Land & Environmental Section :: Page 2

• 185-acre farmland for sale in ‘greenbelt’ around Yellow Springs

  By Reilly DixonJanuary 7, 2025

  

  All three tracts are zoned agricultural and are beyond Yellow Springs’ urban service boundary — that is, beyond the reach of municipal utilities. They are subject to the provisions of Miami Township’s zoning regulations, which require minimum lots of three acres and lot frontage of 300 continuous feet. 

• Butter Flower Farm blooms on Fairfield

  By YS News StaffDecember 6, 2024

  

  Butter Flower Farm, or BFF, is an 11-acre sustainable farm currently specializing in dried flowers. The farm is owned and operated by local farmers Evan Pitstick and Larissa Duprey and florist Brenn Busker.

• Down to Earth | October showers bring November flowers

  By Guest ContributorDecember 5, 2024

  

  “The severe drought we experienced in late summer this year has led to several interesting phenomena in the plant world.”

• Agraria offers climate hope through biochar workshop

  By Lauren Shows

  

  Agraria will host a biochar workshop Friday and Saturday, Dec. 6 and 7, at Agraria Farm. The hands-on workshop will be led by instructors Mark Cohen, Gary Gilmore and Dale Hendricks.

• Greenbelt farm land heads to sale

  By Reilly DixonNovember 14, 2024

  

  According to Tecumseh Land Trust, or TLT, Executive Director Michele Burns, the anticipated asking price is $22,000 per acre and “for sale” signs will likely be in the coming week.

• Down to Earth | Celebrate Public Lands Day

  By Guest ContributorOctober 23, 2024

  

  National Public Lands Day is celebrated annually at public lands in the U.S. on the fourth Saturday of September.

• Ellis Park prairie takes root

  By Reilly DixonSeptember 27, 2024

  

  What was previously a continuation of the grassy perimeter around the pond, the new native prairie — stretching across 4,500 square feet in the northern reaches of Ellis Park — is now a dappled patchwork of milkweed, aster, ironweed, coneflowers and other native flowers. 

• Annual Black Farming Conference to return

  By Lauren ShowsSeptember 26, 2024

  

  The annual Black Farming Conference returns this year on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 27 and 28 — this time in a new location.

• Tecumseh Land Trust seeks protection on 184 acres

  By Reilly DixonSeptember 23, 2024

  

  Approximately 184 acres along Dayton-Yellow Springs Road may soon go up for auction to the highest bidder; Tecumseh Land Trust intends to purchase that land or work with a buyer to protect it from future development with conservation easements.

• Burn ban set for county as drought persists

  By Reilly DixonSeptember 19, 2024

  

  On Thursday, Sept. 19, the Ohio State Fire Marshal classified Greene County as experiencing an “extreme drought.” Following this, the marshal instated a burn ban for Greene and other Ohio counties under “extreme” or “exceptional” drought conditions.