Tag: Opinion
Trail Talk: Fungi, butterflies and bumper apple crops along the trail
This week’s hike brought a surprising mix of discoveries, from mushrooms in the woods to monarchs on iNaturalist.
LFP Letters to the Editor: September 19, 2025
A Free Press reader is outraged and heartbroken to see so many people forced to live on the streets of London.
Steve Nease cartoon, Sept. 19, 2025
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Opinion | An open letter to the Michigan Legislature
I ask you to pick up the reins of leadership again. The budget may seem a small step, but every step to a better democracy matters….
Illinois farmers find that sheep and solar arrays go well together
By Kari Lydersen
This story was originally published by Canary Media.
To all the challenges the solar industry is facing today, add one more: cultivating a domestic market for lamb meat. It may seem an unlikely mission for clean-energy developers, but in many states, including Illinois, grazing sheep between rows of photovoltaic panels is considered the most efficient form of agrivoltaics — the combination of solar and farming on the same land.