The Farm Bill is worth watching if you care about investing in local food and farm jobs, the environment, family-scale agriculture, and healthy, local food for schools, kids, and families.
Farmers Fear New Pig Rule
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment is enforcing a new policy that threatens the livelihoods of small farms raising heritage breeds of pigs that are popular with chefs and others buying in local food markets.
Snyder Samples TC’s Local Food Efforts
New “10 cents” project advocates for an additional dime to be spent on each student’s meal in local schools.
Get To Know Your Farmer
The Michigan Land Use Institute is launching a new Know Your Farmer marketing tool as a companion to the successful Taste the Local Difference Food and Farm Guide that is a directory to more than 200 of the region’s farms and their products.
MLUI Brings Governor, State Officials to Traverse City
Snyder finds much to praise with local food, transportation, and energy projects
Our Voices: Winter Celebration 2012
We had a fabulous time at our very first Winter Celebration at Crystal Mountain Resort and Spa on Saturday night. What a fun night it was, with a room full of chefs, farmers, and guests, mingling and enjoying all of the delicious local food and beverage. A very...