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Produce to the People! : Growing Hope’s Mobile Farm Market
“Every mobile farm market is unique to the community it’s in,” said Erica Bloom, the program director of Growing Hope in Ypsilanti. Through their urban farm demos, in-school…
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Creating a Cafe & Building a Community
Breakaway Cafe just celebrated its first birthday, and as any parents of new babies would tell you – I’m exhausted. But as those same parents would tell you…
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Cherry Everything
When you step into Benjamin Twiggs, you are greeted with the most heavenly aroma… locally roasted Cherry Vanilla Coffee… the coffee of the day. Your eyes are drawn…
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Make sure your farm is counted! 2017 Census of Agriculture
Calling all farmers, new and old! Be sure to register your farm with the 2017 Census of Agriculture before June 30th! This census occurs every 5 years and…
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Don’t Forget, the ‘Farmers Market Brunch!’
Media Release For Immediate Release Date: June 13, 2017 Contact: Bailey Samp, [email protected] Don’t Forget, the ‘Farmers Market Brunch!’ TRAVERSE CITY – Summer is here and it’s peak…
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Historic Manton Mill is Looking for a Partner
MAHRG is looking for a partner. The Manton Area Heritage Restoration Group (MAHRG) hopes to partner with a business in need of space.
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Opening Time
The clocks don’t match exactly, but we know it’s time to unlock the doors when the first eager shoppers of the day are peeking in at the gleaming…
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The Rebrand of Main Street Bistro
When you hear Gaylord, people from downstate will list the golf courses they have played and the beautiful outdoor activities they have participated in. When you’re looking for…
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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…
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Farmer 2 Farmer : Land for the Next Generation
The average age of farm operators in the United States is 58. In the next 20 years, an estimated 70 percent of privately owned agricultural land is expected…