If you’re selling foods from your home kitchen, there are some state regulations you should know about. Farm Bureau policy counsel Leah Curtis helps keep you legal on this episode of Legal with Leah.

In the latest episode of Field Day with Jordan Hoewischer, Ohio Farm Bureau’s Director of Water Quality and Research talks with a representative from our neighbors up north Laura Campbell about a number of issues, including water quality. Campbell manages the agricultural ecology department for Michigan Farm Bureau.

Lots of folks say they’re confused about how to make an informed vote for judges. Farm Bureau policy counsel Leah Curtis says that’s not good, and tells us how to fix it.

In the latest episode of Field Day with Jordan Hoewischer, Ohio Farm Bureau’s Director of Water Quality and Research steers from those topics as he talks with Marissa Mulligan, Policy Outreach Fellow for the Ohio Farm Bureau, about an epidemic many in Ohio are drowning in – the opioid crisis.

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Two wins on the legal front for farmers who faced potentially troubling rulings dealing with agriculture and water quality. Farm Bureau policy counsel Leah Curtis shares the good news.

On this episode of Legal with Leah, Ohio Farm Bureau’s first engagement with the Supreme Court of the United States was a special opportunity. Policy Counsel Leah Curtis shares the experience with us.

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For the first time ever, Ohio Farm Bureau is engaged in a case before the Supreme Court of the United States. Ohio Farm Bureau Policy Counsel Leah Curtis explains.

Every five years or so, congress writes a new Farm Bill. It impacts food supply and prices, rural economies and of course the livelihoods of America’s farmers and ranchers. Both the house and senate have passed their versions of the latest Farm Bill, and it’s now in conference. There are a number of Ohioans serving on that conference committee, and today we’ll hear from two of them. Senator Sherrod Brown and Congressman Bob Gibbs. What’s in the farm bill? Why should everyone care? Today, on Town Hall Ohio.

On this edition of Field Day, Jordan Hoewischer talks with Jessica D'Ambrosio, Western Lake Erie Basin agriculture project director for The Nature Conservancy, the largest conservation organization in the world. D'Ambrosio says The Nature Conservancy is always looking for strategies and work that can be applied across a greater landscape so not just good enough for Ohio or the Western Lake Erie Basin but also programs, practices, strategies that can be adopted all over to help everyone facing these issues.

A North Carolina judge has awarded rural residents millions of dollars because nearby hog farms smell, attract flies and increase truck traffic. Can that happen in Ohio? Farm Bureau Policy Counsel Leah Curtis has some answers.