Jesse Tack News Today

You may know Dawn Farm as a recovery center in Ann Arbor, but the property has much more going on. The Dawn Farm Cooperative is a group of individuals farming more than 60 acres of land and using the guiding principles of permaculture as its foundation. It is about agricultural integrity and regenerative sustainability. Jesse Tack is one of the founders, and he joined WEMU's David Fair to share more details on the program and where it's headed.

The Chinese National Crop Variety Approval Committee recently released two standards that clear the path for cultivating genetically modified (GM) crops in the country. I understand this has been the missing piece in the regulations for the commercial growing of GM maize and soybeans in China, as the government has two steps in these regulations, namely, a “safety certificate” and a “variety approval” before crops can be commercially cultivated.

The United States is the largest producer and exporter of corn in the world. But recent findings from a Michigan State University researcher suggest climate change is putting the nation’s top crop at risk.

As climate change continues to alter weather patterns around the planet including the Midwest, researchers are modeling the impact on crops such as corn.

Researchers at Michigan State University are predicting the impact of climate change on crops such as maize as weather patterns throughout the world, especially the Midwest, continue to shift.

As climate change continues to alter weather patterns around the planet including the Midwest, researchers at Michigan State University are modeling the impact on crops such as corn.