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For more than 125 yearsthe Snavely family has beenone of Seneca County’slargest Maple Syrup produc-ers. Paul and Evelyn Snavelyare now in charge of theMaple Camp that dates backto the late 1800s.

Paul and Evelyn, both 68and married for 50 years,have plenty of help, howev-er. They, along with Paul’sbrother, Steve, and theirsons, Brian, Rodney, Chrisand Mark, have a hand inthe maple syrup process.

“This is 100 percent afamily business,” Paul said.“We have help from all ourfamilies’ wives and childrenincluded. Our grandchildrenare actually the seventh gen-eration of Snavelys to workthis camp.”

The maple collectingprocess gets started aroundthe middle of February. It is,however, weather dependentso things can get started atalmost anytime during themonth.

“You need the thawingand freezing to go back andforth,” Paul explained. “Wenormally start tapping treesaround the 14th or 15th ofFebruary, but last year it wasmuch earlier than that withthe mild winter and earlyspring.”

Trees collect sugar andstarch from their leaves allsummer long. They thenstore that sugar and starch intheir roots for the winter. Asthe spring approaches andthe thaw begins, the treesstart to release that sugar andstarch from the roots andthat is when the maple sap iscollected.

“We are just now gettingstarted,” Paul said on Feb. 14.“We are getting our bucketsready and the collection willstart soon.”

The Snavelys collect sapin six different woods today.They hang between 1,500

and 1,600 buckets each year.The family business still oper-ates the way it has for genera-tions in some respects by stillusing buckets.

“We probably have over100 acres of woods to collectfrom,” Paul said. “We havealways collected from ourfamily woods, on TownshipRoad 138, Seneca County,but we also have five otherwoods that we now collectfrom.”

All the sap is collectedand then transported to theMaple Camp on TR 138where it is processed intosyrup.

“It takes 45 gallons of sapto produce one gallon ofsyrup,” Paul said. “We collectthe sap on a daily basis andstore it all at the camp. Oncewe have enough collected,we start the boiling processto separate the water out ofthe sap to give us the maplesyrup.”

In the past the Snavelyshave produced about 4 gal-lons an hour, however, theypurchased a new reverseosmosis machine that willextract the syrup faster andgive it a higher sugar con-tent. Last year the Snavelyswent through 7,000 gallonsof Diesel fuel as part of theirprocess which led to thedecision to switch to reverseosmosis, he said.

“Our new system shouldmake us a little more effi-cient,” Paul said. “By forcingthe sap through this machineat 400 pounds of pressure, wewill get a product that hasaround 8 percent sugar con-tent compared to 2 percentthe old way.

“This will cut down onlabor and fuel costs tremen-dously. By using this processwe should be able to producearound 16 gallons an hourcompared to the four the oldway.”

The change keeps expens-es down and the farm canstill offer Pure Ohio MapleSyrup at $45 a gallon - far

different that many storesyrup products that are fla-vored maple and made withcorn syrup.

The Snavelys have pro-duced as much as 600 gallonsof maple syrup in a year andfigures they need to produceat least 200 gallons to covertheir costs.

“We had a very good yearlast year and produced 550gallons,” said Paul.

“Things are not alwaysthat good,” he added. “Iremember back in 1991 weonly produced 70 gallons, iswas just a very bad year forus.”

The Snavelys distributemost of their syrup to life-long customers.

“We have had people whohave used our syrup for gen-erations, and those are thepeople we like to take care offirst,” Paul said.

“We do, however, have afew dealers who sell oursyrup. We have BergmanOrchards in Marblehead,Coopers Mill in Bucyrus andMolyet’s Farm Market inTiffin.”

Snavelys package theirsyrup in containers as smallas 3.4 ounces up to gallonsand every size in between.

“I have been doing this foras long as I can remember,”Paul said. “I remember get-ting off the bus as a kid andgoing directly to the maplecamp to help Dad. Now Iown and run the camp andalso sit on the Ohio MapleProducers Association Board.So this has pretty muchbecome my way of life.”

Snavelys Maple Camp islocated near their home at9735 E. Twp. Rd. 138 inSeneca County. You can con-tact them by calling either(419) 639-2049 or (419)307-2173.

“This is just something Ilove to do,” said Paul. “I havebeen doing this for so long Ijust don’t know what I woulddo without it in my life.”

COURTESY THE SNAVELY FAMILYThe Snavely sugar camp as it looks today.

PHOTO BY MICHAEL CARTERPaul Snavely stands with the new reverse osmosissystem.

COURTESY THE SNAVELY FAMILYLance Snavely, age 8, helps out collecting sap on theSnavely farm operated by his grandparents.

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No one is really surehow much Ohio corn,wheat, soybeans, dairy andmeat products end up inChina.

But it is a safe bet thatmore will go there this yearthan went there in 2012.And more Ohio farm prod-ucts will go to China in2014 than this year.

Every year, the need forfood in the world’s largestcountry increases as quicklyas the population. Thatfact isn’t lost on manyAmerican farmers.

And while politiciansmay rale against theoppressive Chinese govern-ment, that doesn’t stopAmerican businesses fromdoing what is in its bestinterest — to sell as muchAmerican products toChina as they can. Andthat includes the mostimportant American prod-uct of all — food.

American agricultureexperts, including many atOhio State University, reg-ularly travel to China toobserve their farmingmethods and advise theChinese on how we dowhat we do.

In last month’s ACRES,one of the biggest topicscovered was yield. Howmuch of what crop wasbeing produced per bushelper acre - and what can be

done to increase that yield.The same holds true in

China.But according to people

like retired OSU agricul-ture professor Dr. AllanLines, the Chinese are stillwell behind Americanfarmers in productivity.

They are just now begin-ning the agonizing transfor-mation to a more corn andsoybean-based agronomy.

In the past, you have tounderstand, economy ofeffort wasn’t such a big issuefor a nation with an unlim-ited supply of cheap labor.Cheap and frequentlyinvoluntary labor.

But the Chinese govern-ment is starting to face real-ity. Their endless supply ofpeople also has anendless need for food. AndChina just isn’t producingenough of it to feed all itscitizens. They are workingto boost their yield, butthey just aren’t producingmore food fast enough.

Perhaps the biggest littlesecret of all is an evengreater reason for Chineseagriculture’s need to change— the Chinese peoples’tastes are changing. Ricemay still be the staple foodin China, but the nationhas increasingly been“Westernized” in its culturaldesires.

Did you know there are

more than 3,200 KFCchicken fast-food restau-rants in China today? Andmore than 500 Pizza Huts?There are more that a thou-sand McDonald’s in Chinaand that company hopes tohit 2,000 restaurants thisyear!

The fact that images of“The Colonel” are moreprominent in Beijing andShanghaithan thelateChairmanMaoshouldn’tbe lost onAmericanfarmers.TheChinesecon-sumer’stasteshavechangedfor good,and there is no going back.Chinese consumers will nolonger be satisfied with riceand tofu.

