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  1. OARDC Heirloom Rose Garden, One of Largest in U.S., Holds June 11 Open House

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/oardc-heirloom-rose-garden-one-largest-us-holds-june-11-open-house

    want to educate people about what a treasure we have here,” said the garden’s caretaker, Kelly King, an ... OARDC plant materials specialist and the event’s organizer. “We want people to come out, pack a picnic ...

  2. Cuyahoga County: Home on the Farm

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/cuyahoga-county-home-farm

    "So far we've trained about 130 people and of them, 47 have started new urban small-scale farms ... over 5,500 people participating, Barni said. "The vast majority are on previously vacant ... side benefit: "They are bringing people together. Neighbors are talking and working with neighbors ...

  3. Extension Publication Teaches Importance of Animal Health and Safety

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/extension-publication-teaches-importance-animal-health-and-safety

    healthy. A new Ohio State University Extension online booklet teaches young people the importance of ... diseases in situations where animals come into direct or indirect contact with other animals, people or ... people and equipment, as well as the construction of buildings, and how to keep animals separated by ...

  4. OSU Extension Launches New Forest Products Website

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/osu-extension-launches-new-forest-products-website

    directly employs 47,000 people, with a total employment impact of 114,500 people. Ohio communities also ...

  5. Healthy, Wealthy and Wise: Extension's Worksite Wellness Programs a Smart Choice

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/healthy-wealthy-and-wise-extensions-worksite-wellness-programs-smart-choice

    "We can invite people to our educational programs, but it often works better if we go to them," ... don't even have to ask people to bring something healthy. It just naturally happens."   The ... online health and fitness challenges-- 810 people participated in three such challenges offered in 2011 ...

  6. 'Make Tasks Easier': Arthritis Screenings, Universal Design Exhibit at Farm Science Review

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/make-tasks-easier-arthritis-screenings-universal-design-exhibit-farm-science-review

    arthritis is not only a serious health concern for farmers, but that often people think they can’t do ... abilities," Holmes said. "Initially, some people think Universal Design is only for the elderly or people ... Review, most people 'get it.' "Visitors seem most surprised by the fact that Universal ...

  7. Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: To Be in Clover (or Not to Bee) (for the Week of July 15, 2007)

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/smart-stuff-twig-walkingstick-be-clover-or-not-bee-week-july-15-2007-1

    in the lawn of my grandfather, Grampa Trunk. He didn't mind. Some people like clover. They like ... grow in a garden. But: Nowadays lots of people want only grass to grow in their lawn, nothing else. ... They spread weed killers that kill the clover. And some people don't want bees around. ...

  8. Assistance, Screenings Offered for Farmers Battling Arthritis

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/assistance-screenings-offered-farmers-battling-arthritis

    farmers and other people in the agriculture field, said Margaret Teaford, an associate professor in the ... said. "Some people think there is nothing you can do about arthritis, and that is not the ... bring the screenings where the people are, Teaford said. The screenings include identifying risk factors ...

  9. OSU Extension Expert: Proposed Farm Safety Rule Withdrawn, But Training for Teens Still Needed

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/osu-extension-expert-proposed-farm-safety-rule-withdrawn-training-teens-still-needed

    people to  sign up for existing training, thanks to the increased awareness of existing rules brought on ... by discussion of the new rule proposals. “The people have spoken and they don’t want the new ... students wanting to work outside their parents’ farm.  “We want to remind people of those rules and let ...

  10. OSU Sustainable Ag Tour offers up-close look at alternative production systems

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/osu-sustainable-ag-tour-offers-close-look-alternative-production-systems

    people to experience what alternative production systems are all about from farmers themselves, said Alan ... of the series is sharing and updating information among growers and people trying to promote ... the entire farm system.” OSU’s Sustainable Agriculture Team works to get people to consider the ...

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