2017 Guide to Local Food for Southeast Michigan

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guide to local food in Southeast Michigan

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2017 | 2nd Annual Edition

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What's Inside

On the Cover This curious piglet hails from Trillium Wood Farm in Williamston, MI where he enjoys raucous rambles in the pastures. Sisters Allie and Elise Thorp make sure he and his family have ample access to the outdoors, are fed non-GMO feed and are given lots of love. To find out more about the pastured pigs, and other animals, at Trillium Wood Farm visit: trilliumwoodfarm.com

1 GROWING LOCAL ROOTS

WHY TLD?

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Recipes: Sautéed Okra / Baked Pumpkin with Wild Rice / Honey Tea Cake

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NOT THE CAFETERIA FOOD YOU REMEMBER

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WASHTENAW HERITAGE FOODWAYS STORY MAP

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Photos by Abby Rose Photography

Local Food & Farms OF 10 WASHTENAW, LENAWEE, JACKSON COUNTIES

U-PICK FARMS IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN

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GOOD FOOD MOOD: EATING FOR BETTER MENTAL HEALTH

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A TIME FOR CO-OPS EDIBLE FLINT 10 CENTS A MEAL

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FOOD & FARMS OF 20 LOCAL INGHAM, LIVINGSTON, SHIAWASEE, GENESEE COUNTIES

LANSING’S ALLEN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER

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CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF MICHIGAN FARMERS MARKET SUCCESS

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COMMUNITY FARMERS MARKETS IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN

28 AN OLD FASHIONED APPROACH: CALDER DAIRY FARM Recipe: LAVENDER HONEY SYRUP 30 31 SIX YEARS OF DETROIT FARM COOPERATIVE LOCAL FOOD & FARMS OF OAKLAND, MONROE, WAYNE, MACOMB COUNTIES

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RELATIONSHIPS RUN DEEP IN NOVI

Recipe: STUFFED SQUASH BLOSSOMS

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BEER, WINE & SPIRITS OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN

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BEES, BISCUITS & HONEY

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45 Recipe: BUTTERMILK BISCUITS AND LOCAL HONEY

CSA’S & URBAN FARMS IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN

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47 CERTIFIED LOCAL FOOD EVENTS: YEAR ONE IN NUMBERS INDEX 48

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Taste the Local Difference is a social enterprise of the Groundwork Center for Resilient Communities. For more information on our parent non-profit organization, please visit www.groundworkcenter.org

Taste the Local Difference is: Bill Palladino – CEO Tricia Phelps – Operations Director Emma Beauchamp – NW Michigan Local Food Coordinator Molly Stepanski – NE Michigan Local Food Coordinator Melissa Orzechowski – UP Local Food Coordinator Kelly Wilson – SE Michigan Local Food Coordinator Paula Martin – Community Health Coordinator Sharron May – Farm to Resource Coordinator Christina Marbury – Staff Photographer

Photo Contributors: Christina Marbury, Abby Rose Photography, Jacob Lewkow, U of M Sustainable Foods Program, City Commons CSA, Edible Flint, Ypsilanti Food Co-op, East Lansing Food Co-op, Peoples Food Co-op Ann Arbor, Allen Neighborhood Center, Cherry Capital Foods, Washtenaw County Office of Community & Economic Development, U of M Online Exhibits, Burns-Stokes Preserve, Groundwork Center for Resilient Communities, Michigan Farmers Market Association, Royal Oak Farmers Market, Red Haven Farm-to-Table, Edible WOW, Trillium Wood Farm, Toasted Oak

Growing local roots

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aste the Local Difference is well-known for publishing this annual resource guide, and for providing affordable marketing services to farms and food businesses across the state.

But perhaps one of our biggest impacts is made through the quiet work of building relationships. We love to connect people: consumers to local farms, farmers to new markets, the list goes on.