So farmers in Ohio areexporting to China moreand more corn, chicken,soybeans and other food toa nation not just hungry formore food, but hungry forOUR food. Animal pro-tein.

How much Ohio pro-duce and meat makes its

way to China each day? Noone is sure. Dr. Lines tellsme that it is very difficultto harness Ohio exports ofagricultural products toChina, since most of whatmoves out of Ohiobecomes combined withfarm products from otherstates.

But what we do know isthat Ohioans are sending a

lot of produce tothe world’slargest nation.And that willonly increase incoming years.

The fact isthe world’slargest nation,for a number ofreasons, is limit-ed in homemuch food itcan produce,now and in thefuture. Theycan’t feed them-

selves, so we in Ohio andAmerica will.

NEXT MONTH:ACRES looks at whatOhio farmers need to knowabout Chinese agricultureand what it will mean tothem in the future. Howcan Ohio farmers capitalizeon the growing Chinese-Ohio Connection?

Gary Brock is Editor-in-Chief of ACRES.

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School foods: which are outBY MARY CLARE JALONICKAPExchange

The Agriculture Department isproposing new nutritional rules thatwould apply to most all foods sold inschools. The rule would apply to “ala carte” lines in school cafeterias,vending machines, snack bars andany other food sold regularly oncampus. It wouldn’t apply tofundraisers, after-school concessionstands, class parties or foods broughtfrom home.

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sugar and sodium limits. Snackfoods would have to be under 200calories and have some nutritionalvalue. Drinks would be limited to12-ounce portions in middle schoolsand 8-ounce portions in elementaryschools.

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GIBSONBURG -When Kathy Smith, theOhio State UniversityExtension ForestryProgram director, spokeat the annual NorthernOhio Crop Day inFebruary, it was no sur-prise that she was dis-cussing the Emerald AshBore while updating afull house at Ol’ Zims.

While talking aboutwoodlot management,Smith admitted that thenewest invasive pest inOhio scared her.

That bug is the AsianLonghorn Beetle.

Like other aspects ofagriculture, woodlots canbe looked upon as a croparea for development,and like a field it needscare, she reported.

A forest highlightssheet shows that Ohio’sforests have doubled inarea since the 1943inventory. There are 8.1million acres coveringnearly one-third of thestate. Of that, family-for-est owners hold 5.8 mil-lion acres or 73 percentof the state’s forest land.

There are approxi-mately 340,000 privateowners of forest land andOhio’s forest productsindustry contributes$22.4 billion to thestate’s economy, accord-ing to data from a U.S.Forest Service report.

Smith shared all thosefacts with farmers attend-ing the annual Crop Dayevent.

She also shared thehistory of the EmeraldAsh Borer (EAB) —which is now a well-known pest in the state.

Smith said EAB is notthe first blight to hit thestate. In 1904, Ohio washit by the chestnut blightand at the time 50 per-cent of the state’s forestswere chestnut. Then in1987, the state wasinvaded by Gypsy Moths,she said.

“It’s become very slowmoving,” she added.

“We’ve dealt with

things before,” sheshared, noting the forestshave sprung back.

When the EAB invad-ed Ohio, Ash was 12 per-cent of Ohio’s forestcanopy. Initially, countiesin Ohio were quaran-tined to keep infestedwood from moving coun-ty to county. Today, EABis a statewide issue –although the pest has notbeen identified in allcounties, Smith reported.

The forestry experttold farmers it is time towalk their woods anddetermine how they want

to manage it – plus alsodetermine what their owngoal is for the woodlot.

Are they interested inlumbering, wildlife, priva-cy, farm history or hunt-ing.

“You need to be famil-iar with your woods,” shestressed.

If a pest like the EABhits a woods and noaction is taken, a woodlotowner could lose a wholegrove if it has a heavyconcentration of ash, shepointed out.

If they know the sizeof their trees and what

the canopy includes, evenwith ash — fast actioncan result in some large— 12 inches in diameteror larger — infested treesbeing harvested.

After ash trees aredead, a woodlot ownerhas up to a year toremove that tree for har-vesting, she added.

Smith also advisedthat if there are ash treesdead from an EAB infes-tation – large chunks ofthe tree will fall off.

She said farmersshould consider this whentalking with anyonehunting on their landsand in woodlots.

As ash trees areremoved it can allowsmaller trees room togrow or Ash can bereplaced by new types oftree resistant to EAB, sheadded as a positive pointto managing your canopy.

After her talk at CropDays, Smith said she isconcerned that farmersmay use the damagecaused by the EmeraldAsh Borer as a reason toclear woodlots, which shesaid would be a detrimentto the state.

She commented thatmany woods, especially inNorthern Ohio – whereshe was speaking lastmonth include wetlandareas and wetland areashave very specific federalregulations. Those restric-tions are available fromthe the Farm ServicesAgency.

Smith said woodlotowners should understandtrees are a crop and prop-er thinning – EAB or not– increases the value oftheir lot when they focuson growing trees such asoaks, walnut and maple.For optimum productionin a woodlot, the areashould be thinned 20 to25 percent – but due tothe Emerald Ash Borer awhole area can be wipedout if not handled proper-ly.

“Five years ago, we didnot spend enough timeon invasive species con-trol,” Smith advised.

She said it is not onlypests that are invadingwoodlots in Ohio, butalso plants which canstrangle young trees andnative plants.

While Ohio is stilldealing with the EmeraldAsh Borer, Smith said thea worse bug is on thehorizon ,and it could bedevastating for more thanone type of tree – includ-ing Ohio’s big moneymaking tree stocks

The Asian LonghornBeetle loves maple trees,she told her audience inGibsonburg.

What is worse – itinfests 13 different speciesof trees, she added.

Smith said that so farthe ALB has been detect-ed in only one Ohiocounty — Clermont —and it is now quaran-tined. The beetle was dis-covered there in Ohio in2011.

“Will it get here?” shesaid about northern Ohio,“We hope not.”

Smith said a coupleother states that are bat-tling the Asian LonghornBeetle have found successin stopping it.

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The Asian Longhorn Beetle has been found in one county in Ohio and several states. Forestry officials are concerned this pest couldspread and do more damage than the Emerald Ash Borer. (Contributed photograph)

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Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) larvae: EAB larvae are flat, legless, heavily fragmented,creamy white, and reach 1 inch in length when fully mature.

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WAKEMAN — It’soften difficult to keepsecrets in the small com-munities which dot Ohio’srural areas, but for KenGreen, of Wakeman, hisfamily has maintained“the best-kept secret” ofthat north central Ohioregion for nearly 200years.

“We are the best-keptsecret in Wakeman. Wehave really good neigh-bors,” Green said abouthis Ohio Century Farm,

founded in 1817. “Ourneighbor’s farm was alsostarted in 1817.”

Green, who is the sixthgeneration to farm hisfamily’s Huron CountyCentury Farm, is passion-ate not only about WillowBrook Farm’s history, butequally so about keeping itgoing forward. He believesfirmly the history willkeep going, for generationseven, his son, Kris, 31, isworking full-time on thefarm, often joined by hisson, Ezra, 4.

