Past Events

Photovoltaic (PV) panels are an increasingly common sight at homes, farms, and businesses across the Midwest. Declining cost of PV solar installations makes installing a distributed solar electric system enticing for many farmers. Evaluating the financial investment in solar requires careful consideration of system costs, the value of production, and operation and maintenance costs. Unfortunately, some proposals are hard to understand making it difficult to make fully informed investment decisions.  

OSU Extension Community Development professionals will connect with colleagues from the CFAES School of Environment and Natural Resources (SENR) for this day-long in-service at the Nationwide and Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center. The day will begin with the Environmental Professionals Network (EPN) Breakfast from 8 to 9 a.m., continue with a facilitated conversation with others interested in working more broadly to Increase Prosperity and Well-Being in Ohio Communities from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., including lunch, and finish with a CD-only conversation after lunch from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.

Photovoltaic (PV) panels are an increasingly common sight at homes, farms, and businesses across the Midwest. Declining cost of PV solar installations makes installing a distributed solar electric system enticing for many farmers. Evaluating the financial investment in solar requires careful consideration of system costs, the value of production, and operation and maintenance costs. Unfortunately, some proposals are hard to understand making it difficult to make fully informed investment decisions.  

The 38th Annual Ohio Charter Captains Conference will be held Saturday, March 2 at the Cedar Point Conference Center at the BGSU-Firelands campus in Huron, Ohio. The agenda will feature speakers on fish populations, cold water safety, the health of Lake Erie and how it affects fish, and more. A select group of vendors will also be displaying products and services.