Owners of local marijuana growing and processing facility aim to fill social equity gap in the industry
Inkster will be home to the site of a new 25,500 sq. ft. marijuana grow and process operation, and the people behind this project are aiming to make it about quality, community, and helping erase an unequal past.
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Inkster will be home to the site of a new 25,500 sq. ft. marijuana grow and process operation, and the people behind this project are aiming to make it about quality, community, and helping erase an unequal past. Historically, we ve just suffered as a people because of the laws, and because of the scrutiny of the marijuana plant. So now we have an opportunity to change that, said Sahir Al-Salam, head of investor relations for Michigan Agricultural Services.
In 2000, when botanists Frank Telewski and Jan Zeevaart unearthed and planted the seeds in the 15th bottle buried by William Beal, only one species moth mullein (
Verbascum blattaria) successfully germinated. Wikimedia Commons (CC0 1.0)
It s difficult to know what your legacy on this planet will be, but in 1879 when Michigan State University botanist William J. Beal started his weed seed experiment, he probably didn t think his contribution to science would still be running 142 years and several generations of botanists into the future. But the Beal seed viability experiment is proof that we can surprise ourselves.
Beal who was a correspondent of Charles Darwin, if that gives you any context for how long ago the experiment started was interested in how long the seeds of a variety of different weed species could sit dormant in the soil before they lost their ability to germinate.
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Continuing a family legacy of agricultural education
April 7, 2021
Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources Education student Makenna Schwass shares about her passion for agriculture and her family’s history at MSU.
Photo courtesy of Makenna Schwass
Makenna Schwass chose the Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources Education (AFNRE) major because she wants to inspire her same passion for agriculture in future generations.
She follows a line of family members who studied in agriculture-related programs at MSU, including her grandparents, dad, and older brother.
Makenna’s interest in sustainability and agriscience was supported by her high school agriscience teacher and MSU alumna Jorhie Beadle. Kenna is looking forward to teaching in her own classroom after she graduates, and has loved all of the opportunities she’s had to learn from other agriculture educators and students.