National Farmers Market Week
This is national farmers market week. The number of farmers markets in Michigan has grown tremendously during the past decade, from 90 in 2001 to more than 250 today. Dru Montri is the director of...
View ArticleSimple business model connects chefs to locally grown food
http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/michigan/local-michigan-984072.mp3Michigan farmers grow the most diverse crops of any state besides California. Agriculture is Michigan’s 2nd largest...
View ArticleWinter farmer’s market kicks off today in Kalamazoo
Carl Rizzuto sells his own sausage and meatballs at the summer farmer’s market in Kalamazoo. He tried coordinating a winter market ten years ago but he says there wasn’t enough interest. Now he says...
View ArticleStateside: Michigan State University's Dairy Store
The local food movement is not a new thing for Michigan State University's Dairy Store.It has been selling local dairy products such as cheese and ice cream since 1913. The milk is bought from Michigan...
View ArticleMSU: More interest in buying locally grown food
A new Michigan State University survey finds a growing number of school lunch rooms, hospitals cafeterias and other institutions are interested in filling their pantries with locally grown food.MSU’s...
View ArticleGrand Rapids celebrates a decade of “Local First” with massive street party...
More than 10,000 people are expected at a street party in Grand Rapids Saturday to celebrate all things local.Locals bands, local food, and of course local beer; brewed special for the party with...
View ArticleTracking cattle from pasture to plate, a new spin on marketing Michigan beef
Michigan cows are making national headlines. Last week, NPR’s Morning Edition covered a story by Dan Charles on the cattle tracking program in Michigan.The state of Michigan requires cattle to have...
View ArticleGrand Rapids is the site of a culinary revolution
Let’s talk food. Delicious, fresh, healthy, local food.That is the mission of Lisa Rose Starner, to get as many of us as possible to eat local. And there’s plenty of that happening in Grand Rapids,...
View ArticleStateside for Tuesday, August 27th, 2013
The Pentagon is proposing to cut back production of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle. We looked at what that could mean for the Michigan companies that make parts for the Bradley.And, who wins and who...
View ArticleGrand Rapids organization shows the benefits of shopping local
When it's time to buy something, what's your pattern? Do you head to the big chain store thinking you might save a little bit? Or do you try to take your business and your money to a local...
View ArticleIs eating local good for the environment?
There's much talk in Michigan---and across American---about the local food movement.For many food activists, eating locally sourced foods isn't just a pleasure, it is a moral obligation. They maintain...
View ArticleStateside for Wednesday, October 23rd, 2013
A new study found that students enrolled in online charter schools are not performing as well as students in traditional brick and mortar schools. At the same time the number of virtual schools is...
View ArticleMichigan entrepreneurs want the saskatoon to be the next big fruit
An unusual berry should be widely available at farmers markets in northern Michigan this summer. In fact, the region has become the center of saskatoon growing in the United States.Most people who grow...
View ArticleDouble Up Food Bucks program gets boost from USDA
The Fair Food Network says it will use a $5.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to expand Michigan’s Double Up Food Bucks program.The program helps residents receiving food...
View ArticlePawpaw: the fruit America forgot
There is a fruit native to North America that is plentiful and was for a long time quite popular.But chances are, you’ve never tasted it.
View ArticleNational Farmers Market Week
This is national farmers market week . The number of farmers markets in Michigan has grown tremendously during the past decade, from 90 in 2001 to more than 250 today. Dru Montri is the director of the...
View ArticleSimple business model connects chefs to locally grown food
http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/michigan/local-michigan-984072.mp3 Michigan farmers grow the most diverse crops of any state besides California. Agriculture is Michigans 2nd largest...
View ArticleWinter farmer’s market kicks off today in Kalamazoo
Carl Rizzuto sells his own sausage and meatballs at the summer farmers market in Kalamazoo. He tried coordinating a winter market ten years ago but he says there wasnt enough interest. Now he says...
View ArticleStateside: Michigan State University's Dairy Store
The local food movement is not a new thing for Michigan State University's Dairy Store. It has been selling local dairy products such as cheese and ice cream since 1913. The milk is bought from...
View ArticleMSU: More interest in buying locally grown food
A new Michigan State University survey finds a growing number of school lunch rooms, hospitals cafeterias and other institutions are interested in filling their pantries with locally grown food. MSU’s...
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