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Michigan farms working to combat climate change
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Michigan farmers take measures to reduce their environmental impact.
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Michigan farmers take measures to reduce their environmental impact.
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.
Michigan-grown hay is traveling south to feed horses in Florida.
LED lights allow you to pick the spectrums of the sun that are most useful for plants.
The Michigan Craft Beverage Council recently awarded $34,644 to study how to produce new varieties of apples for cider making.
Michigan and other states need to collect more information about the enforcement of worker protection standards to protect farmworkers from pesticide exposure, according to a report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office, a nonpartisan investigatory arm of Congress.
President Joe Biden’s recent “Buy American” executive order could provide future employment and economic growth for Michigan, food processors and agricultural industries, experts say.
Conventional farming practices have eroded much of the topsoil from a region of the Midwest known as the corn belt, according to a recent study.
As farmworkers from other states and countries come to work in Michigan, the need for safe and affordable off-farm housing options is becoming increasingly important, a recent task force report said.
In 2020, Chapter 12 farm bankruptcy filings fell by 7 percent.