D.C.’s cuts could challenge growth of local food projects


D.C.’s cuts could challenge growth of local food projects
Farmers market, 4-H Club add to local food flavors
Bridge Card users can stretch their farmers market shopping dollars
Farm Credit System could help farmers grow for neglected markets
They came in gigantic pick-up trucks, tiny hybrids, and luxury cars. They sported down-home jeans, colorful summer casuals, and fancy clothes. And they braved rainy skies, damp lawns, and the occasional long line—all to enjoy our third annual Summer Celebration of...
An excerpt of this story from April 19, 2011, appears in our September 2017 Farm to School report, “Healthy Kids, Thriving Farms”, which celebrates Groundwork’s 15 years of catalyzing the farm to school movement in northern Michigan.