We have a tentive date scheduled for May the 31st @ 10:00. We are looking at holding the meeting in Wooster. I am working on a list of those to invite. If you have any suggestions please let me know. It will be posted where and when for sure when we have it in concrete.
From what we discussed at the Ben Stinner Summit we are going to be having another meeting to help determine what direction to take for the September summit. Abbe and I were thinking around April, May, and the first part of June sometime. If anyone has any dates that will work or not work for them let me know as I am looking at getting a place reserved for the meeting. Also we need to start compiling a list of those that we feel need to be at the meeting. If you have any suggestions let me or Abbe know.
One of our students sent this article from Dairy Today. You might be interested in following the associated research, particularly with respect to value-added enterprises.
JEFFERSON, Ohio -- Enhance your dairy operation with a farmstead cheese business with the aid of an Ohio State University Extension cheese-making workshop.
OSU Extension in Ashtabula County will offer the workshop Nov. 19-21. Hands-On Basic Cheese Making -- Enhancing Dairy Profitability with Cheese, is packed with information on a milk quality, ingredients used in cheese making, cheese-making processes and techniques and tips for establishing a cheese-making business.
On May 31 a meeting of folks devoted to the growth of Value Added Dairy in Ohio took place at OARDC in Wooster to determine resources, network and support the development of established and up and coming VAD producers. This project is volunteer driven and an initiative of the Leap Into Local Foods Workshop of the Ohio Local Food Systems Collaborative.
The purpose of the workshop was to: •Share experiences. •Identify efforts underway that show promise. •Develop, target and commit to advance specific innovative solutions
This announcement is courtesy of Georgia Reash, an excellent opportunity particularly with some quality input from those with a background in market research, thanks Georgia!
I had an inquiry of a farmer looking for someone who has yogurt processing capacity. He is in the exploratory stages of looking at producing yogurt. If you know someone, please let me know. Thanks.
The following is a brief summary of the House version of comprehensive food safety bill that passed in July. If you are involved in grain or livestock at farm level, direct marketing to farmers market, restaurants or grocery stores, you might want to follow what is in the House version and what is being proposed for the Senate version. A comprehensive food safety bill that gives the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) additional new authorities to take preventative steps to stop foodborne illnesses passed the U.S.