Wilmington College and the Center for Innovative Food Technologies (CIFT) announce a partnership to establish agricultural business development activities in southwest Ohio. The centerpiece of the new relationship will be a food, agricultural and agribusiness incubator program designed to help stimulate job growth.
Hearkening the College’s seven-decade heritage in agriculture and complementing the national discussion on food, health and security, Wilmington College will present a food symposium April 22.
Hearkening the College’s heritage in agriculture and the current Grow Food, Grow Hope initiative, WC is sponsoring a food symposium April 22 titled “Food and Farming for the Future: Eat Healthy/Grow Responsibly.”
Some 800 high school students from around Ohio and neighboring states converged in Wilmington Wednesday (Feb. 24) to hone their skills at judging swine, sheep, horses and beef and dairy cattle.
Tom’s of Maine rewarded Wilmington College’s Grow Food, Grow Hope initiative with a $20,000 grant that will provide for the doubling of a program that teaches vegetable gardening to persons adversely affected by the local economy.
The annual competition, which is in its fourth decade, typically draws more than 1,000 4-H Club and Future Farmers of America members from around Ohio and neighboring states.
