Editor: Events that are new or have been revised since the previous update are indicated.
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Here are upcoming events involving Ohio State University’s College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences as of Nov. 9:
November
Nov. 10: Renewable Energy Workshop, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, 1680 Madison Ave., Wooster. Sessions on using waste to generate energy and renewable resources to create plastics, foams and other materials. Registration $35; college students, $10. Information: http://go.osu.edu/GJ3 (pdf) or 330-202-3533.
Nov. 10: Registration deadline for Ohio Farmland Preservation Summit, which is Nov. 17 at the Nationwide and Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center, Ohio State University, 2201 Fred Taylor Drive, Columbus. For local officials, land trust leadership and members, farmers, landowners, planners, agency personnel, economic development professionals, and others; keynote speaker is Jon Scholl, president, American Farmland Trust. $40. Information: http://cffpi.osu.edu/summit11.htm or 614-247-6479.
Nov. 14-15: OSU Income Tax School, first day 9 a.m.-5 p.m., second day 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., Bridgewater Banquet and Conference Center, 10561 Sawmill Parkway, Powell. Workshop on preparing and filing federal and state tax returns for individuals and small businesses; some experience required. Registration $355; extra ethics session on first day, 5:15-7:15 p.m., $60. Information: http://incometaxschools.osu.edu or 614-292-6308.
Nov. 15: Bucking Hardwood Logs for Urban Tree Professionals, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Public Works Complex, 815 E. Poe Road, Bowling Green. Training session for urban foresters and tree professionals; continuing education credits available. $30. Register at http://go.osu.edu/GXG. Information: http://go.osu.edu/GNu or 614-688-3421.
NEW: Nov. 15: Aftermath of the Virginia Tech Tragedy: Student Responses and Development of Student-Centered Academic Opportunities, 1-2 p.m., 121 Fisher Auditorium, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, 1680 Madison Ave., Wooster. Speaker is Jerzy Nowak, professor emeritus (horticulture) at Virginia Tech, who lost his wife in the 2007 shooting rampage at that university. Free. Information: http://go.osu.edu/nowakpeace or 330-202-3593.
NEW: Nov. 15: Tragedy at Virginia Tech, April 16, 2007: Memories and Reflections, 7-8 p.m., Westminster Presbyterian Church, 353 E. Pine St., Wooster. Speaker is Jerzy Nowak, professor emeritus (horticulture) at Virginia Tech, who lost his wife in the 2007 shooting rampage at that university. Free. Information: http://bit.ly/nowak_wooster or 330-202-3593.
NEW: Nov. 15: Thinking About Selling Timber? Some Things to Consider …, 7-9 p.m., Ohio State University South Centers, 1864 Shyville Road, Piketon. Presentation for woodland owners. Free. Information: http://go.osu.edu/GcU.
CANCELLED: Nov. 16: Winterizing Grape Plants, 6-8 p.m., Ohio State University South Centers, 1864 Shyville Road, Piketon. Information: 740-289-2071 or strawser-moose.1@osu.edu.
NEW: Nov. 16: Aftermath of the Virginia Tech Tragedy: Student Responses and Development of Student-Centered Academic Opportunities, 1-3 p.m., Mershon Center Atrium, Ohio State University, 1501 Neil Ave., Columbus. Speaker is Jerzy Nowak, professor emeritus (horticulture) at Virginia Tech, who lost his wife in the 2007 shooting rampage at that university. Free. Information: http://go.osu.edu/nowak or 330-202-3593.
NEW: Nov. 16: Digging Deeper into the Issues Confronting Local Food Policy and Councils, 11 a.m.-noon, 333 Kottman Hall, 2021 Coffey Road, Columbus. Speaker is Kate Clancy, senior fellow, Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture, and visiting scholar, School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University. Free. Information: 614-247-6479.
