Biiskaabiiyang: The Process of Returning to Ourselves
The Anishinaabe are people of a particular place, as the Indigenous peoples of the Great Lakes. Our identities, histories, spirituality, and traditions are inseparable from our respective ancestral…
Register now for the 17th Annual Michigan Family Farms Conference!
The 17th annual Michigan Family Farms Conference is coming up fast and is an event you won’t want to miss! Each year, the conference offers beginning, small-scale, and…
Combating Climate Change: Creating Climate-resilient Orchards
In my previous post of this Climate Change series, (see the first and second post here), I discussed how tree fruit growers in Michigan are faced with adapting to…
BOOK REVIEW: Michael Pollan’s “Cooked”
By Bill Palladino “Alone among the animals, we humans insist that our food be not only ‘good to eat’ —tasty, safe, and nutritious— but also, in the words…