May 6, 2020

Introducing Claire, Our Summer Intern!

Claire is a Great Lakes Culinary Institute student from Traverse City, Michigan. Claire grew up trying new foods, and her study abroad experience in Argentina created a lasting…

October 21, 2019

Cookbook Dinner Series at amical

While the busy summer season offers the adrenaline fueled urgency and kitchen frenzy we train for at amical, our favorite time of year tends to be right now. …

August 19, 2019

Feed the Need: In Search of Hunger Heroes!

In Michigan, 1,369,250 people are struggling with hunger – and of them, 345,130 are children. In fact, according to the Feeding America network’s 2017 study, people facing hunger…

June 27, 2019

We’re Growing! Taste the Local Difference Expands

Exciting changes are coming to Taste the Local Difference this year! First, we are pleased to announce two new employees in West Michigan. Second, we will publish one…

June 26, 2019

Raise Your Glass to Farmers Market Cocktails!

Every summer the The Little Fleet in downtown Traverse City incorporates the bounty of northern Michigan in their handcrafted cocktails and we love it! These creative and refreshing…

June 25, 2019

Know Your Farmer: Open Sky Organic Farm

Open Sky Organic Farm is a certified organic farm four miles from Cross Village, Michigan. Together, Sam and Susan Sharp produce a variety of flowers, herbs, and vegetables,…

May 24, 2019

Edson Farms: 40 Years devoted to Local Food in Traverse City

For the last 40 years, Edson Farms Natural Food Store has served Traverse City’s natural food needs. Now the store is bigger than ever with their recent expansion…

April 17, 2019

Read local: A new flavor of locavore-ism

You already eat, drink, and shop local, right? Today, I invite you to expand your locavore-ism to a new realm: Reading local. Specifically, reading The Orphan Daughter, the…

February 22, 2019

New Local Food Coordinator for Detroit: Nick Jones

Nick is an adopted Michigander. After growing up in Colorado, Nick discovered a passion for food and farming at Deep Springs College. That passion eventually led him to…

January 29, 2019

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…