Ohio Department of Agriculture Communications Office

The next meeting of the CAFF Advisory Committee is 9:30 a.m. on Feb. 11, 2010, in the ODA Bromfield Auditorium A&B.

The Ohio Food Policy Council’s Agricultural Viability Task Force will meet Monday, Nov. 23, 2009, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Columbus Food Terminal, 4561 E. 5th Ave. Columbus, Ohio. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the protection of Ohio farmland and water resources by encouraging the growth of food products in Ohio.

The Ohio Food Policy Council’s Healthy Food Access Task Force will meet Friday, Nov. 20, 2009, from 10 a.m. to noon, at the Ohio Department of Agriculture’s Bromfield Administration Building, Room 308, 8995 E. Main St., Reynoldsburg, Ohio. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss ways to provide those in need with greater access to fresh and nutritious food.

The Ohio Food Policy Council’s Market Connections Task Force will meet Monday, Dec. 7, 2009, from noon to 3 p.m. at the North Market, 59 Spruce St., Columbus, Ohio. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss ways to help farmers and businesses market their food products and develop ways to link producers and consumers in local food systems.

The Ohio Advisory Committee on Livestock Exhibitions will meet Tuesday, Nov. 10, at 10 a.m. at the Ohio Department of Agriculture’s Bromfield Administration Building, Room 308, 8995 E. Main St., Reynoldsburg, Ohio. The purpose of the meeting is to review the 2009 exhibition season.

November 12, 2009 at 10am in the Bromfield Administration Building on the campus of the Ohio Department of Agriculture.

November 5, 2009, 8:15 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Nationwide and Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center, 2201 Fred Taylor Dr.
Columbus, Ohio

The next CAFF Advisory Committee meeting is scheduled at 9:30 a.m. on Nov. 19, 2009, at the Ohio Department of Agriculture's Bromfield Administration Building, auditorium A & B, in Reynoldsburg.

The Advisory Council on Amusement Ride Safety
will meet Tuesday, Oct. 27, at 10 a.m. at the Ohio Department of Agriculture’s Amusement Ride
Safety Office, 8995 E. Main St., Reynoldsburg, Ohio. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss
water park safety issues and year end reviews.

The Ohio Grape Industries Public Relations
Committee will meet Wednesday, Nov. 18, from 9 – 10 a.m. at the Ohio Department of
Agriculture’s Bromfield Administration Building, Room 323, 8995 E. Main St., Reynoldsburg,
Ohio. The purpose of the meeting is to review and approve the fiscal year 2010 Event Cost Share
Program applications, as well as recommend ways to advertise Ohio’s grape and wine industry to
consumers.