Nov. 17-18: OSU Income Tax School, first day 9 a.m.-5 p.m., second day 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., Ole Zim's Wagon Shed , 1375 State Route 590, Gibsonburg. Workshop on preparing and filing federal and state tax returns for individuals and small businesses; some experience required. Registration $355. Information: http://incometaxschools.osu.edu or 614-292-6308.
Nov. 17: Rivers as Conduits and Reactors of Carbon and Organic Matter Between Land and Oceans, 3:30-4:30 p.m., 103 Kottman Hall, Ohio State University, 2021 Coffey Road, Columbus, with video link to 123 Williams Hall, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, 1680 Madison Ave., Wooster. Seminar sponsored by School of Environment and Natural Resources; speaker is Ohio State scientist Jim Bauer. Free. Information: 614-292-2265 or 330-263-3659.
Nov. 17: Ohio Farmland Preservation Summit, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Nationwide and Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center, Ohio State University, 2201 Fred Taylor Drive, Columbus. For local officials, land trust leadership and members, farmers, landowners, planners, agency personnel, economic development professionals, and others; keynote speaker is Jon Scholl, president, American Farmland Trust. $40 by Nov. 10. Information: http://cffpi.osu.edu/summit11.htm or 614-247-6479.
Nov. 18: Ohio Agricultural Law Symposium, 9 a.m.-4:15 p.m., Ohio Union, Ohio State University, 1739 N. High St., Columbus. $260 for Ohio State Bar Association members; $325 for non-members; participants eligible for six Continuing Legal Education credits. Non-CLE rates are available; call 800-232-2174. Student scholarships are available; contact 614-247-7898 or aglaw@osu.edu.
Nov. 21-22: OSU Income Tax School, first day 9 a.m.-5 p.m., second day 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., Kent State University Student Center, Summit Street, Kent. Workshop on preparing and filing federal and state tax returns for individuals and small businesses; some experience required. Registration $355; extra ethics session on first day, 5:15-7:15 p.m., $60. Information: http://incometaxschools.osu.edu or 614-292-6308.
NEW: Nov. 21: Israel agriculture seminars, 10 a.m.-noon, 105 Agricultural Administration Building, Ohio State University, 2120 Fyffe Road, Columbus. Speakers are Edo Chalutz, CEO, Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund, "BARD, the U.S.-Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund: Operations, Achievements and Funding Opportunities"; and Zvi Herman, minister, Agricultural and Science Affairs, Embassy of Israel, Washington, D.C., "Israel's Agriculture: Technologies and Agro Sector Cooperation." Free. Information: 330-263-3701.
NEW: Nov. 22: Israel agriculture seminars, 10 a.m.-noon, 130 Research Services Building, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, 1680 Madison Ave., Wooster. Speakers are Edo Chalutz, CEO, Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund, 'BARD, the U.S.-Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund: Operations, Achievements and Funding Opportunities"; and Zvi Herman, minister, Agricultural and Science Affairs, Embassy of Israel, Washington, D.C., "Israel's Agriculture: Technologies and Agro Sector Cooperation." Free. Information: 330-263-3701.
NEW: Nov. 22: Registration deadline for Why U.S. Forest Service Research Matters, a workshop on Nov. 29 in the Nationwide and Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Building, 2201 Fred Taylor Dr., Columbus. Presentations by Forest Service researchers based in central Ohio. Registration $35. Information: http://go.osu.edu/GcV (pdf).
Nov. 29-30: OSU Income Tax School, first day 9 a.m.-5 p.m., second day 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., Convocation Center, Ashland University, 820 Claremont Ave., Ashland. Workshop on preparing and filing federal and state tax returns for individuals and small businesses; some experience required. Preregistration $330; late registration (after Nov. 14) $355. Information: http://incometaxschools.osu.edu or 614-292-6308.
NEW: Nov. 29: Why U.S. Forest Service Research Matters, 8:45 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Nationwide and Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Building, 2201 Fred Taylor Drive, Columbus. Presentations by Forest Service researchers based in central Ohio. Registration $35. Information: http://go.osu.edu/GcV (pdf).
