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• Toolkit for starting a great farm mentorship program

  Published on December 21, 2022
  Farm educators can find templates to connect beginning farmers with mentors.

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  Local government has an important role for water quality protection: Part 3

  Published on December 21, 2022
  Local governments have a very important role to play in the protection of surface water, ground water, drinking water and wetlands; often filling the gaps in state and federal regulations.

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  Local government has an important role for water quality protection: Part 2

  Published on December 21, 2022
  State and federal regulations help protect water resources but does not do the whole job. Local government has an important role also – key to retaining important habitat on lake’s and river’s edge.

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  MSU researcher says anaerobic digesters are the wave of the future

  Published on December 20, 2022
  BAE Professor Dana Kirk works with dairy producers to establish waste management systems and break down barriers to access for farms of all sizes

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  BIFAD presentation of Scientific Excellence Award to Thom Jayne

  Published on December 20, 2022
  Thom Jayne and Seerjana Maharjan received the 2021 award for Scientific Excellence from the Board for International Food and Agricultural Development

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  SPDC Receives Grant for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

  Published on December 19, 2022
  The SPDC DEI Committee has been awarded a Creating Inclusive Excellence Grant (CIEG) to provide professional development to faculty, staff and graduate students.

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  Michigan 4-H Global Scholars Land-Based Learning Project to connect students from Michigan and Honduras while addressing global challenges

  Published on December 19, 2022
  The project will engage students in investigating their connection to local farms and food in relation to students in another country, resulting in student-voiced recommendations for more sustainable and resilient local and global food systems.

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  Fun, business and learning in 4-H advisory group meetings

  Published on December 19, 2022
  4-H advisory groups can use the 4-H Club Meeting Wheel to improve their meetings, too.

• Licenses to direct market individual cuts of meat in Michigan

  Published on December 19, 2022
  Selling meat by the individual retail cut or in bundles requires a license in Michigan.

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  Where does money comes from?

  Published on December 19, 2022
  Learn about a resource that can help answer where money comes from, and other questions related to youth money management.