“Kris handles the

mechanical end. I takecare of the business end.When it comes to plant-ing or harvesting, we areall out in the field.” Greensaid.

In addition to Kris,Green has a full-timehired man to assist withthe 2,000-acre farm. Aswith most Ohio farms,Willow Brook sustainsitself with crops of corn,soybeans and wheat. Krisalso raises a few head ofbeef for family use. A sec-ond son, Keith, is a farrier,and Green has four grand-

children, three girls inaddition to little Ezra, wholikes to spend time on thefarm with his dad andgrandfather.

The family’s deep tiesto their history is evidentin the many items whichhave been passed downthrough the seven genera-tions, including an oxyoke, which brought thefamily founders toWakeman Township onJuly 4, 1817.

Independence Day,1817, was the day SamuelBristol, his wife, Eunice

Sherman, and their son,Nelson, arrived in theFirelands area fromConnecticut, becomingthe third settlers to takeup residence in the region.

The War of 1812 hadbeen raging on. Indians,many of whom lived inOhio at the time, were abig part of the challenge.

“Who in their rightmind would want to comehere?” asked Green.

After their marriage,Eunice and Samuel Bristolrented a small farm inConnecticut until he had

saved $1,200, allowing thefamily to move west touncharted land madeavailable after fires wipedout many of theConnecticut properties.The name “Firelands”came about when the gov-ernment made availablethe unsettled territorywhich became Ohio. Afterpurchasing nearly 497acres for almost $993, thefamily loaded their wagon,hitched it to a team of twooxen and, along with onehorse, started out for Ohio


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Do you know where themeat on your dinner tablecomes from?

From beef, pork andpoultry producers, youmight answer, and you’d becorrect. But between thefarm and the grocery store,animals have to be slaugh-tered, butchered and some-times packaged for sale inmeat-processing plants.That is where there can bebig problems, say humanesocieties and animal rightsactivists.

Since 1990, states havebeen adopting what hasbeen tagged “Ag-Gag’ laws:bills passed by state legisla-tures to prohibit undercov-er photographs, video andsound recordings of animalssuffering abusive or cruelhandling and conditions inmeat processing facilities.Many of these recordingshave found their way ontothe internet via YouTubeand other venues. Whatthe undercover videosshow is difficult for manyto watch: workers usingelectric prods on cattle thatcan barely walk; workers ata major turkey farm kickingand stomping birds, someof them with open woundsand exposed flesh; chickensbeing twirled through theair with a rope around theirneck by a worker strollingthrough the plant... you getthe idea. Don’t forget - thisis meat that makes its wayto your table.

Why would anyonedefend this kind of activityand endorse laws to protectit?

“Proponents of the billsclaim that they are neces-sary to protect agriculturalinterests,” writes Doris Linin her March 2012 article

for About.com Guide.They say if animal crueltyor any illegal activity istaking place at a facility,the employees can notifyauthorities.

“There are several prob-lems with this argument,”Lin maintains. “Notifyingauthorities and waiting forauthorities to get either awarrant or permission toenter the premises givesthe wrongdoers a chance tocover up the problem.Cruel practices that areillegal will likely not bereported or exposed. Also,employees won’t reportthemselves to authoritiesand might be hesitant toreport their co-workers andsupervisors.”

Aren’t there folks outthere who inspect meatprocessing plants regularly,you might ask? Due to lim-ited funding, regulators areonly able to inspect a smallpercentage of the food weconsume. I recall havinglunch with a group offriends recently, and thediscussion came around tofood quality. A newacquaintance in the groupsaid he worked for a meatprocessing plant years ago,and his job for severalmonths was to stamp eachbeef carcass that passed byon the hanging conveyerwith the purple-inkedUSDA Quality InspectionStamp.

“You mean, they didn’treally inspect the meat?”asked ‘naive’ me, whichprompted an outburst oflaughter at the table. No,he admitted, they did notinspect the meat.

Last year, activist groupCompassion Over Killingreleased disturbing videofootage from a NationalSchool Lunch Programsupplier, Central Valley

Meat, said M. Joy Hayes,Ph.D., in a February 14,2013 article for The MotleyFool.

“It shows cows, beforeslaughter, covered in feces,writhing on the ground inblood, and projectile-vom-iting from the stress ofbeing repeatedly struck bya bolt gun (a weapon thatpierces the skull to stun or“euthanize” the animals),”Hayes said. “Before thefootage was released,Central Valley Meat alsoserved as a supplier forMcDonald’s and Costco.Both have since cut tieswith the company.”

Hayes recalled how anundercover investigationled by the Humane Societyled to the largest beef recallin history — removingmeat that may have beentainted with mad cow dis-ease from school cafeteriasaround the country.

The 2008 massive beefrecall came about, she said,from a Humane Societyundercover investigationthat provided a video of“downer” cows — animalstoo weak or sick to walk —being dragged to slaughterat Hallmark Meat, a suppli-er to the National SchoolLunch Program. This led toa recall because a cow’sinability to stand or walk isa possible indicator of madcow disease.

Farm groups claim theyare appalled by animal cru-elty, but that the exposésby animal rights groups arenot the best way to solvethe problem.

The “ag-gag” laws,Hayes explained, aredesigned to prevent anyoneother than regulators orlaw enforcement officersfrom investigating danger-ous or illegal agriculturalpractices that lead to mad

cow disease, salmonella orListeria poisoning, andother food-borne illnesses,

Kansas was the firststate to enact an ag-gaglaw, in 1990. Montana andNorth Dakota followed in1991. Iowa and Utah havesigned on as well.

The law passed in Iowain 2012 just a few monthsafter an ABC News reportwith an undercover videomade by an investigator forMercy for Animals whoworked at a large egg facto-ry in Iowa. The report ledto new procedures at theegg factory, but the investi-gator would not be able todo now what he did then,under the new law.

Ag-gag laws have beenproposed by politicians inArkansas, Indiana,Nebraska, New Hampshire,and Wyoming. Legislationmay be introduced inMinnesota, Pennsylvaniaand North Carolina.

In Utah last year, law-makers referred to the ani-mal welfare groups as “ter-rorists” and the enemy offarmers.

“This is about a group ofpeople that want to put usout of business, make nomistake about it,” saidUtah state Rep. MikeNoel.

The state laws are partof a campaign by lobbyistsfor the agriculture industryto put an end to the under-cover videos they say havecast a harsh light on theoperations of large-scalefarms. Because of thesenew laws, animal rightsactivists have stoppedundercover camera investi-gations into animal crueltyin states where it is prohib-ited. This leaves no onebut a few regulators spreadtoo thinly to look into alle-gations that come up in

thus states.How an animal is

processed and handleddirectly affects the meatsyou buy as a consumer.Aside from human healthand animal cruelty issues,other issues arise.

