Food and Farming: Events In and Around the State of Ohio This Weekend

Saturday, March 27, 2010
Vegetable Seeding at Stratford Ecological Center
Join Stratford Ecological Center in Delaware, Ohio and plant a flat full of organic soil and seed to start your spring garden from 10am-noonn. The basics of seed starting will be covered and you’ll leave with a flat of 72 soon-to-be plants. Costs are $25/family. $15 for an additional flat. For more information or to register for programs contact Christa Hein at (740) 363-2548 or treebeing@aol.com

Saturday, March 27, 2010
Living Your Small Farm Dream - Northeast Ohio Small Farm Conference and Tradeshow
Small Farm Enthusiasts are invited to attend a very exciting and new event for in Ohio. This intensive conference will give you the opportunity to choose from 18 different seminars taught by Extension professionals and industry leaders on a wide variety of agricultural enterprises. Read further to access the flyer, schedule and registration materials. Brought to you by the OSU Extension Small Farm Program. Tradeshow is at R.G. Drage Career Center, Massillon, OH. For more information and to register, http://harrison.osu.edu/news/northeast-ohio-small-farm-conference-trade-show

Saturday, March 27, 2010
What’s on Your Table?
Renowned Cleveland chef and food advocate, Parker Bosley with Innovative Farmers of Ohio and the Clintonville Farmers' Market present an intriguing discussion with keynote by Mary Holmes. What’s on Your Table asks, Who sets the family dinner table? What is food safety and who should declare what is or isn't safe? What's the impact of our food production on family budgets, on our health, on our land? How does one choose wisely when food labeling is so confusing? All Natural, Organic, Local, Sustainable…? Join the discussion at the Columbus Mennonite Church (market parking lot in Clintonville) at 35 Oakland Park, Columbus, OH from 9am-2:30pm. Fee ($12) includes materials and seasonal, local lunch! Register by March 24 by sending payment to: CFM, PO Box 141318, Columbus, OH 43214. For more information, contact: laura@clintonvillefarmersmarket.org

Saturday, March 27, 2010
Mid-Ohio Valley Ag Opportunities Conference, Marietta, OH
LEARN TO GROW...all kinds of fruits and vegetables at our Agriculture Opportunities Conference. Dr. Joe Kovach will teach us how to combine vegetables and fruit in raised beds and high tunnels to produce $90,000 per acre! Hal Kneen will teach us about starting a greenhouse and growing ornamentals. Author of The Natural Greenhouse - Gini Coover - will join us to share her experiences in growing and raising local foods. From the backyard gardener to the serious farmer - this one day event has something for everyone! For more information and to register, visit: http://washington.osu.edu/events/ag-opportunities-conference

Monday, March 29, 2010
Screening of Film, Dirt
The College of Food, Agriculture and Environmental Sciences is partnering with the OSU Multicultural Center in hosting the Columbus screening of the PBS Community Cinema Series. The screening will begin at 4:00 p.m. in the Agricultural Administration Building, 2120 Fyffe Road, Columbus, OH. This is free and open to the public.
It's under our feet. But what is it? And how did it get there? Inspired by William Bryant Logan's acclaimed book, Dirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth, directors Bill Benenson and Gene Rosow take a critical look at our complex relationship with dirt and the solutions to restore this vital natural resource. Get the "dirt" on how industrial farming, mining, and urban development has led us toward cataclysmic droughts, starvation, floods and climate change.