December 6, 2017

Christmas Tree Sustainability: Real vs. Artificial

Maybe you have similar memories of running around a Christmas tree farm searching the place for the perfect tree, your tree. Every year, I look forward to the…

November 9, 2017

Eating Locally This Winter –Even in the UP

It’s already snowed here in the U.P. a handful of times. The farmers markets have closed down until next year or retreated inside, but that doesn’t mean the…

September 5, 2017

A Final Summertime Hurrah : NMU’s Hospitality Gala

Connecting chefs, farmers, and the community as well as celebrating Northern Michigan University’s Hospitality Management program is what the Hospitality Gala on Sept. 23 is all about. Chefs…

August 3, 2017

Building a Co-op in Iron County

Darren Mercier didn’t imagine he’d be spearheading the effort to establish a natural food cooperative. But, when he moved to Iron River on the western border of the…

July 5, 2017

Organic Food, Beer, and Gear: The Flying Moose

Stepping into The Flying Moose, in downtown Marquette, feels like what stepping into a store probably felt like 100 years ago, except now there is kombucha on tap.…

June 6, 2017

Swapping animals, plants, seeds and ideas

A truck with a bed of chicks and rabbits pulled into the back of the Holmquist Feedmill in the small town of Trenary, in the rural central Upper…

April 6, 2017

Community Celebrates Earth Day by Expanding Local Food Production

Partridge Creek Farms is celebrating Earth Day on Saturday, April 22 by building 50 raised beds across downtown Ishpeming. But they aren’t doing it alone. More than 70…

April 5, 2017

Wake Up from your Winter Slumber: Festival of the Angry Bear

Welcome spring to the U.P. dressed as your favorite woodland creature drinking local beer, with local ingredients, while listening to local music at the Festival of the Angry…

March 7, 2017

Growing Local Food through Growing New Farmers

Landen Tetil became the first farmer apprentice at Michigan State University’s North Farm in Chatham three years ago. The program aims to increase local food production in the…

February 3, 2017

Bee Mine: Algomah Acres Honey Farm

The wintery months like February are the months for everyone, including bees, to hibernate, dream of flowers, and plan for the months ahead. There are many reasons to…