“These bills are trou-bling not only to animalprotection activists, butalso to those concernedwith food safety, laborissues, free speech, andfreedom of the press,” saidLin in her article. “Thebills would apply equally tojournalists, activists andemployees. By prohibitingany type of undercoverrecordings, a farm’s ownemployees would be pro-hibited from attempting torecord food safety viola-tions, labor violations, sex-ual harassment incidents orother illegal activity.”

First Amendment con-cerns were raised, she said,because the Minnesota billwould have prohibited thebroadcast of undercovervideos, and the Florida billoriginally prohibited anyunauthorized photos orvideos of a farm, includingthose shot from a publicstreet.

“Agribusiness interests,rather than trying to pre-vent cruelty to animals, aretrying to prevent the publicfrom seeing what’s going onfactory farms in the UnitedStates,” Wayne Pacelle,CEO and president of theHumane Society of theUnited States, told ABCNews. “You will never stopthe abuse if you shut thecameras down.”


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A nuisance to most, the honeybee is nevertheless a crucial part ofnature's ecosystem.

One of every three mouthfuls ofthe typical diet directly or indirectlybenefit from honey bee pollination.

It's no wonder then farmers, bee-keepers, researchers and others areconcerned about the sudden andunexpected loss of entire colonies.

The phenomenon, known asColony Collapse Disorder (CCD),has so far been observed in 22 states,including Ohio.

The cause remains unknown.“It's rather unexplained,” said

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Unexplained colony losses have

happen in the past. But ColonyCollapse Disorder (CCD) drewgreater attention in the wake of bee-keepers across the country reporting30 percent to 90 percent losses oftheir colonies in 2006.

In most cases, the the queenremained in the hive along withimmature bees. However, no adulthoney bees remain, and there are nodead bodies.

“They are just gone,” Bloetschersaid. “They're not dead.”

While there is no clear-cut expla-nation for the sudden hives losses,most researchers believe it is theresult of a myriad of factors, includ-ing varroa and tracheal mites, poornutrition and exposure to pesticides.

“It just seems like the bees areable to deal with some of it but theycan't deal with all of it,” Bloetschersaid.

The extent of the problem is alsounclear. Because researchers rely onthe self reporting of beekeepersthere is no way to know if the prob-lem is over reported or under report-ed, according to Reed Johnson, anassistant professor of entomology atOhio State University.

“What's not in question is thatbeekeepers have been losing bees,”he said.

Delaware County beekeeperGeorge Taylor, owner of WaldoOhio Apiaries, said his 800 hiveshave not been affected by CCD.While he has lost some bees, hechalks that up to nature.

“You have to accept that some ofthem are going to disappear,” hesaid. “It's just a regular thing withme.”

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With no known cause or cure,Conrad has instructed beekeepers tokeep the mite population in hivesdown through natural methods.

“It's just in its infancy now andwe hope we can keep it there fornow,” he said.

If not, America's agriculturalindustry could suffer. Pollination isresponsible for $15 billion in addedcrop value each year, according tothe Center for Disease Control.

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The darkness of the early morning isleaving and daylight is appearing. We arebeing greeted by a world of white. It hasbeen snowing all night and several inchesare covering the ground. Snowflakes arestill coming down very thick. I love towatch it snow. So manysnowflakes and our wonderfulGod created each one. Weare also having wind alongwith the snow. After a rainyweek in January we arehappy to see snow again. Thechildren are looking forwardto some more sledding.Warm weather and rain wehad this week probablyruined the lake for ice fish-ing. My husband Joe andsons Benjamin and Josephalong with Timothy andSusan’s friend Mose spentlast Saturday ice fishing.

They had two ice fishing shacks with apropane heater in each one so they stayedquite warm. They didn’t have too muchluck with getting fish but they still enjoyedthe day. Tomorrow several of our childrenhave doctor’s appointments at the chil-dren’s hospital two hours away. I hope andpray that we will get back from there safely.Our friend Irene usually takes us and she isa safe driver but accidents can still happen.

I think a lot more about accidents sincethe tragedy that took the life of two of mycousins two weeks ago. Joe will take off

work to go with us which I am glad for.Days like that can be more stressfulthan being at home working.

We always like to start out threehours ahead of our appointment time sothat we can get there on time. You never

know when you getdelayed in the traffic.Because of the weather wewill be leaving at 6:30 a.m.so it will take most of theday.

Last week Joe and Iattended the funeral of Joe’scousin Willis’ wife Irene.She had a battle with can-cer. Such a dreadful disease.Our sympathy and prayersgo to the family. Theirhouse will seem empty with-out a mother in it. God hadall of this happen for a rea-

son. In less than three weeks three of ourcousins all around the same age were takenfrom this earth. Our hearts ache for all ofthe families left to mourn. The only com-fort we can have is knowing that Godmakes no mistakes.

Yesterday I was finally able to do ourlaundry for this week. It had amounted toquite a bit.

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Government and busi-ness development officialssay a completed flood-control plan will spureven more investment inthe community that hasbeen hit hard by floodingin recent years.

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The U.S. Army Corpsof Engineers has presentedtentative ideas that it sayswould not eliminate flood-ing but could decreasefloodwater levels by threefeet in Findlay during theworst flooding.

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“To grow strong and serve the peo-ple, We are FFA. The more we know,the more we Grow…We grow and wedo it together. We Grow!”

This year’s National FFA theme is“Grow” and at national conventionin Indianapolis, with 50,000 bluecoats, the National FFA officer teamblasted this song on the mega screen.

The quote is a few select linesfrom the 2012 National FFA themevideo.

The national officers performevery year to start off each sessionshowing this video right before theopening ceremonies. The officers step

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Once the officers had been intro-duced a presentation was played.

The presentation displayed the fol-lowing statistics: the number of FFAdegrees awarded, the number ofNational FFA scholarships given, thenumber of participants in careerdevelopment events, the total numberof FFA members, the total number ofchapters, the amount of money raisedby the foundation, the number oftotal media users, and the populationgrowth in correlation to the agricul-ture growth.

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ST. LOUIS — Thissummer, 10 U.S. soy-bean farmers fromacross the country willget the chance to seehow the UnitedSoybean Board (USB)puts their soy checkoffinvestment to use. Tofind out who those 10farmers will be, thenational soy checkoffhas begun acceptingapplications for itssixth annual See forYourself program.

See For Yourselfoffers farmers thechance to see thecheckoff in action andevaluate a wide rangeof checkoff activities.The 2013 See forYourself session willtake place July 21–27.

The soy checkoffinvites all soybeanfarmers from aroundthe country to visitUSB’s website andapply. The applicationdeadline is April 1.

“See for Yourself istruly exceptional,” saidDavid Hartke, chair ofthe USB Audit andEvaluation committee,which sponsors See forYourself. “Farmer-par-ticipants have thechance to see theactivities of theircheckoff up close, anddraw their own conclu-sions at the same time.

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Selected farmer-par-ticipants will visit sev-eral sites that demon-strate the soy check-off’s efforts to improvethe value of U.S. soymeal and oil; ensuresoybean farmers andtheir customers havethe freedom and infra-structure to operate;and meet the needs ofU.S. soy customers.

