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Stewart’s Root Beer Makes It To Staten Island

30 May , 2019

It may be the least populated of New York City’s five boroughs with a population of nearly 500,000, but it is also the newest home of a Stewart’s All American Grill restaurant with its trademark root beer. A story in silive.com entitled “Stewart’s All American Grill brings its famous root beer to Staten Island” starts out this way: Read More

Featured, Food, Mansfield History

All About Richland

Foodies Rejoice! Savor & Sip Auction and Food Tasting Is Here

14 Oct , 2018

Enjoy a night of live entertainment, great food, and auction items with you friends at the Richland Area Chamber of Commerce. Everyone is welcome. The Fourth Annual Savor & Sip Auction and Food Tasting has rapidly become one of the most popular Chamber events. So popular, in fact, that last year it sold out! The event takes place on Tuesday, October 23 from 5 PM to 8 PM at the Mid-Ohio Conference Center on West Fourth Street in Mansfield. Read More

Food, Richland Area Chamber of Commerce

All About Richland

Mansfield Farmers Markets In Full Swing

6 Jul , 2018

With summer in full swing, the farmers markets in and near Mansfield are sharing locally produced items for sale in several locations and at various times during the week. Here is a sampling of what’s on offer: Read More

Farmers Markets, Featured, Food, Health

Schools

Community Leaders and Public Invited to Food System Workshop

4 Jun , 2018

It’s spring at The Ohio State University at Mansfield Microfarm. The high tunnels are overflowing with lettuce, spinach and swiss chard. Now, as spring turns into summer, it’s time to take the growth of the microfarm out farther into the local community. A community workshop called “Aggregating Produce, Sharing Profits” will be held in Ovalwood Hall at Ohio State Mansfield on June 9 from 10 AM to 3 PM. The public is invited along with community leaders. Read More

Farming, Food, OSU Mansfield

Schools

Malabar Students Submit Anti-Sweet Potato Petition

29 May , 2018

Editor’s Note: I cannot resist sharing that the person posting this story on 1812Blockhouse greatly dislikes both sweet potatoes and, unfortunately, watermelon. For some fourth-graders at Malabar Intermediate School, the final days of the school year included a hands-on exercise in citizen action, triggered by dislike for sweet potato fries on the cafeteria menu. Teacher Lisa Koplan explained. “My two classes have been learning about government and how to make peaceful changes in your community,” she said. Read More

Featured, Food, Malabar Intermediate School, Mansfield City Schools

Bellville

Free Produce Available In Bellville

27 Mar , 2018

The Bellville Neighborhood Outreach Center has announced its schedule of Mobile Pantry produce distribution for 2018. The Center, which is a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to improving the lives of those living in the Clear Fork Valley of southern Richland County, provides this distribution as a public service from spring through fall. Read More

Bellville, Food

Schools

OSU Mansfield Project Has Strong Upside Potential For Area

23 Mar , 2018

Tyler Arter pulled weeds as he talked about the project Kent “Kip” Curtis will expand well beyond the borders of the parking lot where it’s located on the Mansfield campus of The Ohio State University. “I kind of overheard it,” said Arter, an Ashland resident who graduated a year ago from Ohio State Mansfield with a bachelor’s degree in psychology. I went to one of the first meetings, and I’ve been involved with it ever since.” Read More

Economy, Food, OSU Mansfield

All About Richland, Schools

Food And Community Come Together At OSUM Symposium

8 Mar , 2018

Community leaders in Mansfield are thinking about food and where it comes from a little bit differently today. That’s after The Ohio State University at Mansfield held the 2018 Food Systems Symposium March 1 at Oasis of Love Church in Mansfield. Over 100 people attended the event. Participants talked about how to address economic, education, diet and food security issues in the community. The goal of the meeting was to discuss how all in the community could work together to create a community-based vision to improve access to safe, affordable and nutritious food in Mansfield and Richland County. Read More

Food, Gardening, Nutrition

Schools

Project Takes On Food Insecurity In Mansfield

20 Oct , 2017

Big things are continuing to grow on The Ohio State University at Mansfield campus. The first stakeholder meeting for RUSS (Reaching Urban Students with Sustainability) Garden Planning Process was held on October 12, 2017, in the Eisenhower Board Room on the Mansfield Campus. The group, which consists of campus and community members, met to discuss how to develop RUSS Gardens throughout the region. Read More

Featured, Food, OSU Mansfield

History & Tourism

Is Mansfield The Next Pizza Capital Of The World?

21 Feb , 2017

The online world can be a rather unusual thing here in the second decade of the 21^st century. With the increasing demand for content, a number of sites have arrived which literally “manufacture” content out of, well, limited ingredients. Speaking of which, we ran across this headline at 1812Blockhouse earlier this week, and it obviously caught our eye – “The Ohio Town That’s The Next Pizza Capital Of The World.” When we saw the gazebo in the top photo, well, we had to read on. Read More

Featured, Food

All About Richland

Talking Food

6 Feb , 2017

You are warned -- the most recent edition of the Renaissance Podcast might make you hungry. In preparation for their involvement at a dinner before the Mansfield Symphony Orchestra’s February 18 “When Swing Was King” concert, Renaissnace Performing Arts sat down with the chefs of Altered Eats. Read More

Food, Renaissance Theatre

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