An educational course that covers good agricultural practices or GAPs, which helps reduce the risk of on-farm produce contamination. Attending the OSU GAPs class does not equate to being GAPs certified.This is a training for the Plain community. The instructors for this class are Ashley Kulhanek and Beth Scheckelhoff, OSU Extension Educators and OSU Fruit and Vegetable Safety Team members.

OSU Extension in Summit and Portage Counties are teaming up to offer Annie’s Project from February 21st – March 28th, 2019. Annie’s project is a six-week program designed to address risk management education for farm women. Its objective is to educate women entrepreneurs so that they are more prepared to make farm management decisions. While a large number of farm women own and operate farms, others play a major role in the decision-making process of farm operations for farm families.

REGISTER HERE   COST: EARLY BIRD $45.00 per person before February 1, 2019   $55.00 beginning February 1, 2019 Includes: Continental Breakfast, Lunch catered by Williams on the Lake, and door prizes!  

Have you ever left a meeting where the group’s decision still didn’t feel right or where everyone still wasn’t on the same page? This training will provide you techniques for helping groups work through thinking and decision making of important ideas and difficult conversations. You will learn how to be effective at facilitating people through processes that provide useful information and data in making decisions and developing ownership over those decisions. Participants will: • Understand facilitation and facilitator roles

OSU Extension in Summit and Portage Counties are teaming up to offer Annie’s Project from February 21st – March 28th, 2019. Annie’s project is a six-week program designed to address risk management education for farm women. Its objective is to educate women entrepreneurs so that they are more prepared to make farm management decisions. While a large number of farm women own and operate farms, others play a major role in the decision-making process of farm operations for farm families.

Conflict is a part of our daily lives at work or at home. How we manage conflict has a direct impact on how fulfilled we feel about our work, the quality of work, and the quality of work from our respective teams or units. Effectively dealing with and using conflict as a positive tool is a major component of success in current or future leadership roles.

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Emotional vampires tend to drain the energy of everyone they encounter. These “vampires” tend to suck out your optimism, and enthusiasm rather than your blood. Their toxic behaviors can range from subtle comments, to full blown drama. These vampires, it can be one, or one hundred in an organization, affect workplace productivity and lowers morale. It is essential to stop having your energy drained from you. One way is to learn to identify the different types of behavior they possess.

An educational course that covers good agricultural practices or GAPs, which helps reduce the risk of on-farm produce contamination. Attending the OSU GAPs class does not equate to being GAPs certified.This is a training for the Plain community and a no-technology training. The instructors for this class are Ashley Kulhanek and Beth Scheckelhoff,  OSU Extension Educators and OSU Fruit and Vegetable Safety Team members.