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4/24/08

Farmland Center seeking new staff

The Countryside Conservancy Farmland Center Coordinator,

Amalie Lipstreu will now be working at the Ohio Department of Agriculture as the state's new program manager for sustainable agriculture.

The Conservancy is seeking a qualified and passionate indivudual to fill this newly vacated position.  Inquiries can be directed to

the Countryside Conservancy  330.657.2542.

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4/18/08

Farms won't sink with FarmLink

Read the latest on FarmLink in this wonderful article by Janelle Skrinjar in the

April 27th issue of Farm & Dairy

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4/14/08

Protect and support a future for Ohio farmland

You can support a permanent Clean Ohio Fund.  Join us at one of two Northeast Ohio meetings - Cleveland or Cuyahoga Falls, to learn more about this issue that will be on the November ballot.

Details here...

Now is the time to protect your farm - or the farms in your community!

The Ohio Department of Agriculture has released the 2008 Agricultural Easement Purchase Program application.  Follow

this link to the ODA website and follow the 2008 AEPP application link.

Applications to protect Ohio farms are due by Friday, May 23rd.

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3/28/08

Ohio Department of Agriculture releases revised dairy labeling rule

ODA has revised the Governor's emergency rule regarding labeling of milk from cows not given rBGH. Read the new revised rule here.

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3/25/08

Increased market consolidation in beef industry threatens markets...and food inspection

Was the latest beef recall just a fluke?  Yet another merger is in process furthering the consolidation of the beef industry in the United States.  This will further effect not only prices paid to producers, the type of farming taking place but also may effect food inspection. The latest article by Alan Guebert from the March 20th issue of Farm & Dairy tackles this issue head on.

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3/24/08

Report: Farmland Ignored

David W. Jones from the News-Herald reported last week about the release of the first ever repeat Cost of Community Service Study (COCS). Read the article here.

American Farmland Trust's COCS report "Finding a Balance" reinforced previous COCS studies showing that agricultural and open space lands are a strategic resource - not just environmentally and socially but also in helping communities maintain fiscal balance.

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3/4/08

New NPR series focuses on land use

Shifting Ground is a public radio series that examines the difficult choices confronting communities as they cope with change and try to shape a better future.  Learn more here

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Two years of articles, resources and other information from a local to a national perspective is online in the Center's News Archives. There you will find articles on land use, the stories of local farmers, information on consumer trends, local food systems and much more.

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