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Agriculture Forum: Growing more than food in a school garden
This op-ed first published in the Traverse City Record-Eagle Agriculture Forum. For our students and our communities, school gardens can offer more than meets the eye. Well beyond teaching gardening skills, these spaces can develop knowledge in traditional subjects...
Michigan’s school kids need farm-fresh food
This op-ed first published in The Detroit News. In Michigan, the importance of farm fresh food in schools cannot be overstated. This is a crucial time for the state when it comes to these issues because now more young people than ever are going hungry and need...
How every Michigan food pantry can partner with local farmers
This op-ed first published in Bridge Michigan. I’m thinking of a day a few years back when I witnessed something that was plain on the surface, but which was actually evidence of a micro-revolution in food access, and it happened in a Traverse City parking lot. It...