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  1. OSU Extension Launches New Forest Products Website

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/osu-extension-launches-new-forest-products-website

    directly employs 47,000 people, with a total employment impact of 114,500 people. Ohio communities also ...

  2. Healthy, Wealthy and Wise: Extension's Worksite Wellness Programs a Smart Choice

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/healthy-wealthy-and-wise-extensions-worksite-wellness-programs-smart-choice

    "We can invite people to our educational programs, but it often works better if we go to them," ... don't even have to ask people to bring something healthy. It just naturally happens."   The ... online health and fitness challenges-- 810 people participated in three such challenges offered in 2011 ...

  3. 'Make Tasks Easier': Arthritis Screenings, Universal Design Exhibit at Farm Science Review

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/make-tasks-easier-arthritis-screenings-universal-design-exhibit-farm-science-review

    arthritis is not only a serious health concern for farmers, but that often people think they can’t do ... abilities," Holmes said. "Initially, some people think Universal Design is only for the elderly or people ... Review, most people 'get it.' "Visitors seem most surprised by the fact that Universal ...

  4. Extension Publication Teaches Importance of Animal Health and Safety

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/extension-publication-teaches-importance-animal-health-and-safety

    healthy. A new Ohio State University Extension online booklet teaches young people the importance of ... diseases in situations where animals come into direct or indirect contact with other animals, people or ... people and equipment, as well as the construction of buildings, and how to keep animals separated by ...

  5. Assistance, Screenings Offered for Farmers Battling Arthritis

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/assistance-screenings-offered-farmers-battling-arthritis

    farmers and other people in the agriculture field, said Margaret Teaford, an associate professor in the ... said. "Some people think there is nothing you can do about arthritis, and that is not the ... bring the screenings where the people are, Teaford said. The screenings include identifying risk factors ...

  6. OSU Extension Expert: Proposed Farm Safety Rule Withdrawn, But Training for Teens Still Needed

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/osu-extension-expert-proposed-farm-safety-rule-withdrawn-training-teens-still-needed

    people to  sign up for existing training, thanks to the increased awareness of existing rules brought on ... by discussion of the new rule proposals. “The people have spoken and they don’t want the new ... students wanting to work outside their parents’ farm.  “We want to remind people of those rules and let ...

  7. OSU Sustainable Ag Tour offers up-close look at alternative production systems

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/osu-sustainable-ag-tour-offers-close-look-alternative-production-systems

    people to experience what alternative production systems are all about from farmers themselves, said Alan ... of the series is sharing and updating information among growers and people trying to promote ... the entire farm system.” OSU’s Sustainable Agriculture Team works to get people to consider the ...

  8. Register Now for New Environmental Leaders Institute

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/register-now-new-environmental-leaders-institute

    connections, and it's even harder to find networking opportunities with people not in your discipline or ... sector." But when it comes right down to it, people need to work across traditional areas of expertise. ... workshop, which includes a field trip, will focus in part on how to help people identify shared values and ...

  9. Chow Line: From land or sea, salt is salt (9/28/12)

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/chow-line-land-or-sea-salt-salt-92812

    flakes, offering a bit of flair when sprinkled on top of a dish. Some people say the flavor of sea salt is ... sodium, or about one day’s worth. But most sodium people consume isn’t from the salt shaker. In fact, many ... sodium to 2,300 milligrams a day, or 1,500 milligrams for people who are likely to experience health ...

  10. Commercial Wine Production and Grape Growers Workshop Is Nov. 15 in Southern Ohio

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/commercial-wine-production-and-grape-growers-workshop-nov-15-southern-ohio

    in the same classroom,” he said. “ This workshop is great for people in the business or those who ... people learn that art and science.” Ohio’s wine industry has seen significant growth in recent years. In ... agricultural product. The Ohio grape and wine industry also employs more than 4,100 people, providing a payroll ...

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