November 9, 2004
A few weeks ago, students at a Traverse City grade school skipped pizza in favor of freshly harvested, baked potatoes — and gave them rave reviews. It
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October 10, 2004
One Acme Township trustee opposes a local ballot proposal that would curb sprawl by buying farmers’ development rights because, he says, farmers who want
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September 26, 2004
Every Monday in Oregon, Chef Stu Stein is on the phone with farmers no matter where he is. In Louisville, Chef Edward Lee makes a weekly 20-minute pilgrimage
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September 23, 2004
One of the truly good news stories in American agriculture, and it’s been that way for several years now, is what’s happening on the Shetler Family
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September 8, 2004
Every week nearly 90,000 Americans dig into boxes full of fresh fruits and vegetables picked and packed just for them by nearby family farms. Known as
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August 6, 2004
Stephen Vanderhoff, the 33-year-old son of Dutch natives who immigrated to Michigan in the 1960s, owns nearly 6,000 cows, a family business in Hillsdale
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July 11, 2004
The Michigan House of Representatives has approved legislation that would allow for dramatic cuts in property taxes on agricultural land. Lansing’s
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June 24, 2004
Every day Americans buy their food at Wal-Mart supercenters and other hypermarkets that are built on what used to be farmland — a ritual rich in irony
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June 21, 2004
Joined by farm interests and business leaders, the Michigan Land Use Institute introduces Select a Taste of Traverse Bay, a five-county print and on-line guide
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June 13, 2004
With the pace of rural development quickening in Leelanau County and most of the nation’s other beautiful scenic areas, the traditional zoning approach
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