What does the future of education look like? A glimpse at the learning going on at Global Impact STEM Academy (GISA) in Springfield, Ohio may be a good place to start. At GISA – founded in 2013 – students trade in textbooks for MacBooks and the last two years of high school become the first two years of college. Educators focus on project-based interdisciplinary learning that closely resembles careers in the real world. Students leave… Read More

When you head to The Ohio State University (OSU) and are looking for 1 of 36,000 possible parking spots, you could be pulling in between two lines that have been painted with a soy-based paint. Through collaborative efforts of the Ohio Soybean Council (OSC) and the soybean checkoff, OSU CampusParc and the Aexcel Corporation, some of those lines are getting a little “greener.”   BioStripe, manufactured by Aexcel, is the first waterborne traffic paint… Read More

Global warming and climate change have been hot topics for a number of years as many groups and government agencies look for answers to weather trends and push to lower emissions of greenhouse gases. California is one of the states at the forefront of these issues, with California’s AirResources Board sometimes being called the strictest regulatory board in the effort, making their approval of biodiesel as the most efficient carbon-cutting fuel a win for the… Read More

Many kids who grow up on a family farm dream of one day making it their career. Too often, families find that the farm is not big enough to sustain the addition of another generation. This was the case for Kyle Horn of Huron County, but he knew there was nothing he wanted to do more than farm and found a way to get back to it.   After spending some time as an… Read More

The seventh annual Ohio Grain Farmers Symposium (OGFS) will be held on Thursday, December 17th at The Ohio State University Nationwide and Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center. The symposium will bring together farmers, researchers and industry experts who will offer insight into key agricultural issues such as land values and rents, input margins, the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a crop market outlook, and how the federal clean power plan could impact Ohio. Attendees will also hear an… Read More