CHILLICOTHE, Ohio — In 2024, the Junior Fair Board of rural Ross County, Ohio, was at a crossroads. They had participated in Farm Credit Mid-America (FCMA) and Rural 1st’s “Fight the Hunger, Stock the Trailer” program for a few years, joining an effort to turn county fairs in Ohio and Indiana into powerful engines of community service. After notching relatively modest success in previous years, the group considered walking away because the effor…
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