Award-Winning Fruit Syrups Celebrating Local Flavors
Drive due south of Michigan State University’s campus and in 5 short miles you’ll happily find yourself at Swallowtail Farm. This charming diversified fruit, vegetable and flower farm…
TLD and MIFMA Announce Another Year of Partnership
The Michigan Farmers Market Association (MIFMA) and Taste the Local Difference (TLD) have a long history of supporting the local food community in Michigan. In 2017, the organizations…
Celebrating Farm to School Month with Pop-up Farmers Markets!
Crisp apples, pumpkins, fresh cut flowers, and rainbow carrots are a few items that crowded the gym of seven elementary schools this month. Also included were guest chickens,…
Ann Arbor Farmers Market – The Experience Never Ends
As we enter the fall season and enjoy the abundance of the autumn harvest, the Ann Arbor Farmers Market may be at its peak but the experience of…
Falling into Flavors and Memories of the Season
As sad as I am to see summer go, I am ready for the fall. I love the way the golden light hangs in the trees this time…
Posen’s Got More than Potatoes!
“How’d we end up getting this fancy lettuce? This stuff is good!” exclaimed a Posen High School student walking through the cafeteria line one day.
Squash Time is the Best Time
During this time of year, The Local Grocer is a squash wonderland!
Oryana: National Co-op Month
Community can often be a word people just toss around, but when the community literally owns your business, there is no taking it lightly. Oryana Community Co-op was…
Packing Up My Knives
“All changes are more or less tinged with melancholy, for what we are leaving behind is part of ourselves.” – Amelia Barr I’ve worked in a few kitchens…
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…