Discover ways Ohioans can make a considerable impact on food grown and produced in Ohio. Discover as a resident of any state, how to win free food for a year!
First and primary let's briefly explore an Issue coming up for vote this fall in Ohio known as Issue 2. It is available in verbatim from the Ohio Elections Board. This proposed amendment would,
a. Need the state to create the Livestock Care Standards Board to recommend standards for animal care and well-being that endeavor to maintain food safety, encourage locally grown and raised food, and protect Ohio farms and families.
b. Approve this bipartisan board of thirteen members to consider factors that consist of, but are not limited to, farming most excellent management practices for such care and well-being, biosecurity, disease prevention, animal morbidity and mortality data, food safety practices, and the protection of local, affordable food supplies for consumers while
establishing and applying standards.
c. Provide that the board shall consist of thirteen Ohio residents including representatives of Ohio family farms, farming organizations, food safety experts, veterinarians, consumers, the dean of the agriculture department at an Ohio college or university and a county humanitarian society representative.
d. Sanction the Ohio department that adjusts agriculture to administer and enforce the standards established by the board, subject to the authority of the General Assembly. This amendment will take effect immediately, if adopted. A ''YES'' vote shows approval of the amendment. A ''NO'' vote shows disapproval of the amendment. A majority YES vote is needed for the amendment to be adopted.
