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COVID-19 Aid Package Offers Assistance to Rural America

3/26/2020

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by Jacqui Fatka | FarmProgress.com
The Senate advanced by a vote of 96-0 its Coronavirus Aid, Relief & Economic Security Act (CARES Act) in a vote late Wednesday night in the third tranche of assistance offered by Congress as it attempts to respond to the economic fallout from the coronavirus (COVID-19). For farmers, the final $2 trillion package includes some specific requests, such as additional lending authority to for the Commodity Credit Corp. (CCC) and livestock and disaster assistance.

The COVID-19 impact on agriculture includes a rapid and unanticipated decline in commodity prices, the likely closure of ethanol plants, the dramatic decline in full-service restaurant and school meal demand and the reduction in direct-to-consumer sales.

Ahead of the final deal, 48 agriculture groups, including the American Farm Bureau Federation, joined together in calling on Congress to expand the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s borrowing authority under the CCC. The agreement includes a $14 billion increase in USDA’s borrowing authority under the CCC, consistent with a long history of the CCC being tapped to responsibly support agriculture in times of crisis, and $9.5 billion to assist specialty crop producers, direct retail farmers and livestock operators.

“The aid to farmers in this package, including funding for the CCC and the Office of the Secretary, will allow USDA to begin crafting an appropriate relief program for agriculture,” American Farm Bureau president Zippy Duvall said.

The bill also includes direct payments to individuals ($1,200 per individual or $2,400 per married couple), $130 billion for hospitals, $150 billion for local and state governments and $300 billion in financial aid for small businesses. Additionally, it allocates funding for nutrition assistance programs, rural broadband and rural health resources.

Relief for farmers and ranchers
  • $9.5 billion dedicated disaster fund to help farmers who are experiencing financial losses from the coronavirus crisis, including targeted support for fruit and vegetable growers, dairy and livestock farmers and local food producers.
  • $14 billion to fund the farm bill’s farm safety net through the CCC.
  • Eligibility for farmers and agricultural and rural businesses to receive up to $10 million in small business interruption loans from eligible lenders, including Farm Credit institutions, through the Small Business Administration. Repayment forgiveness will be provided for funds used for payroll, rent or mortgage and utility bills.
  • $3 million to increase capacity at USDA's Farm Service Agency to meet increased demand from farmers affected by the COVID-19 crisis.
Assistance for small towns and rural communities
  • $1 billion available in guaranteed loans to help rural businesses weather the economic downturn.
  • $100 billion to hospitals, health care providers and facilities, including those in rural areas.
  • $25 million for telemedicine tools to help rural patients access medical care, no matter where they live.
  • $100 million for high-speed internet expansion in small towns and rural communities.
  • More than $70 million to help the U.S. Forest Service serve rural communities and reduce the spread of COVID-19 through personal protective equipment for first responders and cleaning of facilities.
Protections for consumers and the food supply
  • $55 million for inspection and quarantine at U.S. borders to protect against invasive pests and animal disease.
  • $33 million for overtime and temporary food safety inspectors to protect America’s food supply at meat processing plants.
  • $45 million to ensure that quality produce and meat reaches grocery stores through increased support for the Agricultural Marketing Service.
  • $1.5 million to expedite Environmental Protection Agency approvals of disinfectants needed to control the spread of COVID-19 .
Food access for families
  • $15.8 billion to fund food assistance changes made in the Families First Coronavirus Response Act.
  • $9 billion to fund child nutrition improvements made in the Families First Coronavirus Response Act.
  • $450 million to provide food banks with additional resources for food and distribution.
  • $100 million for food distribution in tribal communities to provide facility improvements, equipment upgrades and food purchases.

Read the full article on FarmProgress.com
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Free Public Screening of "Silo" at The Gloria Theatre on Feb. 6

1/15/2020

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You're invited to a special free community screening of SILO, the first ever feature film about a grain entrapment. SILO isn’t available online, or on DVD, and this event is one-of-a-kind. Join us on Thursday, February 6th at 6pm.

Inspired by true events, SILO follows a harrowing day in an American farm town. Disaster strikes when teenager Cody Rose is entrapped in a 50-foot-tall grain bin. When the corn turns to quicksand, family, neighbors, and first responders must put aside their differences to rescue Cody from drowning in the crop that has sustained their community for generations.

