 | As a part of the April, 2004 OHIO PROUD Arbor Day celebration, students and Director Dailey plant trees to beautify Krumm Park and Recreation Center. |
 | Chef of the Year, Harry Joe Elliott competes during the OHIO PROUD Chef Challenge at the Central Ohio Home and Garden Show, Ohio Expo Center , March, 2004. This challenge encouraged chefs to use more OHIO PROUD products in their recipes and on their menus. |
 | Media visited Ohio ’s largest indoor fish hatchery, Freshwater Farms of Ohio, July, 2004, during the Ohio ” Central Ohio Media Tour which promoted specialty crops in Ohio . |
 | Junior Hershberger’s prize Belgian stallion (Mike) is shown to Japanese agricultural officials during their visit to Ohio draft horse farms, June, 2004. |
 | OHIO PROUD Harvest at Easton Town Center , October, 2003. CaJohn’s Fiery Foods is one of the OHIO PROUD companies that sampled and sold their products to the consumer during this two-day farmers market. |
| Apple bobbing contest at the OHIO PROUD Fall Harvest at Easton Town Center, October, 2002. OHIO PROUD companies sampled and sold their products to the consumer during this two-day farmers market. |
 | OHIO PROUD partners sampled their products to 132 restaurant owners during the Ohio Restaurant Association/OHIO PROUD event, June, 2003. |
 | ODA and representatives from Illinois Department of Agriculture meet with Mexican swine buyers, February, 2002. |
 | Mascots and players representing central Ohio ’s sports teams compete in the tallest ice cream cone building contest, September, 2003, in honor of the 100 th anniversary of the ice cream cone. OHIO PROUD ice cream companies provide ice cream for the contest and passers-by. |
 | William Skaryd, President, American Culinary Concepts, Inc. samples and sells his products during Vintage Ohio at Lake Farm Park in Kirkland , August, 2005. |
| Officials from Japanese Agricultural Co-ops and Japan Equine Affairs Association visit Ohio farms to observe draft horses for possible sale, November, 2002. |
 | Beef Mission, Mexico, 2002 |
 | Ohio companies are highlighted in the OHIO PROUD Pavilion at the Produce Marketing Association Fresh Summit Exposition and Convention, Florida , October, 2003. |
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Media had the opportunity to pick fresh strawberries while visiting Polter’s Beery Farm, June, 2004, during the “Take a Fresh Look at Ohio ” Northwestern Ohio Media Tour which promoted specialty crops in Ohio. |
 | OHIO PROUD Largest Tossed Salad, June, 2003. OHIO PROUD companies and Meijer collaborate to build Ohio ’s largest salad to promote fresh, locally-grown produce. |
 | Swine Mission, Mexico, 2002 |
