OSU Extension: Next stop on the Local Foods Farm Tour…Keller Market House
Join us to learn more about this year-round, indoor marketplace that connects the community with farmers, food producers and artisans from Fairfield County and throughout the State of Ohio. Make sure to mark your calendar for Thursday, June 23 at 6 p.m. to learn more about Keller Market House located at 134 South Columbus Street, Lancaster. This tour is free and open to all who are interested. To register call OSU Extension in Fairfield Count at 740-653-5419 or register online at go.osu.edu/fclocal.
What to learn how to freeze your Garden’s Bounty!
If you find yourself with more green beans than you can eat, why not freeze them? To learn more about proper freezing techniques be sure to join Shannon Carter, OSU Family and Consumer Sciences Educator and Sandy Bohl, OSU Extension Instructor at Wagnall’s Library, 150 E Columbus Street, Lithopolis at 6 p.m. Tuesday, June 21. If you can’t make the Tuesday class. The program will be repeated on Thursday, June 23 at the Fairfield County District Library Branch at 219 N. Broad Street, Lancaster, Ohio. To register for these free open-to-the-public classes please register online@go.osu.edu/FCFoodPreservation or call 740-653-5419.
Updated Local Food Guide Is Available
Each year the OSU Extension office in Fairfield County updates the listings of local food growers, producers, and Farm Markets in our area. If you are interested in receiving the most updated version of the local foods guide stop by our office located at 831 College Avenue, Suite D to receive your free copy or you may access the local foods guide at https://fairfield.osu.edu/program-areas/agriculture-and-natural-resources/local-foods-guide. If it is easier simply give us a call at 740-653-5419 to receive a copy via US Mail.
The newly revised Local Foods Guide includes all of the Fairfield County Farmers Markets and all of the local producers and the products they sell as well as their contact information.
When you buy from local producers you will reap the benefit of eating tasty, freshly harvested and produced food. As you benefit your health by eating local, you will help the local economy. Your money will go directly to local farmers, who patronize local businesses.
When you buy directly from the farmer, you are re-establishing a time-honored connection between the consumer and the grower. Knowing the farmer gives you the insight into the seasons, the weather, the challenges and the joy of raising food.
The OSU Extension Office Update is compiled by Connie Smith, program assistant and master gardener coordinator with the Ohio State University Extension Office in Fairfield County.
This article originally appeared on Lancaster Eagle-Gazette: Next stop on the Local Foods Farm Tour…Keller Market House
