2009 Report Summary
Ohio’s professional development program has co-coordinators providing educator training. The coordinators promoted SARE at 9 conferences, 3 farmer grant writing workshops, made 10 presentations and provided consultation for all NCR SARE programs. Programming partners included Ohio State University Extension, KBS/MSU Extension, and NRCS. 2010 Initiatives were Crop Production Systems, Marketing Training and on-going Communications and New Extension Professional Training. Reported outcomes for the trainings were: 145 educators answered client questions, 95 provided individual consultations (64 from NRCS), 98 developed new contacts, 106 incorporated into programming, 77 delivered new programming, 39 used in newsletter or other media. Six travel scholarships were awarded totaling $3,480.
2010 Plan of Work Summary
Plans for Ohio’s 2010 SARE Professional Development Program includes 5 initiatives offered by the Co-Coordinators, Mike Hogan and Alan Sundermeier. Face of SARE activities included with the normal presentations, promotional activities and grant workshop/consultations are a quarterly newsletter and Sustainable Agriculture Website. There will be PDP training activities for the 5 initiatives: (1) Scaling Up Local Food Systems Regional Training targeting 10 educators, (2) Multi-State Alternative Crop Management Study Tour, (3) Farm Lender Workshop, (4) Organic Production System Webinar, and (5) New Extension Professional Training. Overall, the coordinators are targeting over 60 educators. Estimated outreach/promotion/communication targets over 171 educators. $8,000 worth of travel scholarships is available for 10 to 15 educators.
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Ohio State Co-Coordinator, Mike Hogan
Ohio State University Extension
135 Main St, Suite A
Wintersville, OH 43935-3733
Phone: 330.627.4310
Fax: 330.627.0098
Email: Hogan.1@osu.edu |
Mike Hogan serves as Co-Coordinator on the Sustainable Agriculture Team and the Ohio State Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (NCR SARE) Program. He is a tenured Ohio State University Extension Associate Professor with Ohio State University Agriculture and Natural Resources. Mike has been an OSU Extension Educator for 22 years, serving 14 years as Ohio’s Sustainable Agriculture Co-Chair. He specializes in small farm management, sustainable production systems, Christmas tree production and business management. Hogan holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Agriculture (1984) and a Masters of Science Degree in Agricultural Education (1985) from West Virginia University. He and his wife Susan have two college-aged children.
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Ohio State Co-Coordinator, Alan Sundermeier
Ohio State University Extension – Wood County
639 Dunbridge Road, Suite 1
Bowling Green, Ohio 43402
Phone: 419.354.9050
Fax: 419.352.7413
Email: sundermeier.5@osu.edu |
Alan Sundermeier serves as Co-Coordinator on the Sustainable Agriculture Team and the Ohio State Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (NCR SARE) Program. He has been an Ohio State University Extension Educator for 13 years. He specializes in agronomic crop production focusing on cover crops, soil quality, and organic grain production. Sundermeier holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Agriculture (1977) and a Master of Science degree in Environmental Management (1995). He was raised on a crop and livestock farm in Northwest Ohio. He and his wife Sandra have 3 children.
Ohio Organizations, Programs and Contacts
Aullwood Audubon Center and Farm
1000 Aullwood Road
Dayton, OH 45414
513-890-7360
Innovative Farmers of Ohio
5555 Airport Highway
Suite 100
Toledo, OH 43612
1-800-372-6092
IFOH@aol.com
Malabar Farm State Park
4050 Bromfield Road
Lucas, OH 44843
419-892-2784
Miami University
Ecology Research Center
Department of Zoology
Oxford, OH 45056
513-529-6187
513-529-6900 (fax)
National Catholic Rural Life Conference
301 S. Main St.
Fostoria, OH 44830-2325
419-435-1543
419-435-0733 (fax)
hn1059@handsnet.org
Natural Resources Conservation Service
200 N. High St., Room 522
Columbus, OH 43215-2478
614-255-2472
614-255-2549 (fax)
www.oh.nrcs.usda.gov
Ohio Department of Agriculture
8995 E. Main St.
Reynoldsburg, OH 43068
614-728-6200
www.ohioagriculture.gov
Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association
P.O. Box 82234
Columbus, OH 43202-0234
614-267-3663
614-267-4763 (fax)
oeffa@iwaynet.net
www.oeffa.org
Ohio Farm Alliance
P.O. Box 13171
Glouster, OH 45732
Ohio State University:
International Soil Tillage
Research Organization
1680 Madison Ave.
Wooster, OH 44691
Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center
Steven A. Slack, Associate V.P. for Agricultural Administration and Director
209 Research Services Building, 1680 Madison Avenue
Wooster, OH 44691
330-263-3701
330-263-3688 (fax)
oardc@osu.edu
www.oardc.ohio-state.edu
OSU Extension
Bobby Moser, Vice President
2120 Fyffe Road
Columbus, OH 43210-1084
614-292-4067
extension.osu.edu
Sustainable Agriculture Program
OSU Extension
32 W Main St
Carrollton, OH 44615
330-627-4310
330-6627-0098(fax)
hogan.1@osu.edu
www.sustainableag.osu.edu
or
OSU Extension
639 S Dunbridge Rd
Suite 1
Bowling Green, OH 43402
419-354-9050
419-352-7413(fax)
sundermeier.5@osu.edu
www.sustainableag.osu.edu
Stratford Ecological Center
3083 Liberty Road
Delaware, OH 43015
740-363-2548
740-292-2180 (fax)
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