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New farmers markets in low-income, urban areas of Michigan face challenges in recruiting and retaining vendors, a new study finds. Farmers motivated by their love of gardening or the desire to build community are least likely to drop out of those urban markets, the study concludes.
Results from a nearly 30-year ongoing study published by researchers at Michigan State University’s Kellogg Biological Station show that over the long-term, no-till agriculture produces improved crop yields.
Michigan farmers markets can continue to operate under Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s “Stay Home, Stay Safe” executive order, but because customers are staying home, many farmers are seeing a dip in demand for their products.
Migrant farm workers can’t practice social distancing.
As the first year of hemp farming in Michigan ends, industry leaders say they hope to make plastics and wood from the plant’s fiber — once they hurdle the obstacles to market expansion.
The heavy rain in recent years has left farmers with dangerously high levels of stress.
The state’s regulators are weighing the environmental consequences of an expected expansion of marijuana production.
Michigan’s wine industry is thriving.
Now is the most crucial time to ensure a productive strawberry crop, experts say. Precautions are needed to avoid misshapen berries with poor color that could allow large strawberry-producing states to displace the market for local fruit.
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.