Local Shade of Pale
Food Philosophy I personally think it is not only important for us to use as much locally produced food and products as possible, but we also have a…
Kick off a Healthy Summer with the YMCA
When kids are inspired, they can do anything, which is why the YMCA hosts a national event each year to do just that! Healthy Kids Day is a…
Pop Up Farmers Markets: Call for Local Food Vendors
Do you have a passion for educating kids about local food? Do you want to help TLD promote our regions bountiful farmers’ markets? After an overwhelming positive response, we’ve…
Taste the Local Difference Summer 2018 Internship Opportunity
About Taste the Local Difference: Taste the Local Difference® is Michigan’s local food marketing agency. It is a social enterprise of the Groundwork Center for Resilient Communities. Our Mission:…
Local Seeds Offer Blueprint for Community Driven Food System
What’s in your refrigerator? Is there some healthy produce, maybe jam from the farmer’s market, and that questionable container of leftovers? At Nature & Nurture Farm, the fridge…
Get a job with Ownership Potential
Elberta is a beautiful, quiet village nestled between Lake Michigan and Betsie Bay. It sits just a mile down the road from Frankfort, one of northern Michigan’s hottest…
Macomb Food Collaborative hosts annual local food conference
While this conference is a regional event, highlighting the Macomb County food system is the theme of this year’s All About Food Conference. A keynote panel of Macomb…
Fighting Food Waste One Plate at a Time
Did you know that nearly 40% of the food produced in the United States ends up in the landfill? And about 95% of this discarded food ends up…
Thunder Bay is Kicking it Up a Few Notches This Summer
The 65th Annual Brew on the Bay in Alpena, hosted by the Rotary Club, sure made a splash this year. As soon as I arrived at the Aplex…
What’s Cooking in the UP
I am not sure what I was thinking when I asked the owners of Belgiumtown Bar & Restaurant if I could host a locally sourced Chef Dinner in…