Participants willfirst meet in St. Louis,headquarters of USB,to receive an overviewof the organization andsee how the checkoffworks on behalf of soy-bean farmers domesti-cally. The group willthen travel to a loca-tion abroad to learnabout the demand forU.S. soy international-ly and to see some ofthe many uses for soy.Examples of what par-ticipants might seeinclude the use ofbiodiesel at a major air-port, the importance ofsoy to animal agricul-ture and the use of soyby the food industry.USB will cover alltravel, lodging andmeal expenses.

Kentucky soybeanfarmer Jonathan Millerencourages farmers toapply.

efforts to do directinjection treatmentsinto trees where theALB has been found,but she commented thatwhile it may delay thespread of the beetle ithas not been overlyeffective.

“Our woodlandresources are veryimportant,” she stressed.The black-and-whitebeetle makes a largehole in a tree and is ahandful of beetle whengrown. If a No. 2 pencilwill fit in a pest hole ona tree- a property ownercould be looking atALB, she said.

Smith added that theUnited StatesDepartment ofAgriculture is involvedin fighting the beetle,which has been locatedin Chicago, and eastcoast states. Ohio is thesouthern most statewhere it has beenfound.

OSU has been work-ing with Georgia ondocumenting the beetle.An “App” has been cre-ated for Android smartphones and tablets inwhich people can snap apicture of a beetle andupload it and it can beverified.

That also allows offi-cials to document loca-tions of pest infestationsin real time, accordingto Smith.

The main effort tocontrol the AsianLonghorn Beetle inOhio is being coordinat-ed by the USDA.

The USDA Animaland Plant HealthInspection Servicerevised its eradicationprogram for the AsianLonghorn Beetle inJanuary in ClermontCounty, Ohio. A reporton the plan shows thatthe beetle is drawn to13 genera of hosts trees- various hardwoodswhere females chewdepressions into thebark and lay eggs.

Those trees includemaple, box elder, horsechestnuts, buckeye,mimosa, birch, hackber-ry, katsura, ash, goldenrain, willow, mountainash, and elm. Once the

eggs hatch larvae boreinto the tree to feed.Over the course of ayear, the larva willmature and chew itsway out of the tree as anadult resulting in a 3/8-inch diameter hole. InOhio, the beetle wouldtypically emerge inwarm months.

Eradication optionsincluded in the programincluded taking noaction, full removal ofimpacted trees and pos-sible high risk host treesand a combination ofremoval of trees andimidacloprid treatmentof high risk trees.

The plan for full hosttree removal includesalso removing infestedtrees plus all high risktrees within up to a halfmile of the infestedtrees.

The preferred alter-native in the program isremoving the infestedhost trees and a combi-

nation treating withimidacloprid trunk orsoil injections for highrisk host trees in a halfmile radius, accordingto the USDA report.Cut trees also wouldneed to be chipped, andthis option is similar toeradication programsused in Massachusettsand New York, thereport noted. The alter-native also includesapplication of herbi-cides on the trunks.

The USDA APHISreported it expects upto 150,000 imidaclopridtreatments to be appliedand up to 15,000 treesto be removed per year.

Smith said at theGibsonburg event thatthose interested in theimpact of the AsianLonghorn Beetles canvisit beetlebusters.infoand those wanting moreinformation on theEmerald Ash Borer visitashalert.osu.edu.


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PHOTO BY BECKY BROOKSKathy Smith, OSU Extension Program Director forForestry, recently traveled to Gibsonburg forNorthern Ohio Crop Day to share information onpests that are impacting woodlands in Ohio.

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WOOSTER — OhioState University’s Fruit andVegetable Safety Team willhold grower workshops inZanesville and Newark onMarch 11. The topic ofboth programs is preventingmicrobial contaminationon fruit and vegetablefarms, including the use ofGood AgriculturalPractices, or GAPs.

Speaking will be special-ists from Ohio StateUniversity Extension, theoutreach arm of OhioState’s College of Food,Agricultural, andEnvironmental Sciences.

The times and locations:1-4 p.m. in OSUUniversity Extension’sMuskingum County office,225 Underwood St.,Zanesville.6-9 p.m. inHopewell Hall, Room 53,on Ohio State’s Newarkcampus, 1189 UniversityDrive, Newark.

Participants will receivea resource workbook, paperhandouts and a certificateof participation as verifica-tion for their customersthat they have receivedGAPs training.

The workshops don’tprovide formal certificationin GAPs, however. Thatinstead requires a farmaudit conducted by theU.S. Department ofAgriculture or a third-partycompany.

“Not all farms arerequired to be GAPs-certi-fied by a third-party audit,”said Ashley Kulhanek, anOSU Extension educator inMedina County and amember of the team.“Many small farms will beexempt from federal regula-tions requiring audits, butcustomers of small farms ormanagers of farmers mar-kets may have some expec-tations for farmers to havebeen trained in GAPs or to

have some food safetymeasures in place, if notfully audited.

“GAPS training in gen-eral can benefit growers byincreasing their competi-tiveness in the marketplaceby showing their efforts tocut the risk of food-borneillness.”

Pre-registration isencouraged but notrequired. Walk-ins are wel-come. Registration is $10per person, payable by cashor check, with checks madeout to “Ohio StateUniversity.”

Participants can reservea spot in the Zanesvilleprogram by [email protected] or740-454-0144; and in theNewark program by con-tacting [email protected] or740-992-6696.

Financial support for theprograms is provided in partby a grant from the OhioDepartment of AgricultureSpecialty Crop Program,which has helped reducethe registration cost.

ANIMAL SAFETYADVICEEven good-tempered ani-mals can become dangerous.Cattle can knock down andtrample a toddler withoutnoticing the child is eventhere. Keep children awayfrom animals, especially inlivestock-handling areas.

· Children love animals,but animals don't alwayslove children.

· Children need to betaught how to handle andwork around animals tolessen potential hazards.

· Household pets can beas dangerous as farm ani-mals. Know your local laws-some municipalities differ.

· Respect for all animalsshould be one of the firstthings taught to young chil-dren.

· Keep livestock in theappropriate pens or fencedareas.

· Children need to be

aware of their location sothey do not end up behindan animal and get steppedon or kicked. Running orscreaming around animalscan cause the animal tobecome spooked, whichcould lead to an injury.

· Children also need tobe warned to stay awayfrom any farm animal withits young. A new mothercan quickly turn on a childif she feels her young arethreatened.

When working aroundanimals encourage childrento:

· Be calm, move slowly,and avoid loud noises. Wearsteel-toed shoes. Avoid thehind legs of the animal.

· Approach large animalsat the shoulder. Childrenshould avoid handling stal-lions, bulls, rams, and boars.

· Always have an escaperoute when working withanimals in close quarters.Wear helmets when ridinghorses.

