Farmers

The Ohio Agricultural Mental Health Alliance aims to plug gaps in rural mental health resources. A recently launched survey is the first step to understanding how rural residents cope with stress.

Rural students are less likely than their urban and suburban counterparts to attend college. A FAFSA rule change could widen the gap.

Gas prices continue to soar to record highs. Diesel climbed to an average of $5.52 per gallon on Friday in Ohio, according to AAA.

Farmland prices are historically high across the country, including in the Miami Valley. Land has been selling for well over ten thousand dollars an acre across the region over the past few months.

Total payments to farmers reached $46 billion, a record. Many received more than $100,000, yet didn't necessarily need the help.

Earl Lehner digs a big plastic scoop into a feed bin and dumps it into tray. There are four small pens next to one another, housing calves that are only a…

Farm workers in California are facing the double health threat of working during the coronavirus pandemic and fire season. Wildfire smoke often makes the air quality dangerous for harvesting produce.

Paul Dorrance has raised grass-fed livestock in Chillicothe for years, but his animals are not considered organic. It's a conundrum facing more Ohio…

Local advocates for migrant workers are calling for more protections against the coronavirus on Ohio’s farms. Protective measures like handwashing and social distancing are not possible under farmworkers’ current living conditions, said Advocates for Basic Legal Equality (ABLE) Managing Attorney Eugenio Mollo. “The close proximity of individuals in overcrowded dwellings is of deep concern, and we need mandates to address this issue,” Mollo said. “In Ohio, many of them are living in employer-provided individual housing units without running water.”

Farming and food agencies met virtually Tuesday morning to discuss recommendations for building a more resilient food system in Ohio.The recommendations…