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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.
Our Voices: Taste the Local Difference – Black Star Farms
Don Coe of Black Star Farms is a longtime supporter of Taste the Local Difference. He’s also the driving force behind Black Star Farms — a beautiful agricultural destination in Leelanau County. It is considered one of Northern Michigan’s prized attractions with two...