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Lake Superior State University is offering two degrees in cannabis studies—a business degree and a chemistry degree—designed to fill jobs now required by the legalization of pot.
A temperature change of 3 to 4 degrees is also big enough to push back annual events, such as bird migrations and the developmental stages of plants, experts say.
Indiana recently granted a permit to build a large organic dairy about an hour south of Lake Michigan. Local environmental groups are skeptical and fear the potential for groundwater contamination.
Part two in a series of podcasts looking at sustainability in Michigan’s dairy industry.
The first in a two-part podcast series looking at sustainability in the Michigan dairy industry.
A new study suggests warming temperatures could jeopardize Michigan’s position as a top potato producer.
A proposed aquaculture project could make Michigan the first state to commercially raise African longfin eel.
Cover crops reduce erosion and help prevent nutrient runoff from farms, particularly phosphorus, from making its way to the Great Lakes and creating conditions for algal blooms.
A warming climate has contributed to higher maize yields in Michigan and other Corn Belt states, a new study has found.
Michigan produces the third most Christmas trees in the nation and no state grows more varieties, according to tree experts.