Food

The Ohio Agriculture Center opened its doors for the first time this year at the Ohio State Fair, boasting local food purveyors, Ohio-made products and an educational wing for visitors of all ages.

The bee population has been declining. Central State University’s Bee Research Lab is working to find a solution, as pesticide-resistant mites spread and take out colonies.

Shearer's new snack food factory at 4100 Springboro Pike will kick off operations with a ribbon cutting ceremony on June 22.

Killer Brownie's gourmet desserts will soon be produced in Springboro, with help from the Ohio Tax Credit Authority.

The major corn refining plant in Ohio, Primient, is one of two regional facilities to be awarded multiple Corn Refiners Association safety awards.

DoorDash added Kroger to its SNAP/EBT eligible payment groups on May 1, expanding access to food insecure customers across the nation.

Miami University will close its exhibition of Culture Crops on June 13 before it reopens at Northern Kentucky University in October.

More than 40 local vendors will now be posted outside the market at 600 E. Second St. in downtown Dayton, selling produce, meat, flowers, native plants and more.

The Foodbank, which serves Montgomery, Greene and Preble counties, will open its new 12,000-square-foot community building at a block party on June 25.

The sale of Tom's Market is set to be finalized in June, allowing the Yellow Springs Community Foundation to form a steering committee and hire a general manager.

For the entire history of the food stamps program (SNAP) the federal government has paid for all the benefits. Starting this fall, Ohio and other states are going to have to take on some of those costs, depending on their rate of payment errors.

Students involved in Clark State’s federally funded TRIO program took part in a cooking class at Dorothy Lane Market to get hands-on learning in cooking for a busy and affordable week.