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The Ohio Proud Member Guide Has Gone Virtual!

2023 Ohio Proud Member Guide Ohio Proud is excited to bring you the 2023 Member Guide, a listing of our more than 330 partners from across the state selling food and agricultural products. Ohio Proud products are at least 50% raised, grown, or processed here in Ohio....

Project Pickle: How to Simply Pickle Foods

Teach students about harvest time and how it can impact what they eat with an easy lesson on how to make pickles, courtesy of Cincinnati Public Schools! Follow this How to Simply Pickle Food guide to show how the vegetables families grow in the garden can turn into...

The Ohio Proud Food Summit Returns in 2023

The Ohio Proud Food Summit Returns in 2023

Save the Date for the Ohio Proud Food Summit! Please join the Ohio Department of Agriculture for an event that connects Ohio growers and food manufacturers directly to retail and food service buyers. More than 25 Ohio Proud partners will be available to sample and...

A Very Merry Dishing with Dorothy

The holidays are here and we're ready to entertain with all of our favorite, festive Ohio products. On this episode Dishing with Dorothy, Director Pelanda and Jim Chakeres from Ohio Poultry Association make mulled wine, homemade eggnog, and a charcuterie board filled...

Cheers to National Vodka Day

Cheers to National Vodka Day

Whether you're mixing drinks for a dinner party or need a hardy tailgate beverage to revive you back to life--Vodka is a bar cart staple that has the ability to mix well with any number of ingredient combinations. In honor of October 4 being National Vodka Day, we've...

Ohio State Fair Farmers Market

Ohio State Fair Farmers Market

The Ohio Department of Agriculture invites you to the Ohio Proud Farmers' Market at this year's Ohio State Fair! The Market will carry products from our Ohio Proud vendors which include: fruits and vegetables, honey, flowers, baked goods, jams and jellies, soaps and...

Dishing with Dorothy: Summer Favorites

Dishing with Dorothy: Summer Favorites

Nothing is more summer than the smell of burgers cooking on the grill and we've got Anna Gest with the Ohio Beef Council to give us her best burger tips and tricks. Ana is not only a registered dietitian nutritionist, but she's also a beef farmer herself! To...

Join us at the Ohio State Fair!

Join us at the Ohio State Fair!

The Ohio Department of Agriculture invites Ohio Proud Companies to participate in the Ohio Proud Farmers' Market at this year's Ohio State Fair! The Ohio State Fair is one of the largest state fairs in the U.S., held in Columbus from July 27- August 7. The 12-day...

Cinco De Mayo & Dishing with Dorothy

Cinco De Mayo & Dishing with Dorothy

Join ODA Director Dorothy Pelanda and her friends with the Ohio Poultry Association and the Ohio Pork Council as they heat up the kitchen to celebrate Cinco De Mayo, by sizzling up pork fajitas and flan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zd-16j2O3o Quick Pork Fajitas...

Beard & The Broad Explore Eastern Ohio

Beard & The Broad Explore Eastern Ohio

Ohio Proud recently teamed up with Ben and Julia of Beard and the Broad to showcase some of our partners in Mahoning Valley and surrounding areas. Check out the Beard and Broad blog post as they recap their adventure to eastern Ohio which included doughnuts, beer,...