We envision Northeast Ohio filled with thriving farming and food entrepreneurs: where farms are viable businesses, farmland is a treasured resource, and local food is commonplace.
We support up-and-coming farmers, share innovative land-use and business models, facilitate networking opportunities and advocate community-based agriculture.
We connect communities and farmers, provide alternate market choices, and create venues that foster civic engagement through fun and informal education.
What's Happening
We'd like to thank Oliver Printing for their generous donation of services for the printing of our new business cards. We sincerely appreciate your generosity!
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Market customers: Thank you for taking our survey! Your input has been extremely helpful!
Countryside U to Launch in January 2012
New for 2012 a comprehensive curriculum of courses and workshops for farmers and foodies!
February 7, 2012 we will be offering Taxes for Farmers; Schedule F (101), taught by local CPA, Mary Ann Burger. Register Here $25 per person or farm operation.
Specialty crop webinars in partnership with OEFFA scheduled for January - March
“A Systematic Approach for Increasing Fruit and Vegetable Quality on Your Farm,” presented by Dan Kittredge of the Real Food Campaign on Jan 30th is now available here.
On Friday March 9 at 1:00 p.m. Steve Groff will be presenting “Effective Cover Cropping Systems for Specialty Crop Farms. ” He will discuss the effectiveness of tillage radish as an annual cover crop alternative. Register here.
Find full details about the webinar series here.
Additionally, find all of the materials from the Raising the Salad Bar Workshop Series we held in November here.
We Are Looking for "Peeps"!
Thank you to all of our friends that made year end donations! We couldn't support community based food systems without you!
Countryside Conservancy Partners with Wholesome Wave to Increase Access to Fruits and Vegetables for Area Low-Income Families.
Countryside Conservancy is very excited about a new partnership with Wholesome Wave, which enables us to match Ohio Direction Card purchases dollar for dollar (up to $20) beginning now, and continuing through 2012. The "Countryside Carrot Cash" program will increase the fruit and vegetable purchasing power of low-income families in our community. We are very grateful to Wholesome Wave for their partnership and support! Read more.
Other News
- The Northeast Ohio Agricultural Atlas is now available. Order your copy today!
- The proposal process for the 2011 Countryside Initiative RFP is closed; however, the RFP document, supplemental information documents and other information is available for download here.