Please RSVP by Feb. 3rd on Eventbrite or by calling Andrea at (937) 497-4347.
Silo Screening at Gloria Theatre
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Excavation Project Begins

1/13/2020

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Former ‘city farm’ to be mined for sand and gravel

Urbana Excavation Project
The old "city farm" is in the early stages of sand-gravel extraction that is expected to span the next 40-50 years. Heavy equipment is currently building earthen berms on the north border of the field near U.S. Route 36 west of Urbana. Photo by Andrew Grimm Photography
By Kathy Fox, kfox@aimmediamidwest.com
Urbana Daily Citizen

Urbana’s former "city farm" on the south side of U.S. Route 36 just west of Muzzy Road is undergoing a transformation as owner Morrow Gravel Company, doing business in Urbana as Urbana Sand and Gravel, begins a decades-long sand-gravel extraction project.

"We will be mining on the farm the next 40 to 50 years," said Dennis Garrison, president of Morrow Gravel Company’s Aggregate Division, of the 150-acre property.
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Case Closed on Champaign County Wind Farm

10/14/2019

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Story by By Hasan Karim-Staff Writer at Springfield News-Sun
Photo from Urbana Daily Citizen

The developer of a proposed wind farm in Champaign County no longer has the certificates needed to build the project.

Attorneys representing the Buckeye Wind LLC and Champaign Wind LLC projects asked the Ohio Power Sitting Board to relinquish certificates that were approved for those projects nearly a decade ago. They also asked to withdraw any pending amendments filed since then.

“From our standpoint, the cases are all closed now and the company no longer has the certificates to construct those facilities,” said Matt Butler, a spokesperson for the board.

The request to relinquish those certificates was filed in September and was approved by the OPSB shortly after. The push to build wind turbines in Champaign County has been controversial and has sparked nearly a decade of debate between residents and county officials.

State officials first approved a certificate allowing the wind farm to be built in March 2010, according to documents filed with the OPSB. However, it included several conditions such as that the original certificate would expire if construction did not begin within five years. An extension to that certificate was approved in 2014.

The Champaign County project was split into two separate phases called Buckeye Wind and Champaign Wind. The projects were first proposed by Everpower, a company whose holdings were recently acquired by Innogy, a German energy company.

Click here to read full article on Springfield News-Sun.
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Touring Champaign County Farms

6/24/2019

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Dorothy Pelanda, director of the Ohio Department of Agriculture, reaches to pet a cow at Dugan Road Creamery as owner Joyce Nelson stands by. Photos by Christopher Selmek | Urbana Daily Citizen
By Christopher Selmek, Urbana Daily Citizen
Dorothy Pelanda, director of the Ohio Department of Agriculture, visited three Champaign County Farms on Thursday and ended her tour at the first Movie on the Farm at Pretty Prairie Farm. Her escort, Marcia Bailey, director of Champaign Economic Partnership, said she arranged this tour in cooperation with the Champaign County Agriculture Association to highlight nontraditional agriculture in the county. The tour was scheduled to begin at Dragonfly Vineyard & Wine Center, 710 W. Herr Road, in the north part of the county, but this stop was canceled because Pelanda was on the phone with Gov. Mike DeWine discussing the recent flooding of multiple farms around Ohio due to heavy rain.

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Touring Freshwater Farms of Ohio on Thursday are, from left, Marcia Bailey, director of Champaign Economic Partnership; Dorothy Pelanda, director of the Ohio Department of Agriculture; Dr. Dave Smith, owner of Freshwater Farms; and Kirby Brandenbury of U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan’s office.
Pelanda got back on schedule during her visit to Freshwater Farms of Ohio, 2624 N. U.S. Route 68, just north of Urbana.

She next visited Champaign Berry Farm, 5676 E. state Route 29, then Dugan Road Creamery, 1751, S. Dugan Road. She finally joined local farmers at Pretty Prairie Farm, 4440 Prairie Road, to make a few comments before returning to her home in Marysville.

“I live on the family farm in Marysville where I was raised, and growing up on that farm the issues of water and soil conservation, invasive species and wildlife management were things that my mom and my dad and my brothers and sisters lived every day,” she said.

