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Melinda Clynes

Melinda Clynes's Latest Articles

Driven entrepreneurs, transgender kids, and healthy food systems: Best of Michigan Nightlight 2016

Michigan Nightlight stories explore solutions for improving the lives of vulnerable children. These are the best-read stories in the series from 2016.

What a rock star and epidemiologist have in common

An  epidemiologist and a rock star walk into a summit about good food throughout Michigan. It's no joke. People from across Michigan are coming together to make sure people in the state have access to food that’s affordable, healthy, green, and fair.

Dark Horse Brewery Tap Room
A sustainable pint: Dark Horse Brewery adds energy efficiencies

Behind the funky trappings of the Dark Horse Brewery tap room, the cadre of bearded brewers and cellar men, and some of the best-tasting beers in mid-Michigan, a highly energy-efficient brewing process is in the making.

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