{"id":3022,"date":"2022-11-02T15:39:50","date_gmt":"2022-11-02T15:39:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abicaction.org\/?page_id=3022"},"modified":"2022-12-02T14:51:49","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T14:51:49","slug":"ohio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/abicaction.org\/es\/agriculture\/ohio\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohio"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t
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Our Work in Ohio<\/h1>\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t
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What the farmers are saying<\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t
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“If we do not have the labor to manufacture the items that we produce, there will be kids that end up without a nutritious meal, [which would be] catastrophic from a nutrition standpoint.” <\/p>Alex DiNovo<\/span>IFPA member and President & COO of DNO Produce<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/blockquote>

“When we employ workers at our farms, our first hope is that there will be domestic workers right there in our communities who will come and help us out\u2026 but very few apply. Those 150,000 cows in Ohio alone, they need to be milked every day, twice a day, 365, no Christmas, no Thanksgiving off.” <\/p>Scott Higgins<\/span>Ohio Dairy Producers Association CEO<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/blockquote>

“The current H-2A doesn\u2019t work for us because we milk all day every year. That\u2019s why we need quality employees who can come to the U.S. securely and legally. U.S. Senators, I ask you to work to push this bill through.” <\/p>Kathy Davis<\/span>Owner and Operator, Ayers Valley Farm, Russellville, OH<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/blockquote>\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t

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“I\u2019m a nursery that could be open, much like a dairy farm, 365 days a year. But we can only get people for ten months\u2026 I\u2019m angry about it, because it\u2019s fixable if people just had the political courage to stand up and say \u2018this is stupid.\u2019” <\/p>Brian Decker<\/span>AmericanHort member and Decker Nursery, Inc. President<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/blockquote>

“We\u2019re asking elected officials to take immediate action to give U.S. food producers the tools we need to continue providing Americans with a safe and economical food supply.” <\/p>Bob Jones<\/span>owner of Farmer Jones Farm, site of the Culinary Vegetable Institute and a member of AmericanHort<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/blockquote>

“In my family\u2019s 126 years of farming, labor has always been our biggest issue. This country\u2019s health, wealth and security all hinge on access to affordable and nutritious food, which is dependent on farm labor. That\u2019s why this is something all Senators should be able to get behind.” <\/p>Joel Buurma<\/span>Buurma Farms, Willard, OH, a member of the International Fresh Produce Association (IFPA)<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/blockquote>\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t

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What the Ohio press is saying<\/h2>\n
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\u201cOhio Farmers Call for Help<\/a>,\u201d Ohio Capital Journal, October 14<\/h3>\n

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\u201cGrowing America; We need farm workers | Norwalk Reflector Marcy Kaptur visits Milan farm event<\/a>.\u201d Norwalk Reflector, October 12, 2022<\/h3>\n

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\u201cOhio farm groups, businesses urge reform to address farm labor issues<\/a>\u201d, Farm and Dairy, July 13, 2022<\/h3>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t
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Watch the press conference in Milan, OH!<\/h2>\n\t
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