Posted in AnnArbor.com, Farm to Fork, Farmers Markets, Growing Goodies, Watch & Listen on October 20, 2010
In my Farm to Fork series I visit local farms around Ann Arbor and share what I learn. As Julie Wiernik wrote last year, Nemeth Greenhouse & Farms and Nemeth Orchards is five generations of a family working together to provide apples, vegetables, container plants, donuts and cider for those who visit their stalls at [...]
Posted in AnnArbor.com, Farmers Markets, Watch & Listen on October 4, 2010
The Westside Farmers Market will start its 2011 season on Thursday, June 2. Last Thursday was the last market day of the 2010 season for the Westside Farmers’ Market. We were gifted with a warm and clear day, a perfect chance to look back at the accomplishments in the market’s 5th year.This was the first year [...]
Posted in Farm to Fork, Farmers Markets, Vision, Watch & Listen on September 30, 2010
Posted in AnnArbor.com, Farmers Markets on September 28, 2010
I have received several emails on the Michigan Farmers Market listserv urging us to contact our representative in the U.S. House of Representatives not to pass the U.S. Senate bill Hunger-Free Kids Act, S. 3307. People are concerned because the bill, as it stands, pays for its $4.5 billion price tag by cutting $2.2 billion from [...]
Posted in AnnArbor.com, Farm to Fork, Farmers Markets on September 9, 2010
Photo courtesy of Richard McLeary Congressman John Dingell, Oran Hesterman of the Fair Food Network and Amanda Edmonds of Growing Hope spoke Tuesday afternoon at the Downtown Ypsilanti Farmers Market to launch the Double Up Food Buck program in Washtenaw County. As I wrote about in July, the Double Up Food Bucks program matches every [...]
