Land & Environmental Section :: Page 12
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Heaving a ball at Agraria
Two weeks ago, 36 educators from public schools in Yellow Springs, Xenia, Fairborn, Springfield, and Dayton attended a two-day workshop at Agraria.
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Good green, bad green
Not all green is “green.” That’s the message from local land managers who are combating a host of non-native invasive plant species that menace locally preserved and reclaimed lands.
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A new farm is hit with tragedy
Last month, a whiteboard in the heated greenhouse at Oasis Aqua Farms in Beavercreek Township boasted a variety of fresh, organically grown greens and herbs available that day. Then came the tornado.
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Growing local—Coming home to their cows
Although agriculture is Ohio’s No. 1 industry, most of what is grown in the state is not consumed here.
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Walk, talk pollinators with master gardeners
Master Gardeners Terese DeSimio and Macy Reynolds will lead a series of walks focusing on native pollinators this summer. The first walk will be held Sunday, June 16, beginning at the Women’s Park on Corry Street at 1:30 p.m.
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A tornadic near-miss Monday
Around 11 p.m. on Monday, May 27, Yellow Springs residents were roused from their beds by the whine of tornado sirens as the National Weather Service issued a tornado emergency for Yellow Springs.
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20th anniversary of Whitehall Farm auction— ‘Saving Whitehall’ legacy
Whitehall Farm was permanently preserved. A local land trust was put on the map. And a community victory still inspires.
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Group organizing against area industrial solar farm
A group of neighbors and farmers organizing against a proposed industrial-scale solar farm just outside of Yellow Springs and Clifton are hosting an informational meeting. It will be held Friday, May 10, at 6 p.m. at the Grace Baptist Church in Cedarville.
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Indigenous Water Protectors panel — A path to “re-indigenizing” Antioch
At a panel at Antioch College for “Earth Week,” indigenous leaders from the Oglala Lakota, Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux, Dakota Wakpala, Northern Cheyenne, Kiowa and Anishinaabe spoke about water protection and other environmental and human rights issues.
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Antioch College’s Earth Week—All are invited to ‘wade in’
A series of Earth Day-related events on the Antioch College campus next week invites the entire community to “Wade In” on environmental justice, particularly in relationship to water.
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