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.
While much of our work begins locally in northwest lower Michigan, one of our guiding missions is to inspire a statewide culture of healthy, locally raised food.
BRINGING ABOUT LASTING CHANGE TOGETHER
FOOD & FARMING Program Areas
Your support today helps create a better Michigan.
What's happening now?
Food & Farming News
Let’s build what’s next
As we head toward the end of this spring campaign, I just wanted to reach out one more time. Over the past several weeks, we’ve shared a bit about the work happening at Groundwork—from expanding access to local food, to supporting clean energy, to building better ways...
Local food at heart of culinary education in Muskegon Area Intermediate School District
Creating Healthy Schools is a program of Muskegon Area Intermediate School District, and is an effort that prioritizes students and local food. The group believes that “healthy schools make healthy students.” They work to transform schools through farm to school...
Keeping family farms farming with clean energy income. Interview with Peter Sinclair
Today we talk with Peter Sinclair. Videographer, journalist, and longtime contributor to Yale Climate Connections, Peter is an icon of the Michigan climate movement. For years he has worked to counter the massively funded misinformation campaign that spreads lies...