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Penta Career Center
Penta Career Center, established in 1965, is an area Career-Technical and Adult Education Career Center servicing 16 rural and suburban school districts in five counties in northwest Ohio. Penta Career Center offers educational programs that create links within the community by training individuals for the workforce or by retraining current workers for advancement to jobs more suited to their skills. Penta Career Center offers a variety of environmental and agricultural programming including greenhouse production, floral design, landscape and turf management and small animal care.
The Agricultural Incubator Foundation partners with local educational outlets including Penta Career Center, Eastwood and Otsego schools to offer farm safety training programs and similar activities. For more information go to Penta Career Center’s web site: www.pentacareercenter.org
Wood Soil & Water Conservation District and Andy Lang, Pioneer Seed Representative, partner in maintaining demonstration plots for crop rotation, tillage vs. no-till, and cover crop practices. As participants in the H2Ohio Program the best management practices contribute to improved water quality and soil health.
Central State University - Extension
Michelle Wallace
Regional Educator: Northwestern Ohio
Michelle Wallace is the Northwest Ohio Regional Agriculture and Natural Resources Extension Educator. Michelle has 25 years of experience in agriculture and natural resource management. Her horticulture journey began overseas where she worked alongside her dad in the kiwi vineyard and apple orchards. She returned to the US to go to college and received a BS in Horticulture and a Master’s in Landscape Architecture from North Carolina State University and a BBA in Business Information Systems from the University of Toledo. She has over 10 years of experience working with NCSU Extension prior to joining the CSU Team. Michelle strives to empower growers to develop the skills they need to be successful.
Areas of Interest: New and Beginning Farmers, Business Planning and Marketing, Small Fruit and Orchard Production, Beekeeping, Cut Flower Production, Vineyards and Hops Production, Water Quality Management.