Edible Flint Sows Seeds for a Healthy Future
It’s a beautiful day in Flint, Michigan. The sky is clear, flowers are in bloom and the volunteer gardeners in the edible flint Demonstration Garden are hard at work.…
Funding for Local Food and Farms
As northern Michigan farmers work to build a sustainable, local-food economy, they need funding and other support to get started, expand current operation, build year-round growing capacity or…
Elegance & Good Taste in Hamtramck
An early October sun is setting over the storefronts of Joseph Campau Avenue in Hamtramck. It’s Friday night, and small groups of people filter casually into Peter Dalinowski’s…
Old World Pasta now on Your Plate
Canton, Michigan boasts a rare Italian culinary treasure: Mama Mucci’s Pasta. For the past 29 years, Mama Mucci’s has been crafting high-quality, rolled pastas for choosy chefs around…
Winter on the Farm: Leelanau Peninsula Maple Sugar Bush
“You can’t make syrup just anywhere. It requires all the seasons to prompt the trees to give their sweet nectar! The long nights of Winter eventually give way…
Know Thy Farmer
I moved up from Chicago to Traverse City in the spring of 2017, bringing with me the desire to connect to the local landscape and growing community as…
Pets Naturally: Not All Treats Are Created Equal
As pet parents, we want to provide our furry family members with their best possible life. When it comes to choosing the best diet for our dogs, we…