As we’ve grown the company from servicing just 10 counties in Michigan to more than 46, we know that good people are what’s most important. This year we’ve added a staff person in each region we currently serve directly: theNorthwest, Northeast, Southeast, and Upper Peninsula. That’s four dedicated TLD staff members that are focused on serving the regional local food community where they live.

With each new TLD Local Food Coordinator we add, we’re listening, participating, and working with the local community to develop food system solutions based on the needs of that region.

These community roots and connected networks are a large part of what makes our work possible, and enjoyable.

So, connect with us—and connect to your local food system.

This guide will show you the physical evidence of these amazing networks in action.

Thanks for reading, The TLD Guide to Local Food is published by Taste the Local Difference, LLC 1610 Barlow Street, Suite 101 Traverse City MI 49686 Phone: (231) 941-6584 Email: info@localdifference.org www.localdifference.org

Tricia Phelps Operations Director

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WHY TLD? Taste the Local DifferenceŽ (TLD) is Michigan’s local food marketing agency.

Every bit of work we do has one underlying mission-to sell more local food in your community. We promote the farms and producers that make all of the good food we eat.

And we celebrate the restaurants, retailers, event organizers and many others that are making sourcing local a priority.

TLD provides affordable marketing services to farmers, producers, and other food businesses across Michigan. And because we work with every type of business throughout the food community, we have a unique opportunity to connect local farmers and producers with new markets.

We use a growing library of in-store marketing materials to differentiate local food on the shelf and in the produce cooler. Our online database and this printed magazine, The Guide to Local Food, are free community resources for consumers to connect directly with food producers nearby. All of our partners are featured in the regional guides which serve as a map and directory listing of your local food community.

Taste the Local Difference can help you grow your business and make connections with other parts of the food system. As a consumer, look no further than TLD to help guide you to the incredible benefits of local food and where to find it in your community.

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Buy Local Year Round Many locally produced items are available all year long in Southeast Michigan, including: Eggs Milk Cheese Ice Cream Yogurt Butter Meat Fish Dried Fruit Frozen Fruit & Veggies

Jams Sauces Salsas Hot Sauces Breads Baked Goods Granola Honey Maple Syrup Chocolates Vinegars

Herbal Teas Juice Wine Beer Distilled Spirits Pickled Vegetables Flour Pasta Peanut Butter Hummus

ou did yw? kno There are also plenty of non-food itemes that ome from the farms, fields, and forest of Southeast Michigan: soaps, lotions, balms, sachets, yarns, and other products are made with local ingredients.

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Washtenaw Heritage Foodways STORY MAP

BY Melissa Milton-Pung, Washtenaw County Office of Community & Economic Development Come experience the rich culinary history of Washtenaw County!

The Washtenaw Heritage Foodways Story Map blends historical time periods with points of interest across the county and representative recipes of many cultural ethnic groups present in our community over time.

Local history in Washtenaw County represents a wide variety of human activity ranging from the First Peoples of the Huron River Valley to a broad range of settlers from a variety of origins. Such diversity remains demographically visible across the community through the presence of these early peoples and their blended identities with settlers of European origin as well as other distinctive cultural groups such as African Americans, Hispanic/Latino Americans and more recent immigration by people from East Asian and Middle Eastern heritages. Each group is defined by how they are similar to their own, as well as how they are unique from others.

Such differences are manifested through the observance of cultural festivals, traditions and beliefs, arts, engineering, architecture, natural and planned landscapes, and spoken word as well as song.

But what is the biggest connector across cultures, what ties communities together and welcomes new faces around the table? Food!

This new online resource highlights the local food traditions of Washtenaw County from a culinary history lens. It includes stories of local ethnic history, and features the foods of the many different peoples of Washtenaw County. Compiled by local historians and based on original research, more than a dozen recipes are nestled within a backstory rooted in a variety of historic eras and groups, ranging from First Peoples/Native American and early European settlers to the Abolitionist Movement, home-front life during World War II, and recent social changes that marked the 20th century.

Most recipes can be made with locally grown foods.

Visit a local farmer’s market, broaden your palate, and taste some history!

