I grew up listening to the radio. Every morning when I got up, after breakfast and getting packed up for school, I’d ride Grandma’s school bus off to school. Yes, Grandma was my bus driver. That made me the first kid on the bus in the morning, and the last kid off the bus in […]
Lindsay and I couldn’t be happier, or more humbled, to say we host an award-winning television program: Ohio Farm and Country, the show we host weekly on ONN-TV, was awarded a coveted national Telly Award for agricultural issues-based television programming in the 30th Annual Telly Awards announced this week. The show is produced by the […]
The Ohio General Assembly took the first step in securing the future of Ohio’s farm families and food production industry this week with the introduction of a cooperative effort to place a comprehensive animal care amendment on the November 2009 ballot. House Joint Resolution 2, sponsored by Representative Allan Sayre (D-Dover), and Senate Joint Resolution […]
In this week’s column, I discuss the launch of an initiative to protect Ohio family farmers by creating the Ohio Livestock Care Standards Board, a governmental coalition that will make decisions regarding on-farm care of livestock and poultry. Yesterday the Ohio House passed its version of the Joint Resolution by a wide margin, […]
Food is food. The statement may seem obvious enough, but there exists in our society today a very real tug of war for the hearts and minds of consumers over what exactly constitutes that which seems so obvious. Use of terms like “all-natural,” and niche markets like “organic,” or “hormone-free” have given farmers and food […]
Ten years ago a dear friend introduced me to Dr. Stephen Covey. Not personally, mind you, but through his seminal work The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. As a young State FFA Officer, I wanted nothing more than to be effective. Working with students across the state to help them unlock the potential they […]
A number of states have leadership programs focused on agriculture. In Ohio, the LEAD program is in something of a state of flux, and Ohio Farm Bureau is preparing for the 2nd Class of its AgriPower Institute. In Illinois, the Illinois Agricultural Leadership Foundation hosts a two year Program focused on developing “knowledgeable and effective […]