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Observing perch at Freshwater Farms of Ohio are, from left, Marcia Bailey, director of Champaign Economic Partnership; Kirby Brandenbury, of U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan’s office; Dr. Dave Smith, owner of Freshwater Farms; and Dorothy Pelanda, director of the Ohio Department of Agriculture. Photos by Christopher Selmek | Urbana Daily Citizen
“And so I come to this job with a real passion and understanding for continuing to do that.”

Speaking for a few minutes before the movie “Farmers for America,” Pelanda said that she and DeWine are concerned about the ongoing wet season.

“We have had an unbelievable year,” she said.

“It really started with last fall, and so last Friday I worked with Gov. DeWine to send a letter to (U.S. Department of Agriculture) Secretary (Sonny) Perdue, asking the secretary of our federal government to declare Ohio a disaster area so that farmers can begin filing claims with the local (Farm Service Agency) offices.

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Dorothy Pelanda, director of the Ohio Department of Agriculture speaks at the beginning of the first Movie on the Farm at Pretty Prairie Farm on Thursday.
This is the first step in a many-step process toward helping farmers get the aid they need.

Someone asked me today where the worst part of this is, and I would be hard pressed to tell you because the governor and I were in Perrysburg yesterday in northwest Ohio, tomorrow we’re going to be in Darke County, and everywhere, from wherever I drive to wherever I go, our farms are under water.

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Dorothy Pelanda, director of the Ohio Department of Agriculture, listens to Champaign Berry Farm owner Mike Pullins after picking berries in the field.
“These issues crisscross all aspects of agribusinesses,” she continued. “Co-ops are suffering because they have no grain or no corn to sell. Fertilizer companies aren’t selling fertilizer. Farm machinery companies aren’t selling machinery. Livestock farmers have not been able to spread manure since last October, and we’ve been helping them with money to build emergency lagoons and manure storage sheds.

Also, livestock farmers are telling me they’re not going to have silage to feed their livestock, and they don’t know what they’re going to do.

“The best news is that we have a governor who is a farmer,” she added.

“I’ve visited his farm in Cedarville many times and I’ve met the familythat farms his farm, and believe me that farmer is in Gov. DeWine’s ear every single day talking to him about the real issues on Gov. DeWine’s farm itself, but also the issues statewide. So Gov. DeWine has farmers in his heart and in his mind every day as he goes about the state doing the business of the state of Ohio.”

Touring Champaign County farms
At Pelanda’s first stop at Freshwater Farms of Ohio she met owner Dr. Dave Smith, who walked her past a series of fish tanks, some containing fish you could pet or feed. Inside one building he said that each tank contained 4,600 perch at a time and that the crowded school makes the fish feel more at ease.

Smith also explained his RAINBOW - Routing And Integrating Nutrient Byproducts Of Wastewater - program through which he recycles water to irrigate six acres of field to grow melons, pumpkins, bell peppers and tomatoes. With his background in ecology he has fostered a diverse ecosystem of insects that naturally prevents any one pest species from gaining an advantage, making pesticides unnecessary.

Pelanda encouraged Smith to set aside acreage to grow hemp, saying that the governor will be signing a bill later this summer authorizing her, as the director of agriculture, to grant farmers licenses to grow hemp with almost no restrictions.

“Hearing Dave talk about his passion and his vision for what he wants to do in the future with hydroponics and aquaponics is really exciting,” she said prior to the film. “We then moved to Mike (Pullins) and Cathy’s Berry Farm, and in the misty rain we picked some beautiful red and black raspberries, and what a treasure that is going to be to take home to my husband tonight.”

After picking berries, Pelanda sat on an EZ-Go cart with Mike as he explained his farming methods. He said that pick-your-own raspberry season was to begin today and invited area residents to the farm at 5676 E. state Route 29.

According to Pullins, the first berries available will be red raspberries, but black raspberries would likely be available next week.

Pelanda was joined at this stop by Melinda Lee, organization director of the Champaign County Farm Bureau.

Lee gave Pelanda a bottle of wine on behalf of Dragonfly Vineyard.

