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U-M PhD Michelle Leach, the founder of Oasis Aquaponics, on leaving academia to focus on solving basic problems afflicting the poor

By Mark | January 24, 2016

Upon graduating the University of Michigan with her PhD in Biomedical Engineering, Michelle Leach decided to try something different. Instead of either pursuing a careen in academia, or accepting a job in industry, she chose to start a social venture called Oasis Aquaponics with the intention of creating an affordable food production system that could […]

Posted in A2Awesome, Agriculture, Uncategorized | Also tagged aquaponics, biomedical engineering, Central America, corn, distribution, El Salvador, fish, food insecurity, food production, Jacquelyn Hernandez Ortiz, Michelle Leach, micro loan, nitrogen, nutrition, Oasis Aquaponics, poverty, quality of life, stunting, Sustainability, sustainable agriculture, tilapia | 6 Comments

Homeless students share their stories, a Flint mother tells about the poisoning of her family, and a local business owner divulges details of his rock and roll past… on episode 36 of The Saturday Six Pack

By Mark | January 19, 2016

HOMELESSNESS AMONG STUDENTS IN WASHTENAW COUNTY… After kicking things off with the awesome into song written by our recent guest Frank Allison, we jumped right into things with Eastern Michigan University student Ramone Williams, the subject of a recent investigative piece on homelessness among Michigan’s college students. Williams told us about the circumstances that lead […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Civil Liberties, Corporate Crime, Local Business, Michigan, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized | Also tagged Allie Schachter, Brittney Barros, charity, Chris Stranad, citizen scientist, Coming Down is Harder, compassion, corrosion control, coverups, Eastern Michigan University, Education Project for Homeless Youth, Emergency Manager, empathy, EMU, entrepreneurship, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, failure to thrive, Fantasee Lighting, Flint, Flint River, Grand Funk Railroad, Grande Ballroom, Grateful, homelessness, housing instability, Illuminart, Kate de Fuccio, Keith Richards, lead, Lead and Copper Rule, lead poisoning, Led Zeppelin, Lee Anne Walters, lighting, Magic, Marc Edwards, McKinney-Vento, MDEQ, Megan DeVoe, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, National Science Foundation, Ozone House, Pete Larson, public health, public health emergency, Ramone Williams, Rick Snyder, scandals, Six Pack Portrait Project, Stefan Graf, things I'm thankful for, water | 12 Comments

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