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Selling Value-Added Food Products at Farmers Markets

Now is the time to start planning for the 2012 Farmers Market season. Are you familiar with Michigan’s Cottage Food Law? Do you know what it takes to run a successful food-based business? Check out our Links page to find … Continue reading

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Monday, October 24 is Food Day

Food Day is a day designed to call attention to these goals: Reduce diet-related disease by promoting safe, healthy foods Support sustainable farms & limit subsidies to big agribusiness Expand access to food and alleviate hunger Protect the environment & … Continue reading

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Locally Grown Foods and Job Creation

There’s food for thought in this article by Nathan Bomey of Annarbor.com, “4 ways locally grown food can create more jobs for the Ann Arbor area“.  An incubator kitchen in eastern Washtenaw County would be a welcome addition to our … Continue reading

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A Poem for Harvest Season

The kale’s puckered sleeve, the pepper’s hollow bell, the lacquered onion.   Beets, borage, tomatoes, Green beans.   I came in and I put everything on the counter: chives, parsley, dill, the squash like a pale moon, peas in their … Continue reading

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