Finally, Pelanda visited Dugan Road Creamery and was guided through the process of making yogurt. Owner Joyce Nelson said one cow drinks an average of 50 gallons of water and produces 145 pounds of milk every day. Pelanda watched owner Chris Nelson operate a pasteurizing machine that can produce one pound of cheese from a gallon of milk, or four gallons of yogurt from five gallons of milk. “Our final stop was at a unique dairy farm, and it was just wonderful because from cow to yogurt we got to see the process from finish to end, so it was a very memorable visit,” Pelanda said of the visit prior to the film.

For more information about any of the farms on this tour, contact the CEP at 937-653-7200.

Christopher Selmek can be reached at 937-508-2304.
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Old Souls Farms Expansion

6/6/2019

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Old Souls Farms owner Ethan Snyder displays the hydroponics in his second greenhouse, finished in December 2018, which rotates basil, arugula and a spring mix lettuce blend for sale to local food service companies. Photos by Christopher Selmek | Urbana Daily Citizen
By Christopher Selmek, Urbana Daily Citizen
cselmek@aimmediamidwest.com
ST. PARIS - Old Souls Farms, at 9684 Smith Road near St. Paris, is beginning a significant expansion and expects to have a 10-acre greenhouse next to an existing greenhouse in which to grow even more basil, arugula and spring mix lettuce blend within the next 18 to 24 months.
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Following the completion of the first greenhouse in 2016, and the second in December of 2018, owner Ethan Snyder said he began contemplating growing tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers and possibly strawberries for what he said would probably be the most diverse greenhouse in the state.


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Old Souls Farms owner Ethan Snyder walks beside the land on which he intends to build a 10-acre greenhouse he will use to expand the product line he can sell to local restaurants.
“The people I was selling to were wanting it all the time, so it made sense to keep expanding,” Snyder said. “We live out here on the farm, so it’s kind of a 24/7 job for us, but I’m sure that’s something that most farmers would be familiar with.”

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The first greenhouse constructed by Old Souls Farms in 2016 allows the harvesting of about 4,000 plants every day.
Snyder acquired the 86-acre farm in 2012, at which point the woman he is now married to, Olivia, named it Old Souls Farms because she said Ethan was an old soul. They currently have 35,000 square feet under glass and are able to harvest about 4,000 plants every day.

“Every Whole Foods in Ohio carries our products,” he said. “It was a little tough to get into Champaign County, but we sell to Gordon’s FoodService and now they’re using us at several local restaurants. I know for sure that Lincoln & Main carries us now. There were some smaller restaurants that weren’t worth bringing a truck to, but when we started selling with Gordon’s that has allowed us to become the pride of the community, which is a little ironic, I guess.”

Snyder is now working with the Bom Group, of Holland, to design the new greenhouse. The previous two were designed by the Rough Brothers of Cincinnati, which supplied drawings and material, but Snyder said his team was able to build most of it. His father has experience as a general contractor, and they have an engineer on staff.

The two existing greenhouses are fully automated, with total climate control, an opening and closing roof, grow lights, fans, liquid CO2 for cooling and heat pipes.

The second greenhouse is built on a treadmill so that plants start out young on one end, move about five rows forward each day, and are ready to harvest by the time they reach the front row.

From there crops go to the packaging room for shipping the next day. Snyder said they originally shipped on the same day, but some food distributors needed the product temperature to cool more slowly for efficient delivery.

“This has been something I was always pulled toward,” he said. “I grew up in a suburb of Columbus, which is where I had my first garden, and we found this land available on line. I never went to college for agriculture.

We just did a lot of internet research, and none of us were afraid to ask questions. Ohio State has been really helpful, and we went out to Cornell to learn as much as we could before starting the farm.”
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Snyder said Old Souls has 12 employees and he hopes to have a staff as large as 80 once the expansion is complete. Interested job seekers are invited to stop by the farm and fill out an application.

Christopher Selmek can be reached at 937-508-2304.
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Sutphen Opens Local Facility

4/26/2019

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Makes good use of vacant building

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The Sutphen Corporation has opened a service, parts and refurbishment center in Champaign County. After the departure of DuPont Pioneer, the property at 49 N. Ludlow Road remained vacant for four years. As part of Sutphen’s move, the facility will have 20 to 25 full-time employees.
By Nick Walton, Urbana Daily Citizen, 
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nwalton@aimmediamidwest.com
The Sutphen Corporation, based in Dublin, has opened a service, parts and refurbishment center at a Champaign County property that had been vacant for four years.

