Please support the relationships that we are so fortunate to have with local growers by contacting your representatives and senators in Congress now.
Farm to School Month Celebrates Healthy Local Food for Kids and Healthier Budgets for Farm Families
As Farm to School Month draws to a close, we honor schools doing it right! Farm to school is one of the most important movements alive in America today, because it’s about creating a healthy food culture, and without that big does of prevention, our health care system doesn’t stand a chance.
Harvest Dinner Spotlight: Young Farmers Say Follow Your Farming Dream
This young farming couple-Bailey Samp and John Dindia-will be providing some of the locally grown bounty at Harvest at the Commons. Their advice to others who nurture a farming dream: Go for it.
Norconk Farm Pickled Asparagus
Barbara Norconk helps run one of the finest asparagus farms anywhere, Norconk Farm. She shared her delicious recipe for pickled asparagus with us. Enjoy!
Contact Your Legislators About 10 Cents a Meal Funding
Now is an ideal time to let legislators know you feel there is great value in the 10 Cents a Meal for School Kids & Farms pilot program and that Michigan should expand it to statewide.
Join an Essential Conversation About ACEs, Community Health and Resilience, Free, March 14
Groundwork is convening a community conversation about Adverse Childhood Experiences. The public is invited to a free film screening of Resilience: The Biology of Stress and the Science of Hope, followed by a panel discussion with audience participation, March 14, Traverse City.