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New Vocations for Retired Racehorses
From renee wilde | Part of the Community Voices series | 05:33
Ohio ranks second in the US for producing Standardbreds. But what happens to these horses after their racing careers are over?
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Thanks to the legalizations of gambling in Ohio creating newly constructed racinos, Harness Racing is seeing a resurgence in popularity in the state. In 2015, 1,100 standarbred mares will be foaling the next generation of racehorses. But what happens to these horses when their racing career is over? On option is New Vocations, a racehorse adoption program that transitions former racehorses into a new life.
Dragonfly Swarms
From renee wilde | Part of the Community Voices series | 06:00
Every year a huge swarm of dragonflies appear on the producer's farm. She goes in search of information on this behavior and finds out that, even though this insect has been around since before the dinosaurs, not much is really known about them.
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Dragonflies might be the least understood insects on the planet. They have been called the Devils Darning Needles, Mule Killers and Snake Doctors. For an insect that has been arround since the before the dinosaurs roamed the earth, surprisingly little is actually known about them. Renee Wilde interviewed two Odonata experts in search of answer's behind an annual occurance on her farm that happens for two days around the end of summer, where hundreds of dragonflies swarm every night for two days, and then disappear.
GRAILVILLE
From renee wilde | Part of the COUNTY LINES series | 05:22
Eighty years ago - in 1940 - two Dutch women came to Cincinnati to start a spiritual center on a farm. They were part of The Grail, a women's movement that grew out of the Catholic church. The women of the Grail had a vision for world peace, justice and renewal of the earth.
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Eighty years ago - in 1940 - two Dutch women came to Cincinnati to start a spiritual center on a farm. They were part of The Grail, a women's movement that grew out of the Catholic church. The women of the Grail had a vision for world peace, justice and renewal of the earth.
Slow Flower Movement Changing the Floral Industry
From renee wilde | Part of the COUNTY LINES series | 04:55
In 1991, President George Herbert Walker Bush was looking for ways to stem the illegal drug trade in Colombia, by giving more incentives for legal trade. As a result, the 6 percent import duty on Colombian flowers disappeared - and over the next few years - so did over half of the U.S. flower farms. Colombia now makes up 80% of the flowers sold in the United States.
Today on County Lines Renee Wilde visits a grower in South Western Ohio who is part of the new Slow Flower movement in the U.S.
In 1991, President George Herbert Walker Bush was looking for ways to stem the illegal drug trade in Colombia, by giving more incentives for legal trade. As a result, the 6 percent import duty on Colombian flowers disappeared - and over the next few years - so did over half of the U.S. flower farms. Colombia now makes up 80% of the flowers sold in the United States.
Today on County Lines Renee Wilde visits a grower in South Western Ohio who is part of the new Slow Flower movement in the U.S.