The state legislature has put Michigan on the map as a leader in the national farm to school movement with an innovative state pilot program called 10 Cents a Meal that was started here in Traverse City.
A Ride to Rescue Fresh Foods
The Grand Traverse area has a program dedicated to rescuing usable food from heading to the landfill and supporting families who need food on their table. Food Rescue, a project of Goodwill Industries of Northern Michigan, is the bridge that connects surplus and about-to-expire foods from retailers and farmers to food pantries and meal sites.
FFN grants support northwest Michigan’s agricultural future
The Northwest Michigan Food and Farming Network (FFN) recently announced eight mini-grants to organizations in the local food system.
Program to make choosing healthy food easier
Groundwork is partnering with the Health Department of Northwest Michigan (HDNWM) on a Building Healthy Communities program to make healthier food choices easier to make and ultimately impact our communities by reducing the incidence of chronic disease.
Taste the Local Difference: Resilience in Action
There’s a clear demand in the region for a marketing agency to promote local food, but is Groundwork the right place for such commercial work? Could TLD be viable as a self-sustaining business? Now, after two years of intense planning and collaboration with partners, it’s clear the answer is a resounding YES.
Food, culture, and economy take center stage at intertribal summit
As we all work to build resilient communities with strong local food economies as part of the core, we’ll find no finer examples than I saw at last week’s Great Lakes Intertribal Food Summit. And the food, oh the food!