As the practice of fish farming in Ohio continues to progress, more farmers are in need of bait fish, which is a fish used as bait to catch larger fish. There is a variety of bait fish, including goldfish and carp. Two of the main bait fish raised in Ohio include the spotfin shiner and […]
People may think of chickens, pigs or cows when thinking of farm animals. But here in Ohio, fish are increasing the farm animal choice. Over the last decade there has been an annual increase in the number of fish farms in Ohio. In 1998 there were 33 farms in Ohio. Recently, the Census of Aquaculture […]
“Changing the Way We Eat” on February 12 had the Maumee Valley Chapter of Slow Food inviting people to a potluck and a meeting that broadcast throughout the nation on the importance of healthy eating practices. Slow food is an organization that started in Italy about 25 years ago. “It was started by a group […]
View Ohio schools studied by EPA in a larger map The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency is continuing to study the air quality near six Ohio schools following the results of a two-month air monitoring by the U.S. EPA at seven locations in the state. The U.S. EPA found levels of concern at three Ohio schools […]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is concerned about a pollutant found at many schools during a recent two-month study of air quality. Acrolein, a pollutant deemed “widespread” by the EPA, was found at 40 of the 63 schools studied across the nation, including seven Ohio schools. Of the schools studied, acrolein was detected at three […]
Previously graded a “D,” Wood County’s ozone air quality has improved to a “C” in the 2011 State of the Air Report Conducted by the American Lung Association.
According to the 2010 State of the Air Report conducted by the American Lung Association and published on its website, the quality of Bowling Green’s air may be at risk. Ozone, as defined by the Environmental Protection Agency glossary, is a gas in the atmosphere that is produced naturally or through human activities. Human activities include […]
The American College and Universities President’s Climate Commitment has nearly 700 signatures nationwide, but Bowling Green State University is not one of them. The organization currently represents 5.8 million students and holds its universities accountable for creating a seven-part action plan to reduce carbon emissions, with a long-term goal of zero greenhouse gas emissions. Bowling Green […]
The United Nations Environment Programme released that by 2035, an estimated 150 million diagnoses of various diseases caused by the hole in the ozone will have been avoided. In 1989 the Montreal Protocol ordered a phase out of certain ODS, in order to save the ozone, having a direct correlation with the dismissal of these diseases. RemTec […]
Almost everything that we consume has been genetically altered in one way or another, which makes it nearly impossible to have a diet that is completely free of genetically modified foods. Many have begun to protest the amount of genetically modified foods that people are consuming. Some say they are dangerous and will affect us in ways that […]
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