Safety advice provided byAnnetta Chappell, A. C.Insurance Agency, 920 N.Main St., Bellefontaine, OH43311

BLACK BEARSRETURNING TO OHIOSomething magical andquite rare likely is occurringin a least a few hiddenlocations around Ohio –the birth of newborn blackbear cubs. While blackbears are considered rareand endangered in theBuckeye State, the ODNRDivision of Wildlife con-firms a very small residentpopulation of bruins is pres-ent. While most of thebears seen in Ohio areyoung juvenile male blackbears searching for a newterritory, the sighting offemale bears (sows) withyoung cubs have beenrecorded in recent years.The details of these previ-ous sightings suggest thatbears are reproducing suc-cessfully in the state.

COLUMBUS, — It'stime to tap those trees!Ohio's maple sugaring sea-son offers travelers tastyfamily fun as maple treesare tapped and the sapbegins to flow. Ohio is thefifth largest producer ofmaple syrup in the UnitedStates, and March is themonth when all the magichappens.

Surprisingly, the cre-ation of maple syrup hasn'tchanged all that much fromthe days of NativeAmericans. Some farmsemploy a bit more technol-ogy, but the processremains the same. Mapletrees are tapped by boringholes through the bark to adepth to reach the sap,then sap is boiled down toremove the water leavingsweet syrup. Nothing else isadded to pure maple syrup.According to the OhioMaple ProducersAssociation, it takes 35-45gallons of sap to make agallon of syrup, and Ohioproduces approximately125,000 gallons of syrupannually.

Over the course of thenext several weekends,maple sugaring businessesare opening their doors andsharing their centuries-oldmethods of producing thetasty topping. Visitors canexperience this process andenjoy a walk or wagon ridethrough the sugar bush.And when you've finishedsampling Ohio's maple sug-aring fun, stop at one ofOhio's historic workingmills for some stone-groundpancake mix that will be aperfect pairing for yourfresh maple syrup. AtHistoric Clifton Mill in

Cliftonvisitors have plen-ty of pancake mixchoices, including: wholewheat, blueberry, buckwheat, corn meal, applecinnamon and buttermilk.Bear's Mill in Greenvilleoffers its own stone-groundmeal and flour, along witha generous selection ofhandmade arts and locallymade pottery.

Following is a samplingof festivals and events tiedto Ohio's maple sugaringfun:

• Pancake Breakfastat Century Village, Burton- March 3, 10, 17, 24

Enjoy the sweet taste ofhome-grown maple syrup atthe Geauga CountyHistorical Society's annualpancake breakfast. It's quitea feast with pancakes,sausage and omelets servedhot off the griddle. Onceyou're full of maple syrup-soaked pancakes, stickaround to learn about thehistory of the Western

Reserve at Century Villageand the historically signif-

icant structures in thearea.

• 37th Annual MapleSyrup Festival at MalabarFarm State Park, Lucas -March 2, 3, 9, 10

Take a horse-drawn wagon ride

and see demonstrations ofsugar making through his-tory. Make sure you bringyour appetite - maple syrup,fudge and maple products

will be available for pur-chase.

• Maple Syrup Festivalat Hueston Woods StatePark, College Corner -March 2, 3, 9, 10

Maple syrup wasn'tmade just to be admiredfrom a distance, so bringyour fork and enjoy a pan-cake breakfast from 7 a.m.to 1 p.m. at HuestonWoods State Park. Whileyou're there, explore thestate park with a tour ofthe sugar bush, offered fromnoon to 4 p.m.

• March MapleMadness Driving Tour,Across Ohio - March 9, 10,16, 17

For two weekends inMarch, sugarhouses acrossOhio open their doors andinvite visitors to see first-hand how pure maple syrupis made. The March MapleMadness Driving Tour is astatewide event sponsoredby the Ohio MapleProducers Association andOhio syrup makers.Experienced maple syrupmakers will be on hand toanswer questions during thefree, drive-it-yourself touracross Ohio. Stops includesmall, backyard venturesand large, commercial oper-ations.• Maple Sugaring in

the Hills at HockingHills State Park, Logan -March 9,10

Come to the Naturalist'sCabin at Old Man's Cavein Hocking Hills to discov-er the many methods usedto make this tasty treatfrom local maple sap.Samples will be available,and you can also enjoy apancake breakfast at thedining lodge.• Maple Syrup Open

House at MapleberryFarms, Waverly - March 16

Mapleberry Farm beganas a winter hobby, but nowis a full-time family busi-ness. Visitors are welcometo stop by and learn aboutthe maple sugaring processand enjoy the sweet taste ofhome-grown maple syrup.


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Nostalgic scenes like this one of galvanized buckets capturing sap from sugar maple trees are plentiful inOhio, due to the state’s 900 maple producers. Most likely, though, you’ll come across webs of gravity-fed pipingthat takes the sap directly to the sugar house to be boiled down to make pure maple syrup.

BY JANE BEATHARDStaff Writer

At more than 100 yearsold, the London State FishHatchery is thriving on acolorful past and looking toa bright future.

The oldest of Ohio’s sixstate fish hatcheries is slat-ed for an upgrade, begin-ning in the spring of 2014.A $2.1 million project toimprove electrical service,install back-up generatorsand add alarm systems tomonitor dissolved oxygenin the water is proposed inthe state’s new biennialbudget, according to ScottHale of the OhioDepartment of NaturalResources (ODNR)Division of Wildlife.

ODNR’s engineeringdivision is working throughpre-construction details,Hale said.

Improvements are wel-come at 83-acre Londonfacility that currently pro-duces both rainbow andbrown trout, as well asmuskellunge (muskies), forstocking in Ohio’s public

waters.Historically, its natural

cold springs and the pres-ence of Oak Run Creekmade it an attractive sitefor growing fish. But, theproperty had other uses inthe early 1800s.

It was once the site of adistillery and a grist mill.Settled in 1812 by Johnand George Sutherland, itwas acquired by JacobGarrard in 1823, accordingto a history compiled in1978.

ODNR’s predecessor,the Ohio Fish & GameCommission, obtained thehatchery’s original 7.8 acresin 1896 from a Garrarddescendant.

George Morcher washired as the first superin-tendent in 1898 and heldthe job for the next 39years.

In those days, the “fishfarm” (as it was called) pro-duced large and small-mouth bass, crappies, rockbass, bluegills and marblecatfish for stocking in cen-tral Ohio waters. A sanctu-ary for birds and a wildlife

display drew visitors whooften picnicked on thegrounds. The neighboringRoberts family held annualreunions on the grounds.

Widespread drought inthe early 1930s reduced thehatchery’s natural watersupply and forced the facili-ty to close in 1940.

ODNR reopened thefacility 20 years later andbegan restoring drains,dikes and ponds in order toraise muskies on a limitedbasis.

Inmate laborers fromthe adjacent LondonCorrectional Institutionreconstructed ponds andinstalled a new drainagesystem in 1962.

Abundant supplies ofcold spring and sub-surfacewater made the hatchery

ideal for growing cohosalmon. In the late 1960s,ODNR drilled wells andconstructed a raceway — aman-made canal with rap-idly flowing water — forsalmon production.

