The Michigan Legislature and governor’s office have agreed upon and signed a budget deal, and we wanted to take a moment to address that 10 Cents a Meal was not included in this year’s Michigan School Aid budget. MDE issued the following statement in its...
As part of our ongoing equity interview series, we spoke with Jordan Shananaquet, a citizen of the Waganakising Odawak — the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians — about Sovereignty Day on September 21st. The day honors when the United States...
This article first published in the Traverse City Record-Eagle Ag Forum. A budget impasse in the Michigan Legislature means we are rapidly approaching a potential state government shutdown, and schools can’t properly plan their budgets for the year and take care of...
ABOVE: Zoë Zeerip, Great Lakes Business Network Coordinator The Groundwork Climate and Environment team recently attended the 2025 Michigan Climate Summit put on by our good friends and partners at Michigan Climate Action Network. We asked our folks to each share a...
A note from Cassidy Hough, FoodCorps Service Member, from June 2025: “I had my last lesson EVER this morning. I started the class by announcing that it was the last lesson I'd ever have with them, and in the middle of my speaking someone yelled "GROUP HUG," and I was...
I recently attended the Midwest Rail Conference at Notre Dame University in South Bend, Indiana. While the conference itself was positively fascinating, today I’d like to focus on how I got there: By train. I’d been thinking about taking the train since I registered...