Drummond Island quarry to receive $10 million for upgrades

Interlochen Public Radio
A limestone quarry on Drummond Island in the eastern Upper Peninsula is receiving $10 million in federal funding to upgrade its operations.
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Brothers donate part of 150-year family farm to conservation agency

London Free Press
A family whose Elgin County farm goes back 150 years has donated part of the land to a conservation authority facing environmental challenges.
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Deep Breathe is one of about a dozen London and area industries to get funding from the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario, each getting a share of $240,000 to use on innovation,

London Free Press
A London company developing technology that uses ultrasound to detect lung issues is now looking to use that same technology to detect internal bleeding, said Rob Arntfield, Deep Breathe chief executive and founder. Deep Breathe is one of about a dozen London and area industries to get funding from the
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Taking care

Interlochen Public Radio
Michigan is the Great Lakes state as you know. So naturally we have a lot of wetlands as well. They filter water, and mitigate flooding. But human activity, including large-scale farming, has greatly reduced them over the years. What might Congress do about that? Also, efforts here in northern Michigan
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Protection of wetlands could come down to farmers, says a new report

Interlochen Public Radio
Industrial agriculture in the Upper Midwest has been a driving force behind wetland loss. The farm bill might hold a solution.
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Farmer spent decades nurturing rare Carolinian forest, then gave it away

London Free Press
Some people count sheep to help them fall asleep. Paul DeCloet counts trees.
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OPP seek driver after rollover crash that flattened vehicle

London Free Press
Romayne Smith Fullerton was walking her dog with a friend in a wildlife preserve southwest of St. Thomas Tuesday morning when she heard an “enormous thump.”
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Mahon: A half century of secret farmland investor rumours

The Lucknow Sentinel
Whether there is old money from Europe, family or institutional, or whether it is someone growing through luck or leverage, whether it is money laundering or a distant pension plan, the rumours have always persisted, absent any real documentation
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Pearson: Self-sufficiency in food would do Canada good

London Free Press
When it comes to food and its cost, Canada is in a world of hurt.
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Pay dirt: Farmland values spiking across Southwestern Ontario

London Free Press
One of Canada's richest farm belts, whose land and climate make it able to produce almost anything that grows in Canada, Southwestern Ontario is also fertile ground for rising farmland prices.
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As temperature records tumble, farmers fret about warm winter fallout

London Free Press
Record-breaking wintertime highs and a months-long stretch of above-average temperatures are giving Londoners a break from the snow, but the wacky weather is no fun for farmers, a spokesperson says.  Read More
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Ilderton farm makes leap from roadside stand to creamery, farm market

London Free Press
Proof Line Farm is no spring chicken –  the McNaughton family has been farming since the 1850s – but the chickens purchased last year are the catalyst for the business’s next chapter. Read More
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