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WARREN -- Trumbull County celebrated National Agriculture Week this week, with the county commissioners adopting a resolution proclaiming so.
The resolution presented Wednesday states that American agriculture touches everyone's lives on a daily basis and that the board recognizes the "hard work and dedication of our local farmers and how their thankless jobs impact the betterment of our lives."
At the commissioners' meeting to accept the resolution was Trumbull County Farm Bureau Director Mandy Orahood and Public Policy Director Steve Kacerski.
"Agriculture is very important to us and as the proclamation states, it is vital to our lives, our daily lives," Orahood said. "So, whether you see it, you're hearing it or you believe in it, we literally couldn't survive without our farmers. Agriculture is an important part of Trumbull County."
Orahood took a moment at the meeting to share a few facts about the 1,036 Trumbull County farms, of which, she said 97 percent are family-owned. She said more than 104,000 acres in the county are occupied by farms, which equate to almost a fourth of county land.
Kacerski also noted that Tuesday was the 50th anniversary of National Agriculture Day.
"Farmers continue everyday to get up and even with all the struggles with the economy and COVID and everything, they're still there day after day providing food, fiber and fuel for the country," Kacerski said.
He said one thing he thinks is important to point out is that although people may think of grain farms when they think about agriculture, agriculture in Trumbull County encompasses many different sectors.
The commissioners also presented a resolution to the Trumbull County Children Services and proclaimed April to be Child Abuse Prevention Month in Trumbull County in conjunction with National Child Abuse Prevention Month.
From children services, Tim Schaffner, executive director, and Lori Yedlicka, director of administrative services, accepted the resolution from the commissioners.
"We have 160-some people to go out and respond to those calls, but you guys make the calls -- law enforcement, educators, grandma and grandpa, aunt and uncle and next-door neighbors," Schaffner said. "See something, say something is always our message and we're really thankful for your support."
Children services will hold its annual pinwheel event 1:30 p.m. April 4 in front of Warren City Hall, at which time it will display 1,256 pinwheels. Each will represent one report of child abuse or neglect in Trumbull County last year.