Articles About Tecumseh Land Trust :: Page 6

• Whitehall Farm inspires fun, play

  By Megan BachmanMay 14, 2015

  

  After more than two centuries, the historic Whitehall Farm has many stories to tell. But it’s the story about how a small town raised more than one million dollars in six weeks to purchase and preserve the farm in 1999 that continues to inspire both villagers and a local land trust whose early work was defined by it.

• Rise against the green Glen invaders

  By Lauren HeatonNovember 20, 2014

  

  If weeding the flower garden out back sounds bad, imagine weeding a forest. Then imagine that forest encircled by an army of invasive species.

• Tecumseh Land Trust’s language of the land

  By Megan BachmanOctober 10, 2014

  

  The Tecumseh Land Trust and WYSO–FM essay contest “Home on Earth: Living on the Land” will award winners for personal nonfiction essays on what home and land mean to them.

• Land trust to host farm succession seminar

  By Megan BachmanAugust 17, 2014

  

  Over 70% of family farms don’t make it to the next generation. A local seminar on Aug. 27 aimed at area land owners hopes to curtail the trend.

• Local hen houses focus of TLT benefit

  By Matt MindeJune 6, 2014

  

  Tour de Coops, a bicycyle and walking tour of local backyard poultry efforts, is planned Sunday, June 8, as a benefit for Tecumseh Land Trust.
  A dozen Yellow Springs-area homes and enterprises will open their hen houses to visitors for the afternoon. Site maps and parking will be available at Antioch University Midwest.

• VIDEO — Local farmer to seed from the sky

  By Megan BachmanAugust 30, 2013

  

  Local farmer Jim Clem is using aerial crop seeding to plant cover crops this fall. See a video featuring Clem on the new technique for increasing soil fertility.

• Glen both source, subject for poets

  By Diane ChiddisterDecember 20, 2012

  

  This Friday, Dec. 14, the Yellow Springs community is invited to celebrate the Glen at “In the Spirit of the Glen: A night of nature-inspired poetry.” Eighteen poets will share their original nature-inspired work, and an open mic will also be available.

• TLT hosts two farm tours

  By Megan BachmanAugust 16, 2012

  

  The Tecumseh Land Trust will host a tour of two modern farming operations on Sunday.

• Village Council— TLT seeks preservation funds

  By Diane ChiddisterJuly 5, 2012

  At their June 18 meeting, Village Council members heard an appeal from Tecumseh Land Trust, or TLT, asking that Village government help preserve Glen Helen.

• Green space funds waning

  By Megan BachmanMay 10, 2012

  A state program used to preserve area farmland for a decade has been halted, hindering a local land trust’s efforts to protect land from development.