Nov. 30: Increasing Producer Profits Through Community Supported Agriculture, 6-9 p.m., Miami County office of Ohio State University Extension, 201 W. Main St. (in courthouse), Troy. Workshop to help growers evaluate, develop and sustain CSAs. Limited to 30. Registration $25. Information: 419-354-6916.
December
Dec. 1-2: OSU Income Tax School, first day 9 a.m.-5 p.m., second day 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., Ross County Service Center, 475 Western Ave., Chillicothe. Workshop on preparing and filing federal and state tax returns for individuals and small businesses; some experience required. Preregistration $330; late registration (after Nov. 16) $355. Information: http://incometaxschools.osu.edu or 614-292-6308.
NEW: Dec. 1: Social Implications of Marcellus Shale Exploration, 3:30-4:30 p.m., 103 Kottman Hall, Ohio State University, 2021 Coffey Road, Columbus, with video link to 123 Williams Hall, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, 1680 Madison Ave., Wooster. Seminar sponsored by School of Environmental and Natural Resources; speaker is Kathy Braiser, College of Agricultural Sciences, Penn State University. Free. Information: 614-292-2265 or 330-263-3659.
Dec. 1: Increasing Producer Profits through Community Supported Agriculture, 9 a.m.-noon, Nationwide and Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center, Ohio State University, 2201 Fred Taylor Dr., Columbus. Workshop to help growers evaluate, develop and sustain CSAs. Limited to 30. Registration $25. Information: 419-354-6916.
Dec. 1: One Health: Environmental Sustainability, Food and Climate Change Across the Disciplines. Web-based seminar sponsored by Ohio State University Climate Change Outreach Team; speaker is Ohio State scientist Lonnie King. Free. Information: http://changingclimate.osu.edu/.
NEW: Dec. 2: Cornelian Cherries: Exploring a New Antioxidant-rich Fruit and Preparing Talented Undergraduates for Careers in Science, 11 a.m.-noon, video linked between 244 Kottman Hall, Ohio State University, 2021 Coffey Road, Columbus, and 121 Fisher Auditorium, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, 1680 Madison Ave., Wooster. Seminar sponsored by Department of Horticulture and Crop Science. Free. Information: 330-263-3826.
Dec. 5-6: OSU Income Tax School, first day 9 a.m.-5 p.m., second day 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., Veterans' Memorial Civic and Convention Center, 7 Towne Square, Lima. Workshop on preparing and filing federal and state tax returns for individuals and small businesses; some experience required. Preregistration $330; late registration (after Nov. 18) $355; extra ethics session on first day, 5:15-7:15 p.m. $60. Information: http://incometaxschools.osu.edu or 614-292-6308.
Dec. 6: Ohio No-Till Conference, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Der Dutchman Restaurant, Plain City. Information: 614-292-6648.
Dec. 7: Increasing Producer Profits Through Community Supported Agriculture, 6-9 p.m., Ohio State University Extension Agricultural Business Enhancement Center, 639 S. Dunbridge Road, Suite 4, Bowling Green. Workshop to help growers evaluate, develop and sustain CSAs. Limited to 30. Registration $25. Information: 419-354-6916.
Dec. 8-9: OSU Income Tax School, first day 9 a.m.-5 p.m., second day 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., Campus Center, Ohio University-Zanesville, 1425 Newark Road, Zanesville. Workshop on preparing and filing federal and state tax returns for individuals and small businesses; some experience required. Preregistration $330; late registration (after Nov. 22) $355. Information: http://incometaxschools.osu.edu or 614-292-6308.
Dec. 8: Increasing Producer Profits Through Community Supported Agriculture, 9 a.m.-noon, Lorain County office of Ohio State University Extension, 42110 Russia Road, Elyria. Workshop to help growers evaluate, develop and sustain CSAs. Limited to 30. Registration $25. Information: 419-354-6916.