In 1969, ODNR beganan ambitious improvementproject. New buildings,including a new home forthe superintendent, wentup. A new dam with floodgates spanned Oak RunCreek.

In the years since, statebiologists used the facilityto experiment in raising avariety of fish species,including walleye, bass andsaugeye.

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ponds and the outdoorearthen raceway.

Until recently, thehatchery raised trout fromits own brood stock.However, that provedfinancially unfeasible.

London’s techniciansnow buy rainbow trout eggsfrom hatcheries in thePacific Northwest. Thoseeggs are hatched and grownto fingerling size, thentransferred to state hatch-eries at Kincaid in southernOhio and Castalia nearLake Erie. It takes about ayear for the teenage fish toreach a stockable length atthose facilities.

Brown trout eggs comefrom a federal hatchery inWyoming and are grown tostockable size at London.

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ed from female fish in statereservoirs in April, hatchedand reared at London, thenstocked in public lakes andreservoirs in September.

Forage minnows to feedthe growing muskies arealso grown at London.

In the past, fish hatch-ery staff also cultivatedhybrid striped bass. Effortsto expand this program willcontinue, Hale said.

Doug Sweet, the currentsuperintendent, said hatch-eries like London improveoutdoor recreation in Ohioand are financially self-sus-taining.

“All fish stocked —especially trout — returnrevenue to the state in theform of fishing licensesales,” Sweet said.


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Additionally, the Institute of Medicine advises that adultsshould eat a minimum of 0.8 grams of protein per kilogram (or0.37 grams per pound) of ideal body weight. For a personwhose ideal weight is 160 pounds, for example, that would bea minimum of about 60 grams of protein.

Paying attention to both pieces of guidance is important —particularly if you’re severely restricting calories for weight loss.If you’re eating, say, 1,200 calories a day, and you’re keepingyour protein to the minimum of 10 percent of total calories,you’d only be consuming 30 grams of protein a day (each gramof protein has 4 calories). That’s not nearly enough for mostadults. You’ll want to eat a higher percentage of protein andtrim back one or both of the other macronutrients, carbohy-drates and fat.

Note that when you make shifts in one macronutrient, itaffects the percentages you’re consuming in the whole diet.Total fat should be limited to 30 percent of total calories, withmost coming from healthier unsaturated types. For carbohy-drates, the recommended range is 45 to 65 percent of totalcalories, with half coming from healthier whole grains. A mini-mum intake of 130 grams of carbohydrates per day is necessaryfor normal brain function.

For protein, the best choices include meats with relativelylittle fat, including lean beef, pork and poultry; fish, includingsalmon, trout and other choices high in omega-3 fatty acids;and beans, peas, soy products and unsalted nuts. For moredetail, see the advice for protein in the 2010 DietaryGuidelines for Americans at http://bit.ly/chooseprotein.

If you’re trying to lose weight, you might have noticed thatmany mainstream diet plans recommend a higher proportion ofdietary protein. And it’s true that protein helps with satiety,that feeling of fullness after eating. So, if you’re stuck in yourattempt at losing weight, you might consider bumping up yourlean protein intake while reducing carbohydrates, as long asyou stay in the overall guidelines. That said, a 2009 study pub-lished in the New England Journal of Medicine comparing differ-ent regimens showed restricting calories overall was the key toweight loss, not where the calories come from.

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BY ZACHARY GRIMMKnox County Citizen

The story of theRickard Family’s farm, FoxHollow Farm, begins notin Knox County, but inNew Jersey.

There, Bruce and LisaRickard met. Havingalways wanted to be afarmer, Bruce relocatedwith Lisa to Columbus 26years ago with only eightlambs, but plenty of ideas.It was on Gilmore Roadthat they found FoxHollow Farm, aptly namedby the locals in the valleywhere the Rickard home-stead would come to be.

The Rickards admit-tedly didn’t know a wholelot about farming whenthey came to Fox HollowFarm, but they soon dis-covered that a process inwhich basically everythingon the farm ties intoeverything else was alucrative and natural wayto go. Their main grass-growing practice thriveson the idea of intensivegrazing, which, Lisa says,“maximizes grass produc-tion.” One way this is evi-dent is their process ofallowing their grazing ani-mals to feed on one stripof pasture at a time. Asson Jesse explains, doingso allows the pasturewhich was just foraged togrow back fuller and withmore and stronger nutri-ents in the new plants. Ifall the animals are forag-ing on the same piece ofpasture, the quality andquantity of viable food isgoing to be much lowerthan if they are movedperiodically.

In turn, their 70 headof cattle and 275 head ofsheep, are allowed to liveand grow naturally on thegrass pastures, beinghealthier at the sametime. When the animalsare raised this way, theRickards believe the cus-tomer then gets a prod-uct—be it pork, chicken,or beef—which is ahealthier choice allaround.

While not yet certifiedan organic operation, Lisapoints out that their fami-ly “does follow organicprinciples.” They raisechickens for the purposeof meat rather than justeggs, and make a con-scious effort not to raisetheir larger livestockusing hormones, andrarely introducing antibi-otics into their systems.Those healthier livestockthen go to Dee-Jays inFredericktown and arealso sold to local restau-rants.

Lisa, Bruce and JesseRickard take a lot of pridein the ways they’ve suc-cessfully built both theirhomestead and their busi-ness.

“We don’t feel asthough there are a lot ofsmall family farms likeours,” says Bruce. In theireyes, not many otherfarms the size of theirspartake in much directmarketing, which theRickards are very much infavor of.

“We felt like we need-ed to focus on direct mar-keting, that way we couldcontrol the prices of ourproducts.”

When direct market-ing is the core value, theRickard family believesthat, since everything isgrown together and soldtogether, “there is more ofa choice for consumers.”

In addition, the familyfeels as though theirintensive grazing methodis not common, thus per-haps giving them an edge.

“We do what we do tohelp our community. Ourbusiness is something weconsider a communityservice,” Lisa adds.

In order to further thatcommunity service, abusiness should surelymarket both its productsand its name. The

Rickards have done thisvery well, having aFacebook page and a verysuccessful online avenuefor people to order theirgrass-fed products directfrom their website. Lisa,Bruce and Jesse attributemuch of the success of the“more high-tech” portion

of their business to theironline order form.

They participate in theMount Vernon FarmersMarket and the LocalRoots Market in Wooster.They also participate inthe Harvest at theWoodward, also in MountVernon. The Rickard

family spends a good dealof time putting a true faceto their farm’s name byhaving been a stop onprevious Heart of OhioTours.

When they want to gobeyond what they can doin Knox County to mar-ket their products, theyhave gone to the OEFFA(Ohio Ecological Food &Farm Association)Conference. There, Jesseand farm co-workerChelsea learn about newideas to try at Fox HollowFarm and Bruce and Lisaare able to teach a work-shop or two, as well asmeet old friends and per-haps get new ideas as well.

