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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Leaders Planning for Food, Farming, and The Grand Vision
Leaders from across the Grand Traverse region gathered last month to start looking for ways to make sure that The Grand Vision-a six-county, 50-year, citizen-based growth plan-and one of the area’s top industries-farming-work well together to strengthen the local economy while preserving the region’s rural character.
Jim Sluyter: Hop To It!
I made my first batch of homebrew in 1975 or so. It was pretty bad.
Keeping up with the Jones, Tastefully
An excerpt of this story from June 9, 2008, 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.