Dec. 10: Leisure Birding, 9-11 a.m., Secrest Arboretum, Seaman Orientation Plaza, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, 1680 Madison Ave., Wooster. Birdwatching walk led by members of Greater Mohican Audubon Society. Free. Information: 330-464-2148.
Dec. 10: Buckeye Shepherd's Symposium on Small Ruminant Nutrition, 7:30 a.m.-3:45 p.m., Skou Hall, Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute, 1328 Dover Road, Wooster. Educational sessions on sheep and goat nutrition. Information: http://www.ohiosheep.org or 614-246-8299.
NEW: Dec. 15: Labyrinth Walk, 5:30-7 p.m., Chadwick Arboretum and Learning Gardens, Lane Avenue Gardens trellis entrance, Ohio State University, Columbus. Candlelit holiday walk with hot beverages and roasting of chestnuts. Free. Information: 614-688-3479.
January
Jan. 10: Registration deadline for Certified Crop Adviser Exam Training Session on Jan. 18-19 at the Shelby County office of Ohio State University Extension, 810 Fair Road, Sidney. $225. Information: 937-484-1526 or watters.35@cfaes.osu.edu.
NEW: Jan. 13: Registration deadline for Livestock Mortality Composting Workshop, which is Jan. 18 at the Wyandot County Recycling Center, 11385 County Highway 4, Carey. Details on alternative, cost-effective, environmentally friendly ways to dispose of dead livestock. Registration $15. Information: http://go.osu.edu/GcY (pdf) or 419-447-7073.
Jan. 18-19: Certified Crop Adviser Exam Training Session, Shelby County office of Ohio State University Extension, 810 Fair Road, Sidney. $225. Information: 937-484-1526 or watters.35@cfaes.osu.edu.
NEW: Jan. 18: Livestock Mortality Composting Workshop, 7-9 p.m., Wyandot County Recycling Center, 11385 County Highway 4, Carey. Registration: $15 by Jan. 13. Details on alternative, cost-effective, environmentally friendly ways to dispose of dead livestock. Registration $15. Information: http://go.osu.edu/GcY (pdf) or 419-447-7073.
Jan. 31: Ohio Pesticide Commercial Applicator Recertification Conference, 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Kalahari Conference Center and Resort, 7000 Kalahari Drive, Sandusky. Information:http://pested.osu.edu/ or 614-292-4070.
February
Feb. 8: Ohio Pesticide Commercial Applicator Recertification Conference, 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m., John S. Knight Center, 77 E. Mill St., Akron. Information: http://pested.osu.edu/ or 614-292-4070.
NEW: Feb. 11: Leisure Birding, 9-11 a.m., Secrest Arboretum, Seaman Orientation Plaza, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, 1680 Madison Ave., Wooster. Birdwatching walk led by members of Greater Mohican Audubon Society. Free. Information: 330-464-2148.
Feb. 15: Ohio Pesticide Commercial Applicator Recertification Conference, 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Dayton Convention Center, 22 E. Fifth St., Dayton. Information: http://pested.osu.edu/ or 614-292-4070.
March
March 8: Ohio Pesticide Commercial Applicator Recertification Conference, 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Greater Columbus Convention Center, 400 N. High St., Columbus. Information: http://pested.osu.edu/ or 614-292-4070.
NEW: March 13: Registration deadline for Ohio Compost Operator Education Course, which is March 21 in the Shisler Center, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, 1680 Madison Ave., Wooster. Registration $175 for Organics Recycling Association of Ohio members, $225 for non-members. Information: http://go.osu.edu/GcZ (pdf) or 330-202-3533.
NEW: March 21: Ohio Compost Operator Education Course, 8 a.m.-4:30p.m., Shisler Center, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, 1680 Madison Ave., Wooster. Registration $175 for Organics Recycling Association of Ohio members, $225 for non-members. Information: http://go.osu.edu/GcZ (pdf) or 330-202-3533.
Included in Ohio State's College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences are the college's academic programs, Ohio State University Extension, the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Stone Lab, Ohio Sea Grant Extension, and the Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute.
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