A note from Cassidy Hough, FoodCorps Service Member, from June 2025: “I had my last lesson EVER this morning. I started the class by announcing that it was the last lesson I'd ever have with them, and in the middle of my speaking someone yelled "GROUP HUG," and I was...
On the road that leads from the farm to the tray, we encounter many folks along the way who contribute to feeding our kids. Who’s Feeding Our Kids is a series in which we explore people and organizations within the food system who are working to feed our kids and...
Above: Josh Miller and the food team at Saginaw's intermediate school district are proving what's possible with 10 Cents a Meal funding. Left to right: Leslie Blumer, Josh Miller, Allie Nye, Shari Hatfield. Photo by Leslie Blumer. “Oh I know who you are Mr. Miller—...
Building Resilient Communities (BRC) is Groundwork’s program that makes available grants and Groundwork staff to support food pantries, schools, farms, and other organizations in increasing the amount of locally grown food available to people in Michigan communities....
ABOVE: Hydroponic lettuce, by Sarah Rypma On the road that leads from the farm to the tray, we encounter many folks along the way who contribute to feeding our kids. Who’s Feeding Our Kids is a series where we explore people and organizations within the food system...
ABOVE: What rural food partnerships look like. This is the diagram that resulted when partners in a regional meeting were asked to draw a line from their name to anybody they were working with to further the local food economy. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s...