The Ripley and District Horticultural “For Our Youth” (FOY) club changed things up a little for our April meeting. Instead of freezing our fingers off in the chilly weather to prepare our garden plot at the Bruce Botanical Food Gardens (BBFG), we decided to have a canning, baking and planting
By Lily Cole
Nationally, farmers markets are growing rapidly. The U.S. Department of Agriculture reported 2,863 markets in 2000, with that number rising to more than 8,700 in 2025. In Michigan alone, more than 200 markets offer amenities for patrons, including fresh produce and special events.
By Christian Vazquez
Michigan is awarding $800,000 to 17 school districts in the Upper and Lower Peninsulas to advance STEM education.
Piping plover season is officially underway in Wisconsin, and this year marks a decade since they started nesting in Green Bay after being gone for more than 70 years. Read […]
The explosion at the nuclear power plant on April 26, 1986, changed the lives of thousands of Soviet citizens
Shipping on the Great Lakes got underway in earnest at the end of March. Green Bay, Wisconsin, handled about 1.6 million tons of cargo last year, down about 6% from […]
By Samantha Plunkett
For residents of Dearborn, Michigan, creating greenspaces in the community has been an important mission for schools and researchers. In a recent study, academics from the University of Michigan-Dearborn partnered with Salina schools to assess their outdoor play spaces.
According to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR), it won’t be long before lake sturgeon start to make their run up the Wolf River to spawn. While sturgeon have […]
The Ripley and District Horticultural Society (RDHS) embraced St. Patrick’s Day celebrations at the March 17 meeting with most participants sporting green clothing and accessories. Passersby could be forgiven for thinking the Ripley-Huron Community Centre had been invaded by leprechauns as about two dozen participants were rather short in stature
Researchers are trying to determine how blue-green algae toxins affect people’s health when breathed through the air. Residents age 10 and older, who live, work, or recreate near Lake Erie […]
By Justin Fox Clausen
Two insects are under consideration as Michigan's official state insect: the stonefly and, more recently, the Huron River leafhopper. The state is one of two in the country without an official insect.