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.
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Honoring Juneteenth National Independence Day With Chris Stone
Enshrined as a federal holiday in 2020, Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in the United States on June 19, 1865. On that day in Galveston, Texas, Major General Gordon Granger announced the enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation in the state, 71 days...
Locally grown food strengthens our nation’s security and resilience
This forum piece first published in Bridge Michigan. We all remember those weeks of food scarcity as the pandemic began its terrible sweep across the nation in spring of 2020. Photos of empty grocery store shelves played across TV screens. The web streamed images of...
Expanding 10 Cents a Meal’s Reach to Child Care Providers
On the road that leads from the farm to the tray, we encounter many folks along the way who contribute to feeding our kids. Who’s Feeding Our Kids is a series in which we explore different people and organizations along the food system who are working to feed our kids...