Tag: Farming
Wiarton Fall Fair a family tradition
Avery Thomas continued a family tradition at the 156th Wiarton Fall Fair Saturday. Like her dad Rob when he was young, Avery competed with her horse, Rayne, in both showing and riding challenges at the fair. She rides five or six days a week, with the help of a horse trainer. They placed first in […]
Students experience farm life at Sydenham Fall Fair
The Sydenham Fall Fair continued its tradition of bringing the country to the city on Thursday as more than 800 students from East Ridge Community School got to take in the sights and sounds of farm life on Thursday. The oldest and quite possibly the only still running school-based fair marked its 171st year with […]
Who is working to preserve and restore wetlands in Metro Detroit? | Great Lakes Now
By Erica Hobbs, Planet Detroit
This article was republished with permission from Planet Detroit. Sign up for Planet Detroit’s weekly newsletter here.
Wetlands don’t often come to mind when thinking about major metropolitan cities like Detroit. Bogs, marshes, vernal pools, and swamps contrast starkly with the city’s skyscrapers, roads, and industrial plants, and up to 90 percent of the area’s wetlands along the Detroit River have been lost since European settlement.
Points North: Labor of Mixed Emotions | Great Lakes Now
By Morgan Springer
Points North is a biweekly podcast about the land, water and inhabitants of the Great Lakes.
This episode was shared here with permission from Interlochen Public Radio.
Growing up, Nic Theisen thought farming was a terrible way to make a living.
Baranyai: Public good questionable when farmland expropriated for industry
Expropriation is a drastic measure.