OEFFA News

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 15, 2016 Contact: Carol Goland, Executive Director—(614) 421-2022, cgoland@oeffa.org Lauren Ketcham, Communications Coordinator—(614) 421-2022, lauren@oeffa.org GRANVILLE, OH—The Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association (OEFFA) has named the 2016 recipients for the Stewardship Award and Service Award. Jim Croghan of Croghan’s Organic Farm in Clinton County received the Stewardship Award, which recognizes outstanding contributions to the sustainable agriculture community, and Steve Sears and Sylvia Upp of Pike County received the Service Award, which recognizes outstanding service to OEFFA. The announcements were made on Saturday, February 13 as part of OEFFA’s 37th annual conference, Growing Right by Nature. 2016 Stewardship Award Winner—Jim Croghan A pioneer in the organic…

For Immediate Release: January 14, 2016 Contact: Renee Hunt, Program Director, (614) 421-2022 Ext. 205, renee@oeffa.org Lauren Ketcham, Communications Coordinator, (614) 421-2022 Ext. 203, lauren@oeffa.org  . To achieve a truly sustainable food system, we must significantly change our thinking about how we feed ourselves, according to author and passionate small farm advocate John Ikerd, featured speaker at the Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association’s (OEFFA) 37th annual conference, Growing Right by Nature, in Granville, Ohio (Licking County). . In his Sunday, February 14 keynote address, “Sustainable Agriculture is Growing, Right and by Nature,” Ikerd will explore how growing consumer demand and concerns about the ecological and social integrity of the…

For Immediate Release: January 7, 2016 Contact: Renee Hunt, Program Director, (614) 421-2022 Ext. 205, renee@oeffa.org, Lauren Ketcham, Communications Coordinator, (614) 421-2022 Ext. 203, lauren@oeffa.org How land, equipment, and knowledge is passed on to the next generation will impact the U.S. farm economy, according to farmer and National Young Farmers Coalition (NYFC) Executive Director Lindsey Lusher Shute, featured keynote speaker at the Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association’s (OEFFA) 37th annual conference, Growing Right by Nature, this February in Granville, Ohio (Licking County). In her Saturday, February 13 keynote address, “Building Our Collective Strength: An Agenda for the Next Generation,” Shute will discuss the structural obstacles getting in the way…