Congratulations to MI, OH and PA with 23 project s receiving approximately $2.5 milion in funds to match their value added product marketing activities.

Full press release http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?contentid=2012/02/0040.xml&...

or www.usda.gov then newsroom

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The Holmes County Ohio State University Extension Service will be hosting "Annie's Project" classes on Wednesday nights in February and March 2012.  Annie's Project was started to empower farm women to be better business partners.  The classes will be held at Comfort Inn in Millersburg, Ohio starting February 8, 2012.  The cost for the classes is $65.  Pre-register  by calling 330.674.3015. 

Dr. Francis Thicke: Keynote Address: “The Politics of Industrial vs. Ecological Agriculture.”

Dr. Arden Anderson, DO, PhD: “A Doctor’s take on Soil, an Agronomist’s take on Health.”

Dr. Jill Clapperton, PhD. “Soil Biological Fertility — The Link to Mineral Nutrient-Dense Food, Grains & Forages”

Hugh Courtney: “Planting by the Biodynamic Calendar”

Harvey Ussery: Trash to Treasure: Innovative Use of Organic Wastes on Farms Large or Small”

We'd encourage you to nework through localfoodsystems.org to develop proposals for this important opportunity in the agricultural biosciences.

Sent on behalf of USDA Ohio Rural Development State Director J. Anthony Logan
Contact: Heather Hartley, Public Affairs Office 614-255-2394

USDA Invites Applications for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Projects

2012 Warner Grant RFP

Proposals are due Friday, March 2, 2012

Here is the link to the on-line publication Ohio's Specialty Crops - A Boost to Food Service Menus.