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 […]
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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
Posted in A2Awesome, Agriculture, Uncategorized Also tagged anemia, aquaponics, biomedical engineering, Central America, 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
My thoughts on the heat wave… Do we continue to sit in this pan of water as it begins to boil our flesh from our bones, or do we leap out, and go for the throat of the man holding the pan?
The last that I heard, over 4,500 communities had experienced record high temperatures this week. Apparently, streets are literally buckling in some places, like in St. Louis, where they’ve now surpassed the 100-degree mark for eight consecutive days. Several dozen people have died already and it looks as though the nation’s corn crop, among others, […]
Posted in Environment, Michigan, Predictions, Rants, Science Also tagged AC, air conditioning, Al Gore, cherries, global climate change, Global Warming, global warming denial, heat, Hiero's Journey, high-fructose corn syrup, St Louis, Sterling Lanier, Traverse City, Traverse City Mango Festival 23 Comments
Oh, so maybe that’s what happened to the honey bees
The world’s bee population, as we’ve discussed here many times, appears to be plummeting. And, as you might imagine, it’s kind of a big deal, seeing as how a huge percentage of our crops require pollination. So, scientists have been working diligently these past few years to figure it out. The culprit, we’ve been told, […]
Posted in Agriculture, Corporate Crime, Environment, Food, Sustainability Also tagged bees, Clothianidin, Colony Collapse Disorder, EPA, farming, give bees a chance, honey bees, insecticide, leaked document, neonicotinoid, Operation Leak Spin, pesticide, Wikileaks 13 Comments