Photo above: by Gareth Hubbard Asparagus brought me to Northern Michigan eight years ago, and the promise of using local food to improve public health and personal wellness continues to hold me here. In 2008, I was living in Pittsburgh, and my then boyfriend invited...
This article is the first in a three-part series in which we explore the work being done to expand local food economies along Michigan's west coast. The program is one of just a handful of similar USDA pilot programs in the entire nation, and they are...
(We're stoked about this!) Northwest Lower Michigan is part of an emerging national movement to fund school staff who focus exclusively on local food in school meals and on nutrition and garden education for students. Five schools in the Charlevoix-Emmet Intermediate...
Groundwork Center was proud to co-host the recent—and first—Federal Listening Session for the Upper Peninsula and Northern Lower Michigan. Groundwork believes in the importance of federal and state support to increase access to local, affordable, nutritious food, to...
Above: Kyle Mitchell, Mitchell's Patch of Blue farm. Photo courtesy of Kyle Mitchell. On the road that leads from the farm to the school cafeteria tray, we encounter many folks along the way who contribute to feeding our kids. Who’s Feeding Our Kids is a series where...
Today, July 26, 2024, is National Disability Independence Day, the day when our country commemorates the 34th anniversary of the passing of the Americans With Disabilities Act and honors the individuals whom the act aims to protect and support for better lives. As...