Land & Environmental Section :: Page 29

• New Liberty raises local food IQ

  By Megan BachmanJanuary 19, 2012

  

  Seven-year-old Sampson is one lucky goat, according to his caretaker, Abby Dant of Xenia. Sampson was the demonstration goat at a workshop last weekend at the United Methodist Church, the first of six winter food and farming events organized by New Liberty Farms.

• Oil company drilling OK’d

  By Megan BachmanJanuary 12, 2012

  Oil drilling may soon begin just outside Yellow Springs as a Miami Township couple recently gave an out-of-state oil and gas company permission to drill on their 61-acre property on West Yellow Springs-Fairfield Road.

• License plate to benefit the Glen

  By Lauren HeatonDecember 28, 2011

  

  Ohio residents can support Glen Helen on their bumper.

• Birds a little shy of Christmas count

  By Lauren HeatonDecember 21, 2011

  

  Glen Helen’s Christmas Bird Count yielded smaller numbers this year than last.

• The Glen in winter home to many birds — count on it

  By Lauren HeatonDecember 12, 2011

  

  Join the Glen’s efforts next weekend to count the birds of Yellow Springs.

• He lets the kids play in poison ivy

  By Megan BachmanNovember 3, 2011

  

  While some kids on the Antioch College campus are digesting new information, others are munching on weeds.

• Aurora Borealis over Yellow Springs

  By Megan BachmanOctober 31, 2011

  

  Thanks to an especially strong solar wind hitting the earth’s magnetosphere, last week the Northern lights were visible in Yellow Springs.

• Tecumseh Land Trust presents Food Power

  By YS News StaffOctober 12, 2011

  

  Food Power, a conference organized by Tecumseh Land Trust, will feature Will Allen, noted urban farmer and Michelle Obama’s White House garden coach.

• Tecumseh Land Trust to auction coveted surprises

  By Lauren HeatonSeptember 27, 2011

  

  Use this weekend’s Tecumseh Land Trust auction to learn some Zumba, eat a gourmet meal, or get some weeding done.

• Ohio farm group to host fracking webinar

  By Lauren HeatonSeptember 26, 2011

  

  The Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association will host an educational webinar on the controversial subject of high-volume hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, on Tuesday, Sept. 27, at 6 p.m. The internet broadcast, entitled “Fracking and Farmland: What Farmers and Landowers Need to Know About the Risks to Air, Water and Land,” will provide […]