Waunakee Tribune, July 7, 2017 Roberta Baumann A recent Wisconsin State Journal article on the health of Lake Mendota should sound an alarm for state and local officials. Despite all of the money and effort invested to keep nutrients out of … Continue Reading…
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Detroit News:Tom Zimnicki, Agriculture policy director for the Michigan Environmental Council In recent remarks about Lake Erie’s toxic algae problem, the head of Michigan’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) sounded eerily similar to lobbyists for Big Tobacco when … Continue Reading…
MLIVE.COM: LANSING, MI — On the cusp of what’s expected to be another sizable summer algae bloom in Lake Erie, the state of Michigan has released a plan for improving the lake that critics say doesn’t do enough to reduce … Continue Reading…
Animal Waste in the Great Lakes Radio Interview: Windsor Morning, CBC News 97.5 FM Windsor, Canada One of the larger challenges in running a livestock farm is dealing with waste from the animals. Tony Doucette spoke with Pam Taylor, whose family … Continue Reading…
LENAWEE COUNTY, Mich. — Farming is in Pam Taylor’s blood. Her family has been farming in rural Lenawee County on Michigan’s southern border since 1837. That’s the year Michigan became a state, one surrounded by the most amazing concentration of … Continue Reading…