EPN Field Trip

In Good Stewardship...an EPN field trip to Mechanicsburg, Ohio! 

Join us in celebrating food, environmental sustainability and community with our friends in Mechanicsburg.  The leading topics for this program are to learn and share about the efforts by In Good Taste Catering, The Hive, and Hemisphere Coffee Roasters (each based in Mechanicsburg, Ohio) to: 

-Promote stewardship for the betterment of people, profit and planet locally, regionally and globally 

-Adopt and apply relevant farm and conservation efforts into business practice

-Build relationships within the local community, and into regional and global networks 

-Create efforts to bring food (both livestock and crop commodities) products into supply chains, including through direct-sales to consumers 

Companies 

  In Good Taste Catering - A 5th generation farm operation that evolved into a central Ohio catering service providing menu items from fresh produce and local producers.  Owned and operated by Amy Forest, serving over 1,000 people over the last decade including every EPN Breakfast since 2013.  Check out more here!

 The Hive - From the same 5th generation farming operation as In Good Taste Catering,  Amy Forest and her daughter Lyndsey Murphy opened a Market and Deli space in the heart of Mechanicsburg.  With daily breakfast, lunch and dinner specials, all sourced from local farmers, The Hive puts people and food at the top of their priority list.  Check out more here! 

 Hemisphere Coffee Roasters - Passionate about good coffee and doing good.  Producing coffee that is grown around the world and harvested and imported directly from the farms to the warehouse.  Once there the beans are roasted to a perfect science and then packaged for selling as grounds, beans and beverage in house.  For more information click here!

7:00am - Bus commuters arrive at the Nationwide and Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center 

7:30am - Bus departs for Mechanicsburg 

8:15am - Arrive in Mechanicsburg 

Eat First Group - Dropped off at The Hive  (22 South Main Street) to learn about the company, their mission, products and eat breakfast.  Learn how this company starts with family to bring their 5th generation family farm to local and regional communities.  

Drink First Group - Dropped off at Hemisphere Coffee Roasters (275 East Sandusky Street) to learn about the company, their mission, products and drink samples of their coffee and tea.  Learn lessons of 'relationship coffee' in building global business relationships 

9:15am - Groups switch locations 

10:00am - Depart Mechanicsburg for family farm 

10:10am - Arrive at farm 

Crops First - Tour with hay wagon ride to see fields, stream bank tree planting; topics of crop rotation, nutrient management plans, as well as no till and other soil conservation measures discussed.  As well as cover crops, vegetable gardening, herbs and honey as well as chicken and beef cattle pasture rotation 

Livestock First - Walking tour to see livestock (Minature Hereford beef cattle and donkeys), livestock waste management, discussion of the property and farm as well as the original catering facility of In Good Taste Catering 

10:40am - Groups switch tours 

11:10am - Depart the farm to return to 4-H Center 

Noon - Arrive at 4-H Center, concluding the program  

Parking Location

Nationwide and Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center 

2201 Fred Taylor Drive 

Columbus, Ohio 43210

Parking

Parking is free but you must have a pass which you can download here and place on your dashboard, whether parking across the street or behind the 4-H Center.

Registration 

Register Here

OSU students may register for free by selecting the "student scholarship" option on the registration page

For further information about these 2nd Tuesdays Breakfasts or the EPN, please contact Joe Campbell at campbell.844@osu.edu or 614-634-6363.

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