<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt">LOTS of good information in the newsletter! Link below in text...<br><div> </div><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: bookman old style,new york,times,serif; color: rgb(192, 0, 0);">Lawrence A. Parker</span><img alt=""><br><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Executive Director</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Akron Cooperative</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">234-525-0543</span><br><span><a target="_blank" href="http://www.akroncooperative.com/">http://www.akroncooperative.com/</a></span><br><br style="color: rgb(0, 127, 64);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 127, 64); font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.</span><div><br></div><div
style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Tahoma" size="2">----- Forwarded Message ----<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Ohio Ecological Food & Farm Association <oeffa@oeffa.org><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> akroncooperative@yahoo.com<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tue, March 30, 2010 10:12:49 AM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> OEFFA Spring Newsletter--Vol. 30 No. 2<br></font><br>
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<div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Dear Lawrence,</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">It’s Spring! I don’t know about you, but when I went outside on that first sunny morning
in March, I was so excited for Spring to arrive that I couldn’t stop myself from throwing
my arms into the air and spinning around “Sound of Music” style to celebrate!</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Early Spring edition of the OEFFA newsletter (Vol. 30, No. 2) is now available
online, just in time for your own Spring celebrations. It’s chocked full of news, recipes,
resources, events, and more, to help farmers, gardeners, and consumers connect and work
to rebuild a sustainable food system here in Ohio.</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">And, now, our newsletter is available online for our electronic subscribers! Rather than
attaching the newsletter to this email, you can now read our Spring newsletter by going to
</span></font><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.oeffa.us/oeffa/pdfs/2_2010_webfinal.pdf"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">http://www.oeffa.us/oeffa/pdfs/2_2010_webfinal.pdf</span></font></a></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Here’s a taste of what you’ll find inside:</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>Mike Laughlin Receives 2009 Stewardship Award—Pg. 1</b></span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">OEFFA bestowed its highest award on Mike Laughlin, of Johnstown, Ohio. The
announcement was made on February 13 as part of OEFFA’s 31<sup>st</sup> Annual Conference.
The Stewardship Award recognizes “outstanding contributions to the sustainable
agriculture community.” </span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>We Want to Hear from You! OEFFA’s 2010 Membership Survey—Pg. 1</b></span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">In order to grow and improve as an organization, we rely on membership feedback.
That’s why we’re about to launch our 2010 membership survey. When you receive your
survey, please take a few minutes to help us better utilize our most important resource:
YOU.</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>Profile of Success: Tom and Wendy Wiandt—Pg. 3</b></span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Tom and Wendy Wiandt operate a mushroom farm, Killbuck Valley Mushrooms, on a
deep, shady hollow near<b> </b>Burbank, Ohio. And, if mushrooms require one thing, they
require deliberate farmers. </span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>Food Safety Update—Pg. 4</b></span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Do you feel overwhelmed by the alphabet soup of new food safety regulation? Look no
further! Find out where food safety policy and agreements stand, and find out what you
can do!</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>Making Sense of the National Organic Program—Pg. 13</b></span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">This installment explores what is and isn’t covered by the NOP, focusing specifically on
aquaculture (fish and marine plants), apiculture (honey bees), personal care products, and
lawn care.</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>OEFFA’s “Gardening Like the Forest” Workshop Series—Pg. 16</b></span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">OEFFA will be offering a series of workshops throughout Ohio with instructor Dave
Jacke, the author of the award winning two-volume book <i>Edible Forest Gardens.</i> </span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>USDA Releases New Organic Pasture Rule—Pg. 20</b></span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font color="#0d0d0d" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">On February 12, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Organic
Program (NOP) published a long anticipated final rule establishing pasture standards for
organic livestock.</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>Also Inside: A Letter from Board President Darren Malhame, Board Election
Results, Livestock Care Standards Board Update, 2010 Conference Photos, News
Briefs, Resources, Organic Weed Management Study, The Urban Organic
Gardener, Farm to Table, Events, Unclassifieds, and much more!</b></span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Enjoy the beauty of Spring!</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Lauren Ketcham</span></font></div>
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