If you’ve ever clicked on our “About” tab, you may have read our mission statement:
To promote agriculture through education and involvement, serving as the voice of agriculture in Summit County thus improving the viability of agriculture in an urban county. This statement has forced us to take education seriously through many avenues, over the years.
Of course, the Summit County Farm Bureau (SCFB) has been an active supporter of agriculture education with the local 4-H groups ever since the first county fair. Many volunteers have visited local school classrooms to present a variety of Ag InThe Classroom programs. In 2001, the Ag Mobile was developed, educating hundreds of children since its inception. And the SCFB Agricultural Kiosk with the American Farm games, designed in 2011, has spent time at the Akron Zoo, Hale Farm, and many local libraries.
While most of our ag education of the past has been directed at children, we have made great gains toward education for our adult members, as well.
The SCFB has invited many speakers to participate in our Annual Meetings over the years. However, the first “official” education seminar sponsored by SCFB was in 2007, The Equine Environmental & Liability Awareness Program. Over the next couple of years, additional equine seminars were offered annually. It was from those very first seminars that the demand for adult education became apparent.
Many topics in all areas of agriculture have been addressed:
2013 SCFB Annual Meeting Speaker Chip Gross from Country Living magazine
Livestock
Urban Shepherd
Exotic Animals
Beekeeping
Equine Emergency Care
Poultry
Plants
Hay 101
Hay; Quality Production & Management
Grape Growing
Growing Small Fruit
All About Lawns
Invasive Species
Summit County Farm Burea Ag-Mobile
Property Management
Pasture Care
Protecting Your Farm
Barn Fire Safety
Ponds
Rain Gardens
Woodland Stewardship
Hydraulic Fluid Safety
Oil & Gas Information
CAUV
Food
Maple Syrup
Recipes From The Garden
Cooking With Herbs
Canning & Freezing
Cooking at Kuners Fruit Farm
Cooking at Boughton Farm.
Maybe you were lucky enough to have attended the Pruning seminar at the Winery at Wolf Creek last week or you are planning on attending the Oil & Gas Pipeline Informational meeting on April 15th or the Healthy Soil seminar on April 28th.
We hope that you have been able to benefit from any of these seminars in the past and know that we are always open to any of your suggestions for future seminars. Please feel free to contact the office with any requests or suggestions.
And as always, THANK YOU for your support!