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Mental health resources grow for Michigan farmers
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Farmers are known for their ‘pull yourself up by your bootstraps’ mentality. It is rare they’ll admit they’re getting mental health help.
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Michigan seed libraries grow food resilience
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As with books at traditional libraries, seed libraries contain seeds that circulate among community members.
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Pandemic tests resiliency of community supported agriculture
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As the COVID-19 pandemic ravaged the world, a devastating scenario for local growers loomed on the horizon.
Land
Uncertainty among Michigan fruit growers drives climate-related adaptations
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Farmers are set to take on a growing number of challenges in the face of climate change.
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Wisconsin hemp industry switching from state to federal oversight signals changes for growers
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s new regulation of Wisconsin’s hemp program will be beneficial, experts say, but growers remain skeptical.
Agriculture
Michigan farmers could benefit from easing trade relations between the U.S. and Cuba, experts say
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Michigan farmers, especially soybean farmers, could benefit from higher sales to Cuba, state agricultural organizations say.
Agriculture
Despite last year’s cancellations, county fairs are coming back in Michigan
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Despite the cataclysmic effects the pandemic had on Michigan’s county fair events in 2020, most are expected to take place this year, at least in some form.
Energy
Crops grown under solar panels and pollinator habitats could be wave of the future
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A new report about combining solar power and farming practices has advocates saying the practice could take hold in Michigan, boosting productivity while providing much needed refuge for bees and other pollinators.
Agriculture
Michigan farms working to combat climate change
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Michigan farmers take measures to reduce their environmental impact.
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Mentors to teach conservation farming to beginners, veterans, socially disadvantaged
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A Land Ethic Mentorship program run by the Wisconsin-based agriculture nonprofit organization, Sand County Foundation, will help poor, beginner or socially disadvantaged farmers across the nation practice conservation.