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State officials this spring declared Saginaw Bay "impaired" due to nutrient pollution. Farmers like Steve Tait are now working to convince fellow farmers that no-till and other soil-conservation practices are profitable, along with good for the environment. ....
SHARES A sign on Allen Family Farms in Owosso, Michigan, shows the farm has met environmentally friendly standards under a state program. Image: Shelly Allen By Sophia Lada Capital News Service When Shelly Allen and her husband purchased their farm in 2005, there were a lot of environmental red flags. It was an old dairy farm. A nearby creek flowed into the woods. Cow manure ran off into the creek, which ran into a river, which eventually ran to the Great Lakes. She said they had to completely change the farm set up into what is now Allen Family Farms of Owosso, Michigan. ....
WALDRON The greenery peeked through a fresh blanket of snow on Jay Williams’ farm. Over the past few winters, Williams has added a variety of cover crops across his 1,350-acre operation near the Ohio border. There are peas, oats and radishes rising from soil that used to lay fallow through the cold-weather months. ‘ Ready or not the Great Lakes as a climate refuge The Great Lakes region is frequently touted as one of the most climate-resilient places in the U.S., in no small part because of its enviable water resources. But climate change threatens water quality, availability, and aging water infrastructure by exposing existing vulnerabilities and creating new ones. In this series, members of the Great Lakes News Collaborative explore what it may take to prepare the Great Lakes region for the future climatologists say we can expect. ....
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