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Treehugger editors and writers reveal the charities from their very own wish lists.

Michigan State University researchers create the first annotated Montmorency tart cherry genome and identify the DNA segments that code for each gene.

Since Michigan is the nation's leading producer of tart cherries, Michigan State University researchers were searching for the genes associated with tart cherry trees that bloom later in the season to meet the needs of a changing climate. They started by comparing DNA sequences from late-blooming tart cherry trees to the sequenced genome of a related species, the peach. However, in a surprise to the researcher, the genetic discrepancies between the species outweighed the similarities. This ...

Broadmead Care recently held a a rededication ceremony to mark the 20th anniversary of the raising of the totem pole at Veterans Memorial Lodge.

The owner of Trattoria Stella, widely regarded as one of Traverse City's finest restaurants with perhaps the best and most expansive wine list in the state, is about to become a farmer, too. In September 2021, Amanda Danielson bought a 20-acre, long-abandoned farm known as the Cosgrove farm on…

RAVEN legal defence trust has created a course just for you. And it’s funny, too.

With a collection of performances on a tall ship, RAVEN invites you to watch the concert series from the water or portside.

Project GREEEN seed funding leveraged for new three-year study

The nearly $2M grant will help the group investigate the impact of current biosolid treatment methods used by wastewater treatment facilities on a...

Spotting tar spot disease sooner Dispatching drones equipped with remote sensing technology in the air and taking smartphone images on the ground, a Michigan State University researcher is helping farmers more quickly predict and quantify tar spot, a disease found in maize crops.     “The fungus that causes tar spot likes cool temperatures and wet leaves,” said Addie Thompson, assistant professor in the Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences within the College of Agriculture ...