August 19, 2010
West Michigan Good Food Spotlight:
Here’s a roundup of some of the top organizations and projects that are spurring the Good Food movement in West Michigan.
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August 11, 2010
Good Food Networks Bonding West Michigan
What do scrappy community gardeners and a bunch of millionaire investors have in common? Quite a lot, when you look at what’s going
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July 9, 2010
MSU Extension Grows a Stronger Kalamazoo
Kalamazoo County Extension helps gardeners, growers, businesses, and officials bring healthier food and stronger farms to the region.
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March 20, 2010
A Call to Action for Sen. Stabenow
A year ago I watched U.S. Senator Stabenow listen to a proud food service director and superintendent explain how they transformed their
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January 5, 2010
A Good Food Road Show
It was chefs, not carny barkers, who excited youngsters at the Northwestern Michigan Fair’s Cooking with Kids session. The chefs
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December 21, 2009
Region Sets Table for Healthier Kids
Imagine school food service directors creating a regional cookbook that features seasonal, kid-friendly, healthy, locally grown foods. Or
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December 1, 2009
Kalamazoo: Oh, the Webs They Weave!
The rise of Kalamazoo’s strong Good Food movement is all about people—and about how one good thing often leads to another when
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November 19, 2009
Kalamazoo: Hospital Digs into Local Food
The thing to know about Michael Rowe, food service director for Bronson Methodist Hospital, is that, in just two years, he’s taken
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November 9, 2009
Kalamazoo: Getting Ready for Good Food
Often, big changes start with big ideas from “little people,” even when it’s something as big as the Dot-Com Era, which
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September 30, 2009
Decentralize, Diversify, Localize:
Our conversation today starts with a major point of agreement: Our food supply has become very fragile. We are gathered here to tackle the
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August 18, 2009
All Aboard the SW Mich. Good Food Tour!
The community garden on the northeast side of Grand Rapids is serene. Clear air and eager sunlight set the young lettuce leaves and
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March 31, 2009
How to Make Local Food Work for Michigan
Michigan may be the nation’s best-situated state for growing green jobs. And that goes well beyond manufacturing expertise: The
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March 19, 2009
Obama Stimulus Targets Fresh, Local Food
The Obama administration’s stimulus package can help schools purchase new kitchen equipment—as long as they are quick on the
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March 12, 2009
Report: Farming a N.W. Michigan Heavyweight
Farms in northwest Lower Michigan have substantial opportunities to boost their profits by tapping into new, better-paying local and
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January 16, 2009
Coast to Coast, a New Food Network
When Brian Snyder spoke at the inaugural National Good Food Network conference, he poked a hole in some conventional wisdom. According to
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December 26, 2008
Lansing Passes a Farm-to-School Test
Michigan’s lawmakers and the governor just gave school children, farmers, and the state’s economy a tasty end-of-year holiday
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