Land
Treasure hunt: mapping food needs to sources
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Mappers, growers, suppliers are passionate nexus of efficient food distribution.
bees
City bees pollinate urban education
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They’re showing up on city rooftops, university dormitories and the grounds of middle schools, a trend that not only teaches people about bees, it could help the troubled pollinators.
Land
Programs for beginning farmers on the rise
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Interest in local and organic food might yield a younger, fresher crop of farmers in Michigan.
Echo
Born (horn) free: Minnesota lab stops them before they grow
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It edits DNA in a way that bypasses the need for painful horn removal.
Land
Criminal probes of Southwest Michigan farm fraud continue
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A Southwest Michigan farmer was sentenced to prison after cheating the federal government out of almost $525,000 through fraudulent crop insurance claims and misuse of marketing assistance loans.
Land
More Michigan women turning to agriculture
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There are almost one million female farmers in the U.S., and Michigan alone saw a 17.6 percent increase in women in agriculture between 2007 and 2014.
Land
Michigan ag exports to China skyrocket
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The dollar value of dairy product exports to China skyrocketed 688 percent while prepared fruit and vegetable exports rose almost four-fold.
Land
Food Fix: Ethical eating
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This new Food Fix podcast tackles food and philosophy, a theme in Paul Thompson’s latest book: From Field to Fork.
Climate
Great Lakes Month in Review: drought, farming, climate change
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Current State discusses recent environmental stories with commentator Gary Wilson.