Crop Art Planted In Highway Cloverleaf
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Corn mazes and family pictures in the pumpkin patch are a fun way to promote agriculture all across U.S. farm country. In Coshocton County, Ohio, a group of energetic ag promoters went beyond those familiar ideas in 2011 with a project they called “Ag as Art”.
“We wanted to do something unique and special to celebrate agriculture in our town’s bicentennial year,” says Deb Bigelow of the Coshocton Soil and Water Conservation District, one of the project’s organizers. Using two acres of land inside two cloverleafs at the junction of State Road 16 and Highway 541 in Coshocton, the group planted alternating strips of soybeans, corn and grass in a concentric circle. From the air, the designs produce a capital C inside the large cloverleaf and a small c inside the smaller tract across the road.
Ann Cornell, who heads up the Pomerene Center for the Arts in Coschocton, pulled a committee together to get the project rolling.
“The state turned us down, mainly for safety reasons,” Bigelow says. “They were concerned about liability, because nothing like this had ever been done before.”
Cornell, however, didn’t give up on the idea. She contacted the state representative and state senator for Coshocton, who helped get the plan approved.
“We had the local co-op, a fertilizer dealer, a seed company, a grain company, and the local farm credit office contribute to the project,” Bigelow says. Two local farm families, Gerald and Judy Finley and the Porteus brothers, provided the machinery and farm labor.
“Community support for the project was fantastic,” Bigelow says. “Pictures and stories have appeared in the local paper and state farm publications. We harvested the crops in October and proceeds will be held to hopefully help fund another project in 2012.”
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Deb Bigelow, Coshocton Soil and Water Conservation District, 724 South 7th St., Room 120, Coshocton, Ohio 43812 (ph 740 622-8087, ext. 4; debbigelow@coshoctoncounty.net; www.coshoctoncounty.net).
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Crop Art Planted In Highway Cloverleaf CROPS Miscellaneous Corn mazes and family pictures in the pumpkin patch are a fun way to promote agriculture all across U S farm country In Coshocton County Ohio a group of energetic ag promoters went beyond those familiar ideas in 2011 with a project they called “Ag as Art” “We wanted to do something unique and special to celebrate agriculture in our town’s bicentennial year ” says Deb Bigelow of the Coshocton Soil and Water Conservation District one of the project’s organizers Using two acres of land inside two cloverleafs at the junction of State Road 16 and Highway 541 in Coshocton the group planted alternating strips of soybeans corn and grass in a concentric circle From the air the designs produce a capital C inside the large cloverleaf and a small c inside the smaller tract across the road Ann Cornell who heads up the Pomerene Center for the Arts in Coschocton pulled a committee together to get the project rolling “The state turned us down mainly for safety reasons ” Bigelow says “They were concerned about liability because nothing like this had ever been done before ” Cornell however didn’t give up on the idea She contacted the state representative and state senator for Coshocton who helped get the plan approved “We had the local co-op a fertilizer dealer a seed company a grain company and the local farm credit office contribute to the project ” Bigelow says Two local farm families Gerald and Judy Finley and the Porteus brothers provided the machinery and farm labor “Community support for the project was fantastic ” Bigelow says “Pictures and stories have appeared in the local paper and state farm publications We harvested the crops in October and proceeds will be held to hopefully help fund another project in 2012 ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Deb Bigelow Coshocton Soil and Water Conservation District 724 South 7th St Room 120 Coshocton Ohio 43812 ph 740 622-8087 ext 4; debbigelow@coshoctoncounty net; www coshoctoncounty net
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