Ohio Farm Bureau members are discussing issues that impact their farms and communities in Washington DC this week.
Northeastern
Ohio Farmer Mary Smallsreed says broadband is critical to her operation.
“I’m in an area where I’m near my county seat but yet I don’t have reliable service in my home,” she says. “My kids are grown and in college, but a family that has kids in high school that have to submit homework using the internet and if they don’t have reliable internet they can’t do their work…it’s putting rural kids at a disadvantage.”
She says rural broadband could also help communities address mental health issues.