For ideas on where to get local ingredients: localdifference.org Or visit your local farmers market: See list on page 26 Check out all the Washtenaw County Heritage Story Maps at www.ewashtenaw.org/heritagetours

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1. Civil Rights & The Rise of Soul Food: Okra 1960s–70s Source: Harris, Jessica B. The Welcome Table. New York: Fireside (1996).

After the Civil War, many African Americans migrated north bringing their culinary knowledge to established black communities or founding their own. Decades later, as African Americans formed Civil Rights groups; traditional southern food remained part of their identity. With the mainstream popularity of Soul Music in the 1960s, African American food was also dubbed Soul Food.

Within Washtenaw County, Ann Arbor has historically been a magnet for social change. In 1970, the University of Michigan campus was the location of several strikes held by The Black Action Movement in response to the administration’s rejection of civil rights requests. Several faculty and students were on strike for 13 days.

They won many of their demands and effected policy changes.

INGREDIENTS 1 pound small okra pods, topped and tailed 2 cups water salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice DIRECTIONS Wash the okra and cut it into ½ inch rounds.

Bring 2 cups of water to a boil in a nonreactive saucepan.

Place the okra rounds in the saucepan, lower the heat, and cook for 5 minutes. When the okra is fork-tender, remove from heat, add the salt and pepper and the lemon juice, drain, and serve hot.

Serves 4 to 6 people.

PHOTOS | 1: BAM rally on the steps of Hatcher Graduate Library at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor photo licensed for non commercial reuse from U of M online Exhibits.

2: Burns-Stokes Preserve located in Washtenaw County. 3: Elizabeth Chandler. Photo listed under public domain from librarycompany.org

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2. Baked Pumpkin or Squash with Wild Rice 1 700 s–1 8 00s Source: Humes, Marguerite J., Celebrating 300 Years of Detroit Cooking 1701-2001. Detroit Historical Society Guild, Detroit, MI, 2001.

The diets of First Peoples (also known as Native Americans) varied seasonally and were dependent on availability of local sources. Both men and women would collect food throughout the year, such as deer, rabbits, squirrels, and fish. Look for Midwestern wild rice, Michigan berries, vegetables, maple syrup, and pumpkins at local farmers’ markets or co-ops. Some local farms also sell game meat, and during the fall hunting season many Michigan families provide venison to family and friends.

INGREDIENTS pumpkin or squash, seeds and pulp removed Broth or water Wild rice DIRECTIONS Bake the vegetable by placing the pumpkin or squash face-down on a baking sheet and roast in a 400°F oven until fork-tender.

Cook wild rice in water or broth, and place cooked rice inside the pumpkin. General rule of thumb is two cups of liquid to one cup of uncooked rice.

Serve the stuffed vegetable whole.

VARIATION: Add chopped cooked meat to the rice.

This recipe pairs well with game dishes.

3. Elizabeth Chandler’s Honey Tea Cake 1 83 0s-1 8 40s Source: Hardin, Tanya; Horne, Mallory; and Miles, Tiya. Food for the Fight: Abolitionist Women’s Recipes.

As part of her protest again slavery, abolitionist Elizabeth Chandler participated in the free-produce movement, which boycotted goods made with slave labor. Sugar was a common item boycotted by activists, causing Chandler to create a tea cake recipe sweetened with honey. Chandler most likely utilized local Michigan honey as a replacement for sugar in her recipe.

INGREDIENTS 8 tbsp. unsalted butter, at room temperature 1 cup honey ½ cup sour cream 2 eggs 2 cups pastry flour ½ tsp baking soda 1 tsp cream of tartar (to avoid a sharp aftertaste, substitute 1 tsp baking powder)

DIRECTIONS Preheat the oven to 350°F. Cream the butter and honey together until smooth.

Add the sour cream and beat well.

Beat the eggs to a froth and combine with the batter.

Sift the flour, baking soda, and cream of tartar (or baking powder) three times (to ensure a light cake), then mix these dry ingredients into the batter.

