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Double Up Food Bucks give needy a leg up

Healthy Food for All | June 29, 2013 | By Diane Conners

The statewide, nonprofit program helps financially struggling families eat healthy while supporting business for farmers. It doubles the money that people who receive SNAP Bridge Card assistance (food stamps) have to spend with local farmers at farmers ma...

FoodCorps Diaries: A Rainbow of Flavors in Central Lake

Farm to school, healthy food, FoodCorps | January 23, 2013 | By Daniel Marbury

Central Lake Elementary School celebrated a rainbow of fruits and vegetables last Thursday with a little help from FoodCorps. ...

FoodCorps Diaries: Students' first hoop house harvest

Farm to school, healthy food, FoodCorps | December 11, 2012 | By Kirsten Gerbatsch and Daniel Marbury

Late last month, students at Platte River Elementary harvested their first produce from their new school hoop house for a quick science lesson and delicious treat....

Interlochen Elementary School Starts Library Hydro-Farm

Healthy Food, Farm to School, FoodCorps | December 11, 2012 | By Kirsten Gerbatsch

With the flick of a switch, we heard the steady whir of an electric motor and a whoosh of water circulating through three large hydroponic “grow systems.” These were the sounds of life: A winter indoor school garden. By noon on Tuesday, November 27th, Jil...

FoodCorps Teams Up with Local Farmer

Healthy Food, Farm to School, FoodCorps | November 28, 2012 | By Kirsten Gerbatsch

How often do typical elementary students get to eat lunch with the farmer who grew their school meal? Last month, every student at Suttons Bay Elementary had the opportunity to meet Jim Bardenhagen, who grows apples and squash on his farm in Leelanau Coun...

Farm Stand: We need to help kids avoid obesity

Healthy Food, 10 Cents, Farm to School | November 27, 2012 | By Diane Conners

Have you heard of acanthosis nigricans? I hadn’t — not until I served on the planning committee for a recent event that Munson Medical Center and PriorityHealth sponsored to raise awareness about the significant impacts of obesity on our community, our ec...

MLUI receives grant to scale up local food in schools

Healthy Food, Farm to School | November 15, 2012 | By MLUI Farm to School Program

The USDA awarded the Michigan Land Use Institute a two-year, $100,000 grant for expanded education efforts and to help local growers scale-up their operations and infrastructure to make it easier for them to meet school needs. The project, “Scaling Up: He...

FoodCorps Diaries: Farm To School Month a Success

Farm to school, healthy food | November 7, 2012 | By Daniel Marbury and Kirsten Gerbatsch

MLUI's intrepid FoodCorps Service Members Daniel and Kirsten document a busy October celebrating National Farm To School Month at six schools across the region, with classroom, lunchroom, and garden activities....

Pigstock TC: Good food and a good cause

Healthy Food, 10 Cents, Farm to School | October 16, 2012 | By James Russell

Pigstock TC is back for its second year, and we wanted to make sure everyone know about the incredible opportunity to dine on some delicious local food while contributing to MLUI's "10 Cents a Meal" initiative....

10 Cents a Meal aims to bring local food to school cafeterias

Healthy Food, 10 Cents, Farm to School | October 15, 2012 | By Diane Conners

Would you chip in $1 if it meant 10 schoolchildren could eat locally grown fruits and vegetables at lunch on Monday? How about $10 for 100 kids? That’s about four classes full of children, bursting with energy and ready to learn new things. You can do jus...

National Farm to School Month Celebrated in Area Schools

Healthy Food, Farm to School, FoodCorps | October 12, 2012 | By Daniel Marbury

Schools throughout northwest Lower Michigan are cooking up locally grown food for lunch this October and celebrating the second annual National Farm to School Month. ...

FoodCorps Diaries: National Farm To School Month

Healthy Food, Farm to School, FoodCorps | September 27, 2012 | By Daniel Marbury and Kirsten Gerbatsch

Check out the great things that have been happening through FoodCorps Northwest Michigan, a project of the Michigan Land Use Institute, in our new segment: FoodCorps Diaries. National Farm To School Month is almost here. Daniel and Kirsten look back at la...

Farm Stand: Buying local for our students makes sense

Healthy Food | September 4, 2012 | By Diane Conners

The school year is about to start. And after the Republican and Democratic conventions, Congress will be back in session. Many are hoping Congress will resume debating the new Farm Bill, including provisions that could mean more fresh, local food for stud...

Double-Up Food Bucks Helps Shoppers Taste The Local Difference

Healthy Food | August 21, 2012 | By Diane Conners

A year ago, Kathie Maldonado couldn’t imagine eating food like this. Now, thanks to a new nonprofit program, Kathie can double her Bridge Card money up to $20 each shopping trip if she uses it to purchase groceries at participating farmers markets. That m...

Snyder Samples TC's Local Food Efforts

Healthy Food | March 16, 2012 | By Diane Conners

New "10 cents" project advocates for an additional dime to be spent on each student's meal in local schools. ...

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