Solutions
Land O’Lakes helps push for sustainable farming
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Land O’Lakes says it’s prepared to help alleviate the risk of switching to more climate-smart practices that improve soil health.
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Land O’Lakes says it’s prepared to help alleviate the risk of switching to more climate-smart practices that improve soil health.
The bay is eroding quickly, leaving the inland vulnerable.
Getting lumber from urban sources is a growing alternative in Michigan and nationwide.
Each home will have all-electric appliances powered by solar panels. They will be built with sustainably harvested wood.
The BeBots and Pixedrones will be deployed to Olander Park near Toledo, and then Hinckley Reservation, North Coast Harbor, Fairport Harbor Beach of the Cleveland area.
Trees are an important component of controlling city flooding. According to researchers, removing a single tree can increase stormwater runoff by 1,585 gallons.
From fine dining to TikTok videos, in the past few years, there’s been a renewed interest in foraging and wild food. Wild food is often more nutritious and sustainable than store-bought counterparts.
A system of beachside cameras developed by the University of Windsor could prevent drownings by tracking beachgoer behavior. Solutions include installing warning signs at particular spots on the beach, or shifting boardwalks and beach entrance points away from dangerous areas.
In the course of 11 days, a device dating back to 234 B.C. successfully transported 704 fish across the Cheboygan Dam in the northern part of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula with no injuries observed.
While virtual reality grows in the entertainment world, a team of Cornell researchers is using it to prepare farmworkers for hard work. Cornell hopes to collaborate with farms to create a variety of virtual reality spaces for people to visit and learn how to farm. The idea is to document and record the various practices used on a successful farm.