Join your friends at OEFFA’s Heart of Ohio chapter for their next meeting:

Toward Local Food Sovereignty:
How can we promote consumption of local foods and support farmers in selling locally?

Come join the discussion which will include guests Tom Evans of the Licking County Food Council project and Ellen Walker of the Agriculture Working Group of the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Council (MORPC).

Chapter president Trish Mumme will also provide an update on the prospects of forming a local food sovereignty coalition.

What: OEFFA Heart of Ohio Chapter meeting
When: Wednesday, April 13, 7:30-9 p.m.
Where: Hartford Library, 11 S. Park St., Croton, OH

For more information, contact Trish Mumme at 740-924-4331 or gardenpatchproduce@earthlink.net.

We hope to see you for this last meeting of the winter/spring season for 2011!

There will be no February meeting due to the OEFFA conference.

The next meeting with be Monday, March 14th at Hartford Library, 11 South Park St, Croton, Ohio 7:30pm.

Topic: Organizing a farm business, hiring help and interns, as well as an update on the recently signed Food Safety Bill.

Meeting of the Heart of Ohio Chapter of OEFFA
Monday, January 17, 2011 7:30-9 p.m.
Hartford Library
11 South Park Street, Croton, Ohio

Group Discount on Seed, Potatoes, Fertilizer, and Supplies!

Join OEFFA’s Heart of Ohio Chapter for a meeting to place cooperative seed and supply orders.

Fedco Seeds: Bring your COMPLETED (up to the subtotal) Fedco Seed order and checkbook to the meeting. The cataloque and order form are available at FedcoSeeds.com. We’re hoping for a 24% discount!

Ohio Earth Food Fertilizer and Supplies: Bring a detailed list of your fertilizer and supplies order from OhioEarthFood.com to the meeting for volume discounts.

Seed Potatoes: Bring your list of desired varieties and amounts from PotatoGarden.com.

For more information contact Trish Mumme, chapter president at 740-924-4331 or gardenpatchproduce@earthlink.net.

Meeting of the Heart of Ohio Chapter of OEFFA
Monday, December 13 7:30-9 p.m.
Hartford Library
11 South Park Street, Croton, Ohio

Growing and Marketing Organic Grain: A Panel Discussion

Featuring: Ed Snavely of Curly Tail Organics; Richard Jensen of Flying J Farm, and Ian Schwartz of Schwartz Family Farm
There are alternatives to the conventional commodities market! Our guests share their experience in growing, grinding and direct-marketing their own organic grain for feed and food here in central Ohio.

For more information contact Trish Mumme, chapter president at 740-924-4331 or gardenpatchproduce@earthlink.net.

Meeting of the Heart of Ohio Chapter of OEFFA
Monday, October 11 7:30-9 p.m.
Hartford Library
11 South Park Street, Croton, Ohio

Teaching and Practicing Sustainable Agriculture in Granville Schools

Sustainable agriculture is evident at Granville High School, and not just in the curriculum. Join Jim Reding, Ecology and Environmental Science teacher, and Chuck Dilbone, Director of Business Operations, to learn more about Granville High School’s innovative sustainable agriculture program that could be a model for schools across the country. For more information contact Trish Mumme, chapter president at 740-924-4331 or gardenpatchproduce@earthlink.net.

Heart of Ohio Chapter

2010 kickoff meeting

Mon. January 18, 7:30 p.m.

at the

Hartford Library Association

11 South Park Street, Croton, OH

Elections, program plans and cooperative seed and plant orders are on the agenda. All area OEFFA members and guests welcome!

Bring your complete, subtotaled Fedco seed order and checkbook to go in on a group order for a volume discount of 20% or more.

For more information contact Trish Mumme, interim pres. 740-924-4331 or gardenpatchproduce@earthlink.net.

Library is on the south side of square in Croton, south side of street. Croton is between Johnstown and Centerburg in NW Licking County, on Rt, 314 (Croton Road) running N/S between State Rts. 37 and 3/36. See www.mapquest.com for more.

The Heart of Ohio chapter of OEFFA will meet the first Wednesday of Dec. at 7:30 PM in the Sigma Chi building on the Denison campus. This month’s meeting will be the election of officers for 2010. Please join us and bring your favorite X-mas cookies to share! A PDF of the campus map is available as a download. For additional information about the chapter, contact Chapter President Janell Baran.

The Heart of Ohio chapter of OEFFA meets the first Wednesday of the month, at 7:30 PM in the Sigma Chi building on the Denison campus. Our current project is assisting the Granville Chamber of Commerce with the special pre-Thanksgiving Granville Farmers Market scheduled for Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009. A PDF of the campus map is available as a download. For additional information about the chapter, contact Chapter President Janell Baran.

Thinking of raising livestock for the first time? The Heart of Ohio Chapter is hosting a panel discussion on Getting Started with Livestock on Wednesday, June 3, 7:30 p.m. at the Sigma Chi House on the campus of Denison University in Granville. Expert farmers who raise grass-fed beef, dairy goats, sheep, chickens, and bison will tell their stories, show slides, and give advice to the beginning livestock farmer.

Refreshments and a question and answer period will follow the presentation. The public is cordially invited for this educational discussion. A PDF of the campus map is available as a download. For additional information about the chapter, contact Chapter President Janell Baran.

NOTE: There will be a summer break for the months of July and August.  Join us when we meet again in September.

OEFFA’s Heart of Ohio chapter will hold its monthly meeting at 7:30 PM on Wednesday, May 6, 2009 at Denison University’s Sigma Chi House in Granville. A PDF of the campus map is available as a download. For additional information about the chapter, contact Chapter President Janell Baran.