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Agriculture Forum: Thankful for Farm2Neighbor

Agriculture Forum: Thankful for Farm2Neighbor

Nov 30, 2022 | Building Resilient Communities, Culinary Medicine, Farms, Food & Health, Farms, Food & Health Conference, Food & Farming, Food Access

Photo above: High tunnel at Loma Farm, by Jeff Smith This Thanksgiving weekend, we’re grateful for the innovative Farm2Neighbor program. It’s a collaboration among the Northwest Food Coalition, GoodwillNMI Food Rescue and Groundwork Center for Resilient Communities...

What’s Ahead for NMC’s Great Lakes Culinary Institute?

What’s Ahead for NMC’s Great Lakes Culinary Institute?

Oct 25, 2022 | Culinary Medicine, Farms, Food & Health, Food & Farming

A conversation with Director and Chef Les Eckert. (Pictured above at Lakeview Hill Farm, Leelanau County.) We invited Chef Les Eckert, director of the Great Lakes Culinary Institute since June 2019, to give us a sense for how the institute is evolving and how the next...

Reflecting on the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health

Reflecting on the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health

Oct 18, 2022 | Culinary Medicine, Farms, Food & Health, Food & Farming

On Wednesday, September 28th, I participated in the White House conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health. It’s been more than 50 years (longer than my entire professional life) since these deep-rooted issues have received this level of attention. It’s the first time...

Yes, Actually, a Crockpot Can Be a Tool in Addiction Recovery

Yes, Actually, a Crockpot Can Be a Tool in Addiction Recovery

May 31, 2022 | Building Resilient Communities, Culinary Medicine, Food & Farming

For 40 years, Addiction Treatment Services (ATS) has provided outpatient and residential treatment and services for people experiencing substance dependencies with a mission to promote a patient’s overall health, wellness, and recovery. The organization works in Grand...

Combatting Farm Stress

Combatting Farm Stress

Aug 13, 2021 | Culinary Medicine, Farmer Support, Farms, Food & Health

This article first ran in the Traverse City Record-Eagle Ag Forum. Above photo: Farmers face many challenges, and you can help simply by purchasing local food. (Photo by Dan Meyers) Local farms are a staple of the community, and they enrich Michigan’s environment,...

A marvelous teaching kitchen for culinary medicine! (…and we’re moving.)

A marvelous teaching kitchen for culinary medicine! (…and we’re moving.)

Jun 14, 2021 | Culinary Medicine, News, Resilient Communities

It might sound too good to be true, but one of the most effective ways to improve your diet is simply to cook more at home with whole foods. The strategy is so unadorned, so not a part of the diet fad industry that “just cook at home” can seem easy to dismiss. But...

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