Aunt Hilda’s Apple Pie-remembered fondly by Diane Conners-will be auctioned at Groundwork Center’s Oct. 8 Harvest at the Commons celebration.
Articles by Diane Conners
Groundwork Action Alert: Expand Local Food In Schools
This week our friends at the Michigan Department of Education did a momentous thing: They’ve asked 166 school districts to apply for funds to buy locally grown fruits and vegetables for our kids’ tummies-and for their brains and their health.
Ag Forum: Farm-to-school meal plan expands
Many Michigan farmers will sell significantly more fruits and vegetables to Michigan schools this fall, thanks to a new, cutting-edge law championed by area legislators. And if those champions have their way, our farmers could eventually be selling even more of their fresh produce to schools across the state.
Food, culture, and economy take center stage at intertribal summit
As we all work to build resilient communities with strong local food economies as part of the core, we’ll find no finer examples than I saw at last week’s Great Lakes Intertribal Food Summit. And the food, oh the food!
Ag Forum: Connections link food, wellness and business
Local agriculture is increasingly appreciated not just for tasty food but also for community health -and what’s good for our health can also be good for business.
Conference to connect dots between local food and wellness
Because of collaboration between the organizers of two back-to-back conferences in January at the Grand Traverse Resort, farmers now can learn practical tips on how to tap into wellness markets in hospitals, schools and workplaces. Employers, hospitals, schools, health practitioners and others at the same time can learn their own practical tips on how to use local farm foods to benefit their health and wellness initiatives.