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An Introduction to Growing Shiitake & Oyster Mushrooms
Have you ever wanted to grow an unconventional crop which requires little maintenance? Do you need to find a use for extra logs you might end up with after a timber harvest? Join Rural Action at the Chesterhill Produce Auction to learn the basics of mushroom cultivation using sugar maple logs. Participants can take home… Read More
GAP Safety Training
Join Rural Action and OSU extension for a day of farm-food safety training that also counts toward GAP certification. Topics include: Water Quality Worker Training, Health & Hygiene Manure and Compost Handling Domestic and Wild Animals The OSU Extension GAP training is one way to satisfy the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Produce Safety Rule… Read More
Holiday wood-products, baked goods, and livestock Auction
Join us at the Chesterhill Produce Auction on Saturday, December 8th at 12:00 p.m.. for our Holiday wood-products, baked goods, and livestock Auction! We’ll have beautiful handmade local furniture (tables, rocking chairs, benches, and rolling pins to name a few), plus a wide variety of rustic home goods, baked goods, and so much more! We’ll… Read More
Fall Consignment Auction
Join us at the Chesterhill Produce Auction on Saturday, November 3rd at 10:00 am for our massive Fall Consignment Auction! We’ll have tons of handmade local furniture (live-edge tables, rocking chairs, benches, and rolling pins to name a few), plus a wide variety of farm tools, rustic home goods, antiques, local produce, baked goods, and so… Read More
Rain Causing More Than Rotten Tomatoes for Ohio Valley Farmers
By: Kaitlin KulichBy: Kaitlin Kulich
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The precipitation average so far this year for Southeast Ohio is 34.75 inches, which is nearly 10 inches above normal, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. Farmers in Athens County and along the Ohio River basin are hoping for less rain next year in order to reclaim what Mother Nature took from their… Read More