With roots firmly embedded in the pro-health, pro-environment, and pro-economy principles of a local food system, the Groundwork Food and Farming team creates markets for local farmers, and helps connect locally grown food to school children, food pantry clients and families across the state.
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Small Stipend, Big Ripples: How a Catalyst Investment Transformed Harrisville’s Lakefront Market
The sun has just cleared Lake Huron when Harrisville Harbor Farmers Market manager Laurie Szczesny plants the last welcome banner in the damp grass. The lot is still quiet — just gulls calling from the shore and the steady slap of waves against the breakwall on this...
Latinos and the coming transition in American farming
Today, as a capstone to Hispanic Heritage Month, we hear from Nathan Medina, a former Groundwork staffer who is a career-long advocacy and government affairs professional. Read other Equity Series interviews!—As told to Jeff SmithNATHAN MEDINA: These days there’s so...
The power of human-focused storytelling in farm-to-food assistance advocacy
As the world plunges ever deeper into the realm of technology, the power of up-close, human-focused storytelling can become a powerful way to show the impact of government policy. To make that point, three national-leading food policy organizations—Wallace Center,...