Todd Winnenberg, Sutphen general manager of the service and chassis divisions, said the company is a family-owned fire apparatus manufacturer in business since 1890. The company sells a full line of fire apparatus products ranging from smaller commercial vehicles to normal pumpers used for house fires and heavy rescue vehicles.


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Champaign Berry Farm Entry Wins Award

3/11/2019

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Pullins to lead Ohio Produce Network

By Amanda Rockhold, Rural Life Today - arockhold@aimmediamidwest.com
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URBANA — The Pullins of Champaign Berry Farm are really pulling their weight when it comes to growing raspberries and participating in the Ohio Produce Network. With more than 40 years of farming, Mike and Cathy Pullins have certainly made a name for themselves within the farming industry.

Mike and Cathy Pullins of Champaign Berry Farm in Urbana won the Value Added Product Tasting with their Black Raspberry Jam entry during the Ohio Produce Growers and Marketers Association’s annual Ohio Produce Network on Jan. 16-17 in Dublin. In this contest, growers vote for their favorite jam, salsa, jelly or specialty product. This year the Ohio Produce Network featured 56 educational sessions, a membership meeting, keynote address by Wendy’s Chief Communications Officer Liliana Esposito, a sold-out industry trade show and a few hands-on sessions.

Also at this year’s conference, Cathy was elected president of the Ohio Produce Network, where she will serve with Alex Buck of Fruit Growers Marketing Association in Newcomerstown as vice president.

Cathy’s husband, Mike, served as executive director of the Ohio Produce Network during the 1990s and early 2000s.

The Champaign Berry Farm began as an FFA project for Cathy and Mike’s son, Matt. The farm evolved from 5 acres in 1995 to its current 25 acres. On their farm in Mutual (village just outside of Urbana), the Pullins grow black raspberries, red raspberries, currants and gooseberries.

“I see us as providing a service to the public; every year we have people saying ‘thank you for being here, thank you for doing this,’” said Cathy.

Both Cathy and Mike are retired from other jobs and Cathy said farming keeps them physically fit and busy. “[We farm] to help people have good food to eat,” said Cathy, adding that there are a lot of healthy benefits to raspberries. “Any dark fruit is good for you.”

“And we just love doing it. We’ll probably [farm] until we can’t,” said Cathy.

Cathy worked with children with disabilities for 34 years at the Lawnview Child and Family Center in Urbana (which is now called Madison-Champaign Educational Service Center). Mike worked for the Ohio Farm Bureau for 33 years before he retired and he served as executive director of the Ohio Fruit Growers Society, Ohio Vegetable and Potato Growers. However, they farmed in addition to their jobs. They bought their first farm in the late 1970s and Cathy said that they were able to “hang on” when the 1980s Farm Crisis hit because they had other jobs. They lived in eastern Ohio until 1988, when they moved to Champaign County.

In 2013, they planted a test plot of peach trees and have been growing them since. They have a total of 1,000 peach trees on their home farm on South Ludlow Road in Urbana and on the test plot in Mutual.

Three weeks out of the summer, usually mid-June to mid-July (depending on the weather), they open up their farm to the public, bringing in seasonal workers. People are welcome to visit the farm and pick their own berries, or people can put in orders to have berries picked for them. More than 80 percent of Champaign Berry Farm’s raspberries are pick-your-own. According to the Pullins, more than 40 percent of the customers come from the Columbus area, some others coming from as far as Kansas, Colorado, Virginia, New York, and Florida.

Champaign Berry Farm is registered with the Ohio Farm Bureau Buying Local directory and the Ohio Department of Agriculture’s Farm Markets directory. Twenty percent of their berries are sold wholesale to farmers who will then sell them at farmers markets, such as the Clark’s Farm Market in Springfield; Miami County Farmers Market in Troy; Champaign County’s Virtual Farmers Market; Logan County Farmer’s Market; and others throughout Ohio. They have jams and sauces that are made with their product, which are available year round.

Mike said that their geographical location is very beneficial to them, an hour’s drive or less from Columbus, Dayton, Marysville, Bellefontaine, Delaware, Piqua, Springfield, London and other surrounding towns and cities. “We have two to three million people within 40 miles,” said Mike.

