March 8, 2007
More than 200 farmers, food processors and retailers, health experts, and economists gathered in Lansing last month at the Michigan Land Use Institute’s
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December 2, 2006
All last summer, Shawn Morgan, a Kalkaska County teen, and Jorden Smith, an 11-year-old Detroiter, spent their Saturdays discovering a brand-new world. Each
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October 30, 2006
For three years, farmers Richard and Annette Hebron have delivered weekly batches of fresh, unpasteurized milk and dairy products direct to some 150 members of
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October 24, 2006
A long push to preserve working farmland in an exceptionally scenic Michigan peninsula is sparking a vigorous grassroots electoral contest over the future of
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September 22, 2006
The excitement in George Moroz’ voice is about more than The Henry Ford Museum’s recent big discovery. It is also about the fact that the
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September 13, 2006
The menu—summer salad with greens, sautéed beef tips and plump Bardenhagen Farm blackberries—belonged at a four-star restaurant. The clatter
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September 5, 2006
Strengthening local marketing efforts and channeling economic development investments to local food sales would dramatically improve Michigan’s economy,
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August 31, 2006
Farmland conservation programs are catching on across America, but they are just beginning to take off in Michigan, where voters have approved a handful of
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August 28, 2006
Sporting a cap that said “Born to Farm,” Tom Cooper nursed a cup of coffee as 26 fourth graders from nearby Central Lake Elementary School hopped
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August 20, 2006
The enduring importance of farming to the nation’s economy is finally turning heads across the country. The rush of land development at the urban
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