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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> All-agnr <all-agnr-bounces@lists.osu.edu> on behalf of Brown, Cassandra C. via All-agnr <all-agnr@lists.osu.edu><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, November 12, 2020 11:44 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> all-agnr@lists.service.ohio-state.edu <all-agnr@lists.service.ohio-state.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [All-agnr] Organic Agriculture OFFERings: News, grants, and events</font>
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<span style="font-size:20.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#C00000">Organic Agriculture Updates
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</span><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">from Ohio State
<b>O</b>rganic <b>F</b>ood & <b>F</b>arming <b>E</b>ducation and <b>R</b>esearch program</span></i></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#26686D">offer.osu.edu</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#DCAA38"></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; font-variant:small-caps; color:#C00000">New on the OFFER Blog</span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">USDA Certified Organic Survey Results: Ohio Highlights<span style="color:#666666"></span></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black">On October 22, the United State Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service released survey results from the 2019 Certified Organic Survey.
Ohio remains among the top states in the number of organic farmers. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#26686D"><a href="Read%20more."><span style="color:#26686D">Read more.
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black">Organic Webinar Series planned for this Winter
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black">Beginning in December, on the first and 3<sup>rd</sup> Wednesdays at 11 a.m., OFFER will serve up a variety of short webinars for organic growers and those who support
them or would like to learn more about organic and cultural practices. There are still a few dates open if you would like to present or suggest a topic. Please contact
<a href="mailto:brown.1844@osu.edu">Cassandra Brown</a> if interested, and watch for more details to come.
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; font-variant:small-caps; color:#C00000">Grant Proposal Opportunities
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black">IPM Center Grants due in November</span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The North Central Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Center has funding available through its Working Group and Critical Issues programs. NC-IPM priorities for 2021 include invasive
species management, pollinator protection, and strategies to slow pesticide resistance. For more information visit the North Central IPM Center site,
<a href="https://www.ncipmc.org/grants/">ncipm.org</a>. Application deadline is Friday, November 20, 2020.</span></p>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#26686D"><a href="https://www.northcentralsare.org/Grants/Apply-for-a-Grant/Farmer-Rancher-Grant" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:#26686D">Farmer Rancher</span></b></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> proposals
are due December 3, 2020. Annually, 4 to 6 Ohio producers are successful </span>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black">in receiving this grant to support on-farm projects that protect natural resources, enhance communities, and boost profitability.
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black">Explore this map to
<a href="https://batchgeo.com/map/cf12b87233044ee74f1f410c10c7c07e">see projects from the past 20+ years</a>.
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black">USDA NIFA’s OREI grants due in January</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black">
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black">USDA NIFA’s Organic Agriculture Research and Initiative (OREI) grants are due January 14, 2021. These grants are highly competitive and may be used to fund curriculum
development, conferences, planning, or research-extension projects of a targeted, regional, or multi-regional nature.
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The 2021 RFP will guide project submissions through January 2022.
<span style="color:black">Read more at: </span><span style="color:#26686D"><a href="https://nifa.usda.gov/funding-opportunity/organic-agriculture-research-and-extension-initiative"><span style="color:#26686D">https://nifa.usda.gov/funding-opportunity/organic-agriculture-research-and-extension-initiative</span></a>.</span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Researchers interested in seeking collaborators for future organic-focused projects and proposals are invited to contact
<a href="mailto:gwin.35@osu.edu">Brian Gwin</a> or </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"><a href="mailto:brown.1844@osu.edu">Cassandra Brown</a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
or see our <a href="https://offer.osu.edu/resources/resources-researchers">resources for researchers page</a>.
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Ohio Food Policy Summit, November 16, 1-4 p.m.
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Ohio Local Food Council Workshop November 17, 4-6 p.m.</span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black">Presented by the Ohio Food Policy Network (OFPN) and the John Glenn College of Public Affairs</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black">Join us virtually for a presentation of the OFPN draft policy framework, after which attendees will have the opportunity to interact with the framework and set the
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black">More details coming soon.
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#26686D"><a href="http://ohiofpn.org/2020/09/18/save-the-date-2020-ohio-food-policy-summit/"><span style="color:#26686D">http://ohiofpn.org/2020/09/18/save-the-date-2020-ohio-food-policy-summit/</span></a></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">OEFFA Annual Conference – February 10-15, 2021
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black">Mark the date for the region’s premier sustainable food and farm conference. No travel time required. The 42nd annual Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association conference
will be online this year, February 10-15, 2021.The timely 2021 theme is “Our Time: Essential Links for a Strong Food Chain.” Registration is open and keynote speakers are already listed with more conference events being announced later this fall. Read more
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