Agricultural Economy

Feature Story Even under the best of conditions, seasonal and migrant farmworkers toil long, exhausting hours in extreme weather conditions, possibly exposed to pesticides. 

Migrant Legal Aid’s Fair Food Pledge works to alleviate migrant farmworker injustices

Paul R. KopenkoskeyMonday, November 8, 2021
Partner Content Produce at a Michigan Farm to Family: CSA pickup at Lakeshore Depot in Marquette.

In the Upper Peninsula, finding an affordable CSA is a SNAP

Estelle SlootmakerWednesday, October 13, 2021
Partner Content John Peterson and Lauren Potorek in AIHFS' garden.

SNAP-Ed program connects southeast Michigan’s Indigenous peoples with traditional, local food

Estelle SlootmakerMonday, August 9, 2021
Feature Story Alita Kelly gardening

MLK Freedom School – Empowerment through urban agriculture and food justice

Shanika P. CarterTuesday, June 29, 2021
Feature Story SquareRoots

Square Roots Urban Farm expands in Michigan

Sarah SpohnFriday, May 28, 2021
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Olio nuovo that makes West Michigan proud

Estelle Slootmaker, Development News EditorMonday, April 19, 2021
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Feature Story Colby Tucker, 14, from Hopkins in Allegan County, is in his third year of collecting and cooking sap.

Turning sap to syrup makes spring the sweetest season of all

Bev BerensSunday, March 21, 2021
Development News NCN workers

New City Neighbors grows programming despite layers of crisis

Estelle Slootmaker, Development News EditorTuesday, December 15, 2020
Longform Eastern Market staff load food boxes that were ordered online.

COVID-19 prompts many Michigan farmers and farmers markets to offer online sales for the first time

By Estelle SlootmakerThursday, November 5, 2020
Feature Story The Kruithoff family works on their Ottawa County farm, planting a test plot of different varieties of soybeans for a seed company.

Ottawa County program preserves farmland for future generations

By Shandra MartinezTuesday, September 15, 2020
Feature Story Andy Rozendaal (left) and John Puttrich (right) comprise the leadership team and are Eighth Day Farm's two full time employees.

Eighth Day Farm makes big impact from its small urban setting

By Bev BerensFriday, August 28, 2020
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