providing Infrastructure for Farmers in Appalachian Ohio to Meet the Demand for Locally Procured Staple Foods".

   Once again, comments are welcome.

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.

        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.

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:

Hello,
 
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. 

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.

The Rural Advantage has a crop initiative that covers small grains and other crops that are environmentally sensitive to land. It is called Third Crops and the information about their work is found at ruraladvantage.org. They are focusing on promoting the interconnection of agriculture, the environment and rural communities. There are some resources shared that might benefit our discussion on Ohio small grains.

I am writing a proposal to get funding for a work-study student from the OSU/ATI campus to research small grains and provide summaries that would then hopefully be used as an information bank for producers. once I find funding and the right student for the job, I will spell out details.

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