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…
Tag Archives: Manure
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…
The Great Lakes are being poisoned by poop By Jack Lessenberry Pam Taylor, a woman I admire a great deal, lives in a rural community in Lenawee County, not far from the Ohio border, a place where her family has been farming … Continue Reading…
Toledo Blade, June 3, 2017, SANDY BIHN and KRISSY KASSERMAN IT IS NO mystery that Ohio faces significant challenges with regard to addressing water pollution. In an agricultural state with large numbers of meat and dairy-producing animals and other farms raising … Continue Reading…
By JACK LESSENBERRY, Michigan Public Radio