ABOVE PHOTO: Some school food jobs now involve helping manage and teach classes in hoop houses. Pellston schools hoop house shown under construction. My first job in northwest Michigan was at a Montessori school. It was 2006, and I saw how four- and five-year-olds...
Groundwork’s new Policy Specialist, Nathan Medina, has signed on to help make sure the healthy school-food program 10 Cents a Meal for Michigan's Kids & Farms keeps receiving essential funding from the state. As time goes on, we’ll no doubt be tapping his...
As part of our series “Milestones … and Milestones in the Making,” we invited Patty Cantrell to reflect on the formative days of our Food & Farming program.
Farm to Neighbor is an innovative program that helps farms by giving them a new market for their produce and helps food pantry families with fresh, delicious and healthy food.
The Local Food Relief Fund started with a goal of raising $30,000 in a week. Instead, donors gave $130,579 for food pantries to purchase produce from local farmers.
To support local farmers and out-of-work families during the coronavirus pandemic, Groundwork has partnered with Manna Food Project, Northwest Food Coalition, and Food Rescue to raise donations for purchasing locally grown food for food pantry families.