Growing Good Habits: Headstart visits Sara Hardy Farmers Market
With support from the Building Healthy Communities (BHC) grant, two Northwest Michigan Community Action Agency Head Start programs will be improving their culture around health, local food and…
Eating Like a Local in Alpena, Part 1 of 3
One of the best parts about traveling across the Mitt during the summer is discovering new, locally-sourced farmers markets, restaurants, breweries, wineries, and all the events in between!…
Know Your Farmer: Mighty Soil Farm
Mighty Soil Farm is a small organic farm run by Kate Debs and Joe Newman in the Upper Peninsula town of Chatham. They pack a punch on their…
5 Ways to Source a Local Menu
There are a number of things to celebrate this Spring! Farmers market season is back. Asparagus and rhubarb is in abundance. Farmers are gearing up for another busy…
Microgreens: More than a beautiful garnish!
Microgreens are young greens that are full of color, have an intense aromatic flavor, and come in many varieties. From spicy, sweet, and bitter, there is a microgreen…
Hyper- Local UP Carrot Salad
Alex, our Upper Peninsula Local Food Coordinator spoke at the Northern Michigan University’s TedX in 2019 with a story called My Local Food Relationship. (Editor’s note: here’s the link)
7 Tips to Make the Most of your CSA Share
Spring has officially sprung! As you shake off the winter haze, now is the perfect time to start planning thinking about where your food is coming from this…
Seeds for Spring in Michigan
Winter continues to drag on in its unforgiving way, but with each day spring is ever nearer. For you farmers and gardeners out there, now is the time…
A Challenge to Support Local
This summer, I was the catering manager for Rock River Farm, a flower farm in the central U.P. They are focusing their efforts on flower production, so they…
Slow Traditions
For me, food has always been a source of connection, a tool to communicate love, and a way to pass on family traditions. Some of my most vivid…