Bridge Card users can stretch their farmers market shopping dollars


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.
I’m pleased to say that travelers stopping in many of our small northern Michigan towns, looking for local fare, will be delighted to find quite a bit of it!
Jim Barnes, owner of The Crystal Lake Catering Company, Eco-Building Products, and Wild Leek Productions, produced and promoted the Green Plate Challenge this summer in order to connect local restaurants with local farmers.