March 16, 2008
Here we were, 330 of the region’s professionals in school education, nutrition, and health, working to nudge fresh, wholesome local food into the center
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March 7, 2008
I had breakfast with Marty Heller and Michelle Ferrarese at their farm on the kind of February morning that makes most people want to go back to bed. But they
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February 7, 2008
When Frankfort-Elbert high schoolers staged a “strike” over the quality of their cafeteria food two years ago, their timing was perfect: School
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August 30, 2007
Years of doctoral study convinced Rob Sirrine that, when it comes to educating growers, it’s about a lot more than telling them how much nitrogen
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June 14, 2007
Most Sunday afternoons a small group of local people meet in a Leelanau County living room to discuss a very big idea: making it easier for new farmers and
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June 4, 2007
After PBS food show host Eric Villegas visited a school and a restaurant in northwest Michigan that serve locally grown food, he declared the area comparable
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May 18, 2007
One of the busiest people at the Michigan Land Use Institute’s recent Seeds of Prosperity conference was veteran lobbyist Jean Doss.
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April 11, 2007
After Katie Brandt graduated, she landed her dream job as a farmhand. Though she earned little for her hard work, Ms. Brandt did not mind, because her work
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March 21, 2007
Fred Hempel’s land, currently covered with nitrogen-fixing blue beans, will soon sprout specialty tomatoes, peppers, and salad greens. Once ripe,
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March 14, 2007
Pennsylvania farmer David Hufcut rises at 5:30 a.m., makes coffee, and heads to the milking barn, where he lives his dream—continuing his family’s
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