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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Pitching in with Empire Food Pantry
By Fiona Moord It's a Wednesday afternoon in June, and I run out of my house to the family car, trying to avoid the puddles littering the driveway. My windshield wipers are working overtime as I drive fifteen minutes south to Glen Lake Community Reformed Church, one...
10 Cents a Meal is Back: Michigan Partially Restores Funding to Nourish Kids, Support Farmers, and Strengthen Communities
Press release announcing state funding for 10 Cents a Meal, fiscal year 2027 Traverse City, Mich. — After a year of determined advocacy from educators, farmers, parents, health advocates, and communities across the state, the 10 Cents a Meal for Michigan's Kids and...
How 10 Cents a Meal is Changing the Nation
In How Michigan Shaped the Field: The National Impact of Michigan's 10 Cents a Meal Program, the report authors examine how a state-funded local food purchasing initiative influenced food policy development across the United States. The report explores the history,...