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Families enjoying fresh fruits and vegetables at a local farm stand.

The intersection of communities, educators, and food policy councils for just, healthy food systems

Estelle SlootmakerMonday, May 23, 2022

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Nonprofit futhers local food movement and hosts Growers Fare where you can “shop for a farmer”

Allison Arnold, Innovation News EditorWednesday, March 9, 2022

Issue Media Group Launches Rural Innovation eXchange

Issue Media GroupThursday, February 17, 2022

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

A DIGs workshop on asemma, or tobacco.

Here's how the UP's Debweyendan Indigenous Gardens build health, community, and food sovereignty

Estelle SlootmakerThursday, October 28, 2021

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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

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HFHS Farmers Market Food Navigators Amanda Krieg and Emma Shepherd at the Mt. Clemens Farmers Market.

Henry Ford Health System Food Navigators build better nutrition in Wayne and Macomb counties

Estelle SlootmakerMonday, August 30, 2021

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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

Eastern Market in Detroit.

How do you feed a state in crisis? Michigan Food Security Council report plans ahead

Estelle SlootmakerThursday, July 8, 2021

Alita Kelly gardening

MLK Freedom School – Empowerment through urban agriculture and food justice

Shanika P. CarterTuesday, June 29, 2021

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Rachel Bloch, the Marquette-Alger Regional Education Service Agency’s health education consultant and MFF SNAP-Ed program lead.

Innovative program makes CSAs accessible to Michigan families

Estelle SlootmakerMonday, June 21, 2021

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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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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

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Local compost company champions sustainability and taps into the cannabis growing industry

Allison Arnold, Innovation News EditorTuesday, March 16, 2021

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New City Neighbors grows programming despite layers of crisis

Estelle Slootmaker, Development News EditorTuesday, December 15, 2020

A Food Bank of Eastern Michigan distribution at the Martus Luna Food Pantry in Flint.

Emergency food programs are plentiful in Michigan – but many residents are still going hungry

Estelle SlootmakerThursday, December 10, 2020

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

Alita Kelly

Fueling the future she wants to see: A Q&A with South East Market founder Alita Kelly

By Leandra NisbetThursday, November 5, 2020

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

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