LIMA, Ohio (WLIO) — Ohio State Lima is showcasing conservation efforts at its Regenerative Farm.
Around 40 members of the Natural Resources Conservation Service committee came to campus to tour the drainage water recycling program. The committee has been visiting different locations around northwest Ohio to look at programs focused on improving water quality.
Ohio State officials are not only glad to talk about the success of their program, but also the failures they have learned from.
“We like to say that we would make the mistakes that you then will learn from. So even if this is a success story we are trying to demonstrate, uh I would like to say that there are some mistakes and errors that we would like people to learn from and that is why we are more strategic with what we do in our farming systems here on the campus is because we have a mix of success stories and some of the failures because I think you learn more from your failures,” said Vinayak Shedekar, assistant professor of ag water management.
“It's always good to see things on the ground. We can talk about it, we can show pictures of it and but but when you see it on the ground and the the what it's doing to address those resource concerns, it gives you a better picture. These kind of activities help brighten that light so you can see a bigger picture of how things work together in order to address those resources. And we have partners working with us across the the spectrum of addressing those resource concerns. So that is part of it too.,” said John Wilson, state conservationist for Ohio NRCS.
The NRCS holds tours for its committee once a year, focusing on different parts of the state and conservation practices.
