Ohio State is working with Central State, Lincoln University and the University of Missouri on accelerating climate-smart farm solutions.
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Some farmers in Ohio are shifting their practices and being part of the climate change solution. They do that through regenerative agriculture that seeks to restore and build on farming’s pre-industrial practices. Some small farmers are leading that change.
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