Collaborative Business Networks

Network Name Description Last Updated Creatorsort ascending Subscription
Small Business Management

A general study of the field of small business focusing on policies,
strategies, organization, operation, and problems associated with
the operation of an entrepreneurial enterprise.

6 years 1 week webadmin Request group membership
Corn Crop Destruction

To reduce and eventually eliminate the destruction of corn stalks due to wind destruction. Chemicals used to grow corn quicker are causing crops to grow quickly and are not given enough time to develop properly.

7 years 3 months Mark Mittiga Request group membership
Director of Market Development

Founded in 1972, BFG Supply has a long history of serving the Green Industry including professional growers, lawn & garden centers, landscapers, and indoor growing stores. As an established industry leader, BFG provides the highest levels of customer service, the broadest product range, and innovative technology solutions. BFG is a true single source supplier for all of your Green Industry needs from watering tools and control solutions to multi-acre fully integrated professional greenhouse structures.

In a world full of change you can take comfort in knowing that BFG Supply is focused on caring for your business needs. We look forward to providing the best customer service in the industry and supporting the growth of our customers.

Highlights:

• In business for 50+ years with Industry leading customer service
• Focus on the Professional Grower, Independent Lawn & Garden, Controlled Environment Agriculture and Hydroponic industries
• Professional field sales force dedicated to customer success
• Broad product selection with 20,000+ skus in stock and 100,000+ skus available to order
• Twenty modern distribution facilities to efficiently serve customers
• Leading technology to improve ordering and delivery efficiency

1 year 9 months jfarinacci@bfgs... Request group membership
Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (SUAV)

This PUBLIC portfolio collaboration space is for companies that are currently in the SUAV sector, companies that would like to join the SUAV sector and begin producing/manufacturing Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, and companies that would like to purchase Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for surveying their land/crops.

Educators -  OSU C.O.R.N                                   Stories - sUAS News, PrecisionAg

Advocates -                                                         Investors - JobsOhio

Idea Creators -                                                    Resource Providers - JumpStart E-Network

Dropbox / BuckeyeBox - NEO                              Reports - 

9 years 9 months David Spisak Request group membership
Baer Farms Dairy Products

Provide Local Dairy products for 

sustainable

natural

 

10 years 3 months cbaer Request group membership
Ohio Oilseed Research and Demonstration

In this 2013 project, we are evaluating the production, ecosystem services, and value chains that could result from four oilseed crops: flax, canola, camelina, and sunflower.  Each of these crops is of interest to Organic Valley, as a potential biofuel crop for their members.  We will examine the potential for producing these crops in NE Ohio, document the yield in terms of oil and pressed meal, evaluate the additional value chains that could come from these crops including: cooking oil, wood finish (linseed oil), and high omega-3 and protein pressed meal for supplementary on-farm livestock feed.  Demonstration plots, 4 0.25 acre plots for each crop in a randomized complete block design, were planted at the Mellinger Farm, and their growth characteristics and yield are being documented by Hannah Whitehead, a research assistant hired for the project.  Ecosystem services including pollinator resources, sunflower trap crop for brown marmorated stink bug, and soil conditioning will be evaluated.  Organic Valley will bring their mobile oil press to Ohio for Farm Science Review and will press 3 of the four crops there.  The remaining crop will be pressed during a workshop at the Mellinger farm on September 24, 2013, for Ohio OV members and other interested farmers.  The oil and pressed meal and fiber will then be evaluated by OARDC researchers to determine it’s value for fuel, cooking oil, and animal feed.  The documentation and demonstration will provide valuable incentive to Ohio farmers to consider production of these multifunctional crops in diversified small to mid-sized farming systems.

Links:

OARDC   

Mellinger Farm

Organic Valley - Sustainability   

OARDC AMP

OARDC AnSci OREI

Camelina  Canola  Flax  Sunflowers

10 years 7 months Casey Hoy Request group membership
Buckeye ISA

With support from a WKKF grant, Ohio State University is supporting the formation of a network of small scale producers who produce, aggregate and sell food items to the University. Participants, representing households with young children in the home, are being recruited from economically disadvantaged neighborhoods in Central and SE Ohio and particularly communities of color. The grant is supporting training and assistance with production, aggregation, delivery and business aspects of initiating the producer network.

4 years 10 months Casey Hoy Request group membership
Mellinger Farm Land Management and Operations

Draft a land management plan that will include strategies for rental contracts and management and programs. 

Agroecosystems Management Program - Website

Mellinger Farm - Auditor Tax Card, Auditor MapGoogle Map

10 years 1 month Casey Hoy Request group membership
Midwest Food Innovation Network

To enhance collaboration among Commercial Kitchens, Kitchen Incubators and Food Hubs in Northeast Ohio.

Resource Providers - OSU Food Industries Center, OSUE Local Foods Signature Team, National Good Food Network

Kitchens - Cleveland Culinary Launch Kitchen, Common Wealth Kitchen Incubator, Detroit Kitchen Connect (Food Lab Detroit), Local Roots Wooster Kitchen, Northwest Ohio Cooperative Kitchen (NOCK)Stanard Farm and Weinland Park Food District

Knowledge Commons - USDA AMS Markets, USDA KYF2

Trello Boards - email gwin.35@osu.edu for membership

9 years 12 months Brian Gwin Test Request group membership
NEO Candies   9 years 2 months Brian Gwin Request group membership

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