Topic: Michigan State University
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Hoop houses extend urban farmers' growing season
Urban farmers can extend the growing season several months in fall and spring with hoop houses, a variation of greenhouses.
11/04/2009 12:00 am -
Michigan church tends a garden to feed the hungry
An Episcopal church harvested more than 1,700 pounds of vegetables for a local food bank to give to the community's hungry.
10/30/2009 01:00 am -
Bankers face activists' anger in the streets of Chicago
Demonstrators at the American Bankers Association convention Tuesday decried banks' greed and lack of transparency. But officials say the bankers in Chicago aren't the ones who were bailed out by the federal government.
10/27/2009 01:00 am -
Bright Green Decline in honeybees highlights importance of wild pollinators
09/29/2009 01:00 am -
Organic’s crunch: Once high-flying firms face three big threats to growth
Once high-flying firms face three big threats to growth.
09/15/2009 01:00 am -
Video games that let you play with your news
Peace talks, Sully’s landing, even the economy spawn a buzzy genre of games.
06/25/2009 01:00 am -
The New Economy Jobless? Here are 10 intriguing offers.
06/11/2009 01:00 am -
The New Economy NCAA title: a boost in spirit and (a little) money
04/06/2009 01:00 am -
Etc.
03/18/2009 01:00 am -
Seeds, swaps can keep flower gardening affordable
Gardening on the cheap
03/10/2009 01:00 am -
As job market shrinks, so do college grads’ grand plans
The best prepared are finding jobs, but others are having to consider internships or living at home.
03/03/2009 12:00 am -
US students improve in math
But science scores are stagnant in an international study of fourth- and eighth-graders.
12/10/2008 12:00 am -
College students adapt to high gas prices
Instead of driving, students opt to walk, ride public transportation, or use Zipcar.
09/30/2008 01:00 am -
Burma's secret schools of dissent
Monks teach children critical thinking and human rights, to groom the next generation of activists. Part 3 of three.
09/22/2008 01:00 am -
Young American Muslims pioneer a new dating game
Creative reading of Islamic tradition makes the old-fashioned 'guy meets girl' love match less of an impossibility.
04/28/2008 01:00 am -
USA
04/08/2008 01:00 am -
Focus on algebra, U.S. panel tells schools
To catch up with other nations in math, schools should teach fewer topics in more depth, it says.
03/13/2008 01:00 am -
Meet the 'proverbial' scholar
Wolfgang Mieder has collected more than 10,000 items relating to truths in 10 words or less.
03/06/2008 12:00 am -
How African-Americans stand 40 years after the death of Martin Luther King
A statistical snapshot of black progress in areas from education to home ownership.
01/18/2008 12:00 am
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