Stir well, but do not beat too hard, or the soda will be over activated before baking.

Pour into a well-greased 10-inch square pan and bake for 30 minutes.

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Not the Cafeteria Food You Remember

by Alex Bryan, U of M Sustainable Food Program

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Entering a dining hall at the University of Michigan would be a surprise to those whose college experience consisted of scoop-and-serve partitioned trays filled with glops of whatever was in the chafing dish that day (sometimes unidentifiable). Today’s students have a choice of themed stations or ‘mini-restaurants’ with choices like stir-fry, americana grill, tex-mex, halal, kosher, and more. It’s all part of an emerging shift in college food service that focuses on student food preferences—one that is increasingly focused on sustainably sourced fresh food.

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ix years ago the University of Michigan set an aggressive goal to source 20% of its food locally or sustainably by 2025. Since then, MDining has reorganized and grown its capacity to cook and prep from scratch and increase sourcing from local farms and food producers. From Lake Michigan whitefish to farmer Dale Lesser’s apples, MDining has led the way in changing sourcing habits for institutional scale food service providers.

Starting in the summer of 2017, a portion of the food in dining halls will be produced on campus at the University of Michigan Campus Farm. The farm, established in 2012, is a collaborative multi-stakeholder student-led project of the University of Michigan Sustainable Food Program (UMSFP) and Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum (MBGNA).

Located at MBGNA, the farm will be Good Agricultural Practices certified by fall and fresh cherry tomatoes, chard, and cauliflower will be served before the start of the school year.

Recent hire, Jeremy Moghtader, is leading farm efforts to increase the scale, scope, and impact of the Campus Farm.

With a broad mission “to serve the greater University of Michigan community through formal and informal educational opportunities and research related to the production of sustainable food,” the farm will remain a launchpad for educational opportunities for students while supporting the university’s sustainability goals and increasing partnership opportunities with the broader community food system.

And, thanks to initial funding from the Graham Sustainability Institute, students will use passive-solar hoophouses to grow spinach and greens for MDining through the winter, syncing production with the academic calendar year and increasing student engagement.

At the same time Moghtader was hired to expand the impact of the campus farm, Alex Bryan was brought on board as the Sustainable Food Program manager to help coordinate the many student groups on campus that are focused on food systems related topics.

“UMSFP’s mission “to foster collaborative leadership that empowers students to create a sustainable food system at the University of Michigan while becoming change agents for a vibrant planet,” is simply put, ambitious,” says Bryan “But, an academic minor in food and the environment, a graduate certificate in sustainable food systems, over 55 faculty and staff in the Sustainable Food Systems Initiative, 12 student group members of UMSFP, a campus farm, 12,000 meal plans, seven different dining halls offering pre- and post-consumer compost options, and a university-wide goal of purchasing 20% of food sustainably or locally, there is no shortage of ambition at the University of Michigan.”

Moghtader agrees “While it may not be the goal for all of the students in these programs to be farmers, hundreds of graduates each year will be entering a world equipped to be active participants in their local food economy, employing their diverse knowledge and skills to solve one of the most pressing issues of our time, the creation more sustainable food systems.”

Campus Farm food can be found at Argus Farm Stop year-round and at Student Food Co, a student run stand seeking to increase access of fresh food for students, during the academic year.

For more information, please visit umsfp.com

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Local Food & Farms of

WASHTENAW, JACKSON & LENAWEE COUNTIES Washtenaw, Jackson & Lenawee With nearly 4,000 farms and 700,000 acres of farmland, this

watershed, to open them for food growing. Later, immigrants

region has a strong agricultural history. The landforms and soil of

continued the region’s agricultural pursuits and helped solidify the

the area are well suited to farming. They were shaped by glaciers

area as a place of significance to the state’s agricultural production.

and encompass oak savannas to wet prairies, and sandy loam to

Today, the region is home to the University of Michigan’s

clay floodplains. Native Americans began the region’s relationship

