Tag: Farming
Tile drainage data recording system helps reveal excess water removal
They’ve gained valuable insights into the system’s efficiency and how quickly tiles start running after a rainfall event
Mahon: They aren’t making any more of it, are they?
The current reality for farmland buying bears some small resemblance to small-town publishing a few decades back
U.S. farm groups talk policy as politicians pay it little heed
For U.S. agriculture, the current presidential election campaign has yielded little significant news, let alone farm policy proposals. That doesn’t mean U.S. farmers lack policy issues to ponder. For one thing, the dysfunction of Congress in recent years has left in limbo the reoccurring federal legislation that governs much about U.S. farm policy. The five-year […]
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.
Western Fair: Want to get away from the midway? There’s still plenty to do
So you’ve been on the rides, you’ve tried some of the food, and now you’re looking for other things to do to round out your trip to the Western Fair.
Mahon: What we build up so lovingly with our hands
I was told several years ago about this old German saying, although I can’t find any modern reference to it.