Overall, the Pullins family owns and farms about 1,400 acres, including the berry farm, peach trees, corn, soybeans and hay. Some land they farm themselves, and some they lease to others. Mike and Cathy have two sons, who are both managers and investors in the family farm business. They also have a daughter, who raises livestock.

Raspberry challenges
Red raspberries are grown throughout the world, said Mike, but black raspberries are only native to the Midwest. Raspberries have to be picked dry because they will mold if wet, and they are difficult to grow.

“[Black and red raspberries] are a very difficult crop to grow because of all of the pests and diseases,” said Mike, adding that there are more than 20 fungal diseases to which raspberries are susceptible. “Raspberries are very closely related to roses; they’re in the same family. And so any gardener who grows roses knows all the insects and diseases that attack raspberries.”
Mike added that within the past 6 years, an invasive species from Asia called Drosophila suzukii, or the spotted wing Drosophila, commonly known as a fruit fly, “has attacked all soft fruits, but particularly is devastating to raspberries and black berries…and it’s very difficult to control.”

“There’s a spray program that Mike follows with fungicide for the fungal diseases and then with insecticides for the SWD (spotted wing Drosophila),” said Cathy, adding that because of these obstacles it’s difficult to be organic. “People ask us all the time if we’re organic. We could not have a crop—however, we do follow recommended practices in spraying and we’re very cognizant of the bees…because we love the bees and the bees love the berries when the red raspberries are in bloom.”
Most raspberries are biennial plants, which means the flowering plant takes two years to complete its biological lifecycle. In the first year, the plants grow leaves, stems and roots and enter a period of dormancy during the colder months.

“The cane (stem) grows one year, overwinters, and then fruits in early summer,” said Mike. “Then that cane dies, not the plant, just that cane dies. And at the same time the cane is growing for the next year. So you have two crops always growing at the same time.” Raspberries require 2,000 hours of cold.

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For more information about Champaign Berry Farm visit: www.champaignberryfarm.com.

The Ohio Produce Growers and Marketers Association is a non-profit organization that works for the betterment of the produce industry in Ohio. For more information about the organization, visit the OPGMA website at www.opgma.org.
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Mechanicsburg's Anderson Family Receives Outstanding Young Farmer Award

9/25/2018

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Brandi and Nick Anderson of Mechanicsburg have been named winners of Ohio Farm Bureau’s Outstanding Young Farmer Award.
Brandi and Nick Anderson of Mechanicsburg have been named winners of Ohio Farm Bureau’s Outstanding Young Farmer Award.

The contest helps young farmers strengthen their business skills, develop marketing opportunities and receive recognition for their accomplishments. Contestants are judged on the growth of their farm businesses and involvement in Farm Bureau and their community.

The Andersons will receive 250 hours use of an M-Series Kubota tractor, courtesy of Kubota, a $1,000 Grainger gift certificate and an expense-paid trip to New Orleans to attend the American Farm Bureau’s annual convention in January 2019.
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The Champaign County Farm Bureau members raise cattle and sell the meat at farmers markets under the Women That Farm name. Brandi is a grain branch manager for Heritage Cooperative and Nick is farm manager of Van Raay Dairy. They are on the Champaign County Farm Bureau board of trustees and are the parents of three young children.
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St. Paris Hydroponic Farm Expands to Supply Whole Foods, Restaurants

7/31/2017

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By Matt Sanctis - Springfield News-Sun Staff Writer
Ethan Snyder was selling vegetables at farmer’s markets throughout the Columbus area when his dad offered a suggestion that led to the creation of a growing business in St. Paris.

Old Souls Farms, a hydroponic produce farm in Champaign County, has been in business for two years now. But the business is preparing for an expansion this fall after steadily adding clients at restaurants and grocery stores throughout the Columbus area, including Whole Foods. The big change, Snyder said, came when his dad suggested switching from farming outside to growing hydroponic lettuce in a quarter-acre greenhouse.

“My dad came to me and said, ‘I think I have a better idea,’” Snyder said.

For the past two years, Snyder and high school friend Vic Kaczkowski have been studying hydroponic farming techniques to provide lettuce, basil and other herbs to their clients year-round. They went to high school in Delaware County, but built the business in Champaign County in part due to its proximity to other markets like Cincinnati and Dayton. The biggest challenge, Snyder said, was breaking old habits about how to grow produce.

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