We had a fabulous time at our very first Winter Celebration at Crystal Mountain Resort and Spa on Saturday night. What a fun night it was, with a room full of chefs, farmers, and guests, mingling and enjoying all of the delicious local food and beverage. A very...
Gaps in Produce Supply Chain Offer Local Food Opportunities
As fresh markets grow, distributors and retailers scramble to keep up
Our Voices: Goal: 20 Percent Local Food by 2020
The Northwest Michigan Food & Farming Network set an ambitious goal Friday of increasing the amount of food purchased locally in our region to 20 percent by 2020. Local advocates for a better food system gathered with educators, farmers, business...
Our Voices: Chefs Visit Suttons Bay
Chef Courtland Nelson cracked nearly a dozen farm fresh eggs into a large stainless steel bowl, with dozens of eyes upon him. Cracking egg after egg, he showed the grace and agility of a man of precise skill and years of experience. Middle school students leaned in to...
Our Voices: Farmers Find New Markets in Local Schools
Farmer Jim Schwantes almost didn’t come. But Schwantes, who grows vegetables north of Cedar, set aside his skepticism and ventured out on a snowy day last week to join nearly 30 other growers at the Northwest Michigan Horticultural Research Center, in Leelanau...
Farmers Find New Markets in Local Schools
An excerpt of this story from February 13, 2012, 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.