Perhaps the two mostsurprising and interestingthings the Rickard Familydoes to actively be a partof the community they sowillingly serve are theiryearly Open Farm Days, atime in the spring when

the family opens FoxHollow Farm to the pub-lic for a few days so thepublic can see and learnwhat the family is doingto raise their healthy,grass-fed products.Secondly, Lisa and Brucework closely and oftenwith Kenyon College,allowing interested stu-dents to participate in anextended on-site experi-ence with the Rickardfamily, helping them withthe day-to-day tasks of agrass farm while learningthe importance and bene-fits of such an operation.

For more informationabout Fox Hollow Farmfrom Bruce, Lisa or JesseRickard, email them [email protected], call (740)694-8528, visit their website atfoxhollowfarmnaturally.com, or look for theirFacebook page, FoxHollow Farm Naturally.


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on May 28, 1817.They arrived on July fourth in

Vermilion where Eunice and Nelsonresided with acquaintances for a fewweeks while Samuel built a loghouse on the newly purchased prop-erty. The house was later replacedby a frame home nearby whenSamuel learned a road was to bebuilt from Fitchville to Lake Erie.Samuel also cleared three acres andsowed wheat as his first crop.

When Ken Green looks outfrom his Fitchville River Roadhome, he can almost, with greatcertainty, spot the area along thebanks of the Chappell Creek wherethose first early Bristol homes wereerected. Indeed, the farm’s name,Willow Brook, was taken from theclumps of willow trees which oncegrew thickly along the creek.

A history of WakemanTownship notes that most of theoriginal Bristol land has beenowned by their descendants, passingfrom generation to generationthrough inheritance. Additionalland was later purchased by SamuelBristol in 1823, and it is on one lot

where the first frame house wasconstructed.

Just prior to 1886, the house wasmoved by their grandson, Samuel,to make way for a new house — theone adjacent to the road where KenGreen now resides. After 1886, the“old house” was used as storage andas a chicken coop, with a corncribadded to the rear. It was finally dis-mantled in 1989, but even thengave up a few family secrets as acandlestick holder was found in asecond story wall.

In the intervening years of 1817to 1866, according to a family histo-ry compiled by Ken Green’s brother,Dennis, the Bristol families accumu-lated considerable property asNelson Bristol grew up and marriedJulia Sherman. Their son, SamuelB. Bristol and his wife, Louisa M.Gilder became the third generation.

It was this generation of Bristolswho built the home on FitchvilleRiver Road where Ken Green grewup and still lives. The Green gener-ations began when Samuel B. andLouisa’s daughter, Hazel, marriedEzra R. Green.

That couple’s future was cement-ed by quite an unusual circumstancearound 1910 when a group of youngfriends were attending a school pic-nic at nearby Ruggles Beach. Hazelslipped in a hole and went beneaththe waves, bobbing up and downuntil Ezra, described as an “ardentadmirer” of Hazel, put his expertswimming skills to use and dove forher unconscious body. Then a stu-dent at Ohio State University, Ezrais said to have worked to reviveHazel for one hour, not giving upuntil she “was out of danger,” anaction that, according to the familyhistory, “gradually led to a deeperfriendship.” They were married in1917.

The fifth generation was createdwhen Ezra and Hazel’s son, C.Nelson Green, married Ella Mae K.Read. They became parents of fourchildren, Dennis, Dan, Diane andKen Green. Today, Ken lives on thefamily farm, which has expandedconsiderably from its nearly twocentury-old roots. He credits hisbrother, Dennis, with “doing all thework” to get the farm certified as a

Century Farm.As a result, Dennis put together

the family history, which featureseach of the Bristol/Green genera-tions complete with lots of photo-graphs both of the people and themany historical objects which thefamily has retained.

In 2012, Ken and his olderbrother, Dan, returned to their orig-inal roots in Woodbury, Conn.,even meeting the family which nowoccupies the ancestral home oftheir great-great-great-grandmother,Eunice Sherman Bristol, andattending a Bristol family reunion.

The pride which Ken Greentakes in his family’s heritage isobvious through his “hobby” —restoring the family carriages,which have been kept for so manygenerations. Four of those havebeen accurately restored, withmuch of the work done by theAmish.

The family enjoys dressing up inperiod costumes and participatingin nearby parades, having trained ahorse to pull the carriage.

“You can tell it is meaningful to

people when we reintroduce ourheritage,” Green said.

He also focuses on keeping thefamily heritage going.

“I love to improve the land,” hesaid. “To be successful, you have tobe efficient. I am a big advocate ofsubsurface drainage. I also like agood freeze. It helps us fix the mis-takes of fall. There are a lot of ben-efits to a good freeze. It not onlykills off bugs, but allows us to workon the land, clearing fence rowsand so forth.”

Green has a plan for his ownfuture. He wants to build himself aone-story cabin on the west bank ofChappell Creek so that his son,Kris, and family can move into thefamily farmhouse.

With all five previous genera-tions of his family buried in thenearby local cemetery where hisdaughter-in-law is the caretaker,Green, who is not yet ready to quit,has yet another goal — to continue“to instill our heritage in my family”with the hopes that Willow Creekwill be in the Green family fordecades to come


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“If you are intending to defraud ... thenyou should be held accountable for it,” saidRepublican Rep. Kenneth Kurtz ofColdwater. He recently introduced legisla-tion aimed at cracking down on scammerswho drive car and truck loads of cans fromIndiana, Wisconsin and Ohio — states thatdo not offer refunds — to stores across theborder in Michigan.

His legislation would make an attempt toreturn between 100 and 10,000 non-return-able containers punishable by up to 93 daysin jail and a $1,000 fine. Current law setspenalties only for those who actually returnfraudulent containers.

Michigan’s 10 cent-per-container refund— the highest in the country — was enact-ed more than 30 years ago to encouragerecycling. Many say it’s worked. The state’srecycling rate for cans and bottles was nearly96 percent in 2011. By contrast, New York,one of nine states with nickel deposits onmost containers, saw only a 66.8 percentredemption rate in 2007, the most recentfigure available.

Despite measures Michigan lawmakershave taken over the years, including tougherpenalties for bottle scammers and newmachines that kick out fraudulent cans,store owners and distributors along the bor-der say illegal returns persist.

Mike Hautala owns Hautala Distributing,which services Gogebic and Ontonagoncounties in the western part of the UpperPeninsula near the Wisconsin border. Hesaid for every case of beer his distributorshipdelivers to a store along the border, it picksup about seven more cases of empty cans.

The state loses $10 million to $13 mil-lion a year to fraudulent redemptions,according to most recent 2007 estimatesfrom the Michigan Beer and WineWholesalers Association. Angela Madden,the association’s director of governmentalaffairs, said that number has likely gonedown slightly because of changes imple-mented since, but not by much.

Bill Nichols, store director at Harding’sFriendly Market in Niles about three milesfrom the Indiana border, said the store takesin about $6,000 worth of cans a week. Hesaid every week he kicks out people for try-ing to return large garbage bags full of cansfrom Indiana, a state that offers no refund.

“You can go into the parking lot and lookat the license plates and see that it saysIndiana,” he said.


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