Tag: Education
Losing ‘SNAP-Ed’ isn’t just losing educators, but also an infrastructure to promote community health
Federal funding cuts mean more than 120 health educators in Michigan will be out of work this month and health programs will end.
From rules to risks: What you need to know about riding e-scooters
Electric scooters are becoming an increasingly common sight on London streets and pathways.
Best bang for your buck: London-area college, university programs ranked
When it comes to paying back their tuition quickly, students in certain London-area college and university programs have better luck, a study shows.
Meet Maple: Former K-9 now beekeeper
By Clara Lincolnhol
Meet former K-9 Maple. She made a big career switch earlier this year—from a human remains detection dog to a beekeeper at Michigan State University’s Pollinator Performance Center. The friendly brown-and-white dog, with a long tongue that hangs out of her mouth, dons her own beekeeping suit and uses her powerful nose to detect American foulbrood — a bacteria that left undisturbed, means certain death for an entire honeybee colony.
The post Meet Maple: Former K-9 now beekeeper first appeared on Great Lakes Echo.
Sydenham Fall Fair keeps up agricultural tradition for next generation
‘We’re getting it to be almost a generation from being on the farm. In some cases it might even be more than that.’ — Keith Reid, Sydenham Agricultural Society