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  1. Upcoming sessions target on-farm food safety for fruit, vegetable growers

    https://hcs.osu.edu/news/upcoming-sessions-target-farm-food-safety-fruit-vegetable-growers

    provide produce growers the basics of on-farm food safety. In addition, participants will hear the latest ... produce growers under the Food Safety Modernization Act, said Lindsey Hoover, the program's ... is expected to modify some key provisions it had proposed in the produce safety rule, Hoover said, ...

  2. Lindsey Hoover: New Food Safety Program Coordinator

    https://hcs.osu.edu/news/lindsey-hoover-new-food-safety-program-coordinator

    public. She helps with the Good Agricultural Practice (GAPs) training, which helps produce growers follow ... Safety Modernization Act, that allows growers and produce sellers to get involved and voice their ... OARDC can help support growers’ ideas and help propose a strong Food Safety Act. Lindsey is an integral ...

  3. Food Safety with HCS' Lindsey Hoover

    https://hcs.osu.edu/news/food-safety-hcs-lindsey-hoover

    Food safety training continues for fruit, vegetable farmers By Martha Filipic | Posted on ... agricultural water safety beginning in 2015. The Good Agricultural Practices Training program will be held from ... vegetable growers on Food and Drug Administration food safety standards, proper water sample collection and ...

  4. Most of Ohio’s 2014 Wine Grape Crop Lost Due to Polar Vortex, Ohio State Survey Finds

    https://hcs.osu.edu/news/most-ohio%E2%80%99s-2014-wine-grape-crop-lost-due-polar-vortex-ohio-state-survey-finds

    offer training to help growers deal with damage. WOOSTER, Ohio-- This is not the type of cold that helps ... and grape growers understand the risks of farming this crop-- especially those producers who grow ... grape producers statewide representing 838 acres, 720 of which are occupied by wine grape varieties. The ...

  5. Columbus Dispatch highlights jobs for ag-school graduates

    https://hcs.osu.edu/news/columbus-dispatch-highlights-jobs-ag-school-graduates

    Interest in food — safety, availability, environmental impacts — is on the rise, and as a result, ... so is the demand for college graduates trained in food-, agricultural- and environmental-science ... disciplines in Ohio and nationwide.  “Food is in the news,” said Bruce McPheron, the recently appointed dean ...

  6. Most of Ohio’s 2014 wine grape crop lost

    https://hcs.osu.edu/news/most-ohio%E2%80%99s-2014-wine-grape-crop-lost

    been producing high-quality wines from these varieties. Therefore, the cold events in 2014 should be ... explained. More training sessions are planned for the summer to teach growers how to manage affected vines, ... completed by 62 grape producers statewide representing 838 acres, 720 of which are occupied by wine grape ...

  7. Mark Kroggel

    https://hcs.osu.edu/our-people/mark-kroggel

    I instruct the hands-on sections of greenhouse courses, producing the subject crops from seed to harvest, and ... on a weekend evening.  I also provide CEA instruction and training to both commercial growers and the ... years, have consulted for and trained growers from Australia to Panama. Fortunately that is winding down ...

  8. HCS Alumni Spotlight: Matt Foertmeyer

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    a group of growers responsible for helping OFA develop the type of education taught at the Short Course ... Meet Matt Foertmeyer | OSU HCS Alumnus Class of 2007 Matt Foertmeyer is a grower and owner of  ... parents put up a few small greenhouses on our property in Delaware, OH in 1988. I was five years old at ...

  9. New Course Announcement!

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    increased productivity at the grower level. This course will provide a working knowledge of the biochemical ... There's a new course in town! Sign up for Introduction to Crop Biochemistry for Spring 2014.  ... metabolites, enzymatic processes, and how compartmentalization of reactions allows plants to produce a wide ...

  10. Dr. Wendy Klooster

    https://hcs.osu.edu/our-people/dr-wendy-klooster

    produce growers and marketers. Throughout the study, we will be using two different peat moss and pine ... teaches several Horticulture and Crop Science courses each semester, including Introductory and Advanced ... Parenting. She has also co-taught courses offered through the Department of Entomology, and teaches a summer ...

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