Feed the Need: In Search of Hunger Heroes!
In Michigan, 1,369,250 people are struggling with hunger – and of them, 345,130 are children. In fact, according to the Feeding America network’s 2017 study, people facing hunger…
We’re Growing! Taste the Local Difference Expands
Exciting changes are coming to Taste the Local Difference this year! First, we are pleased to announce two new employees in West Michigan. Second, we will publish one…
Know Your Farmer: Open Sky Organic Farm
Open Sky Organic Farm is a certified organic farm four miles from Cross Village, Michigan. Together, Sam and Susan Sharp produce a variety of flowers, herbs, and vegetables,…
Edson Farms: 40 Years devoted to Local Food in Traverse City
For the last 40 years, Edson Farms Natural Food Store has served Traverse City’s natural food needs. Now the store is bigger than ever with their recent expansion…
Read local: A new flavor of locavore-ism
You already eat, drink, and shop local, right? Today, I invite you to expand your locavore-ism to a new realm: Reading local. Specifically, reading The Orphan Daughter, the…
New Local Food Coordinator for Detroit: Nick Jones
Nick is an adopted Michigander. After growing up in Colorado, Nick discovered a passion for food and farming at Deep Springs College. That passion eventually led him to…
Slow Traditions
For me, food has always been a source of connection, a tool to communicate love, and a way to pass on family traditions. Some of my most vivid…
Young Professionals of the Upper Peninsula
Where are the young people? It’s a question I have been asked a lot this past year as Upper Peninsula Local Food Coordinator for Taste the Local Difference.…
Get a Local Tree this Christmas!
The holidays are here and it is time to start the search for your real Christmas tree. The good news is, in Michigan you have several great options…
A Farmer’s Diary: Beginning Farmer Institute, Part 2
Our second session with the 2018-19 National Farmers Union’s (NFU) Beginning Farmer Institute (BFI) took us into the country’s heart of organic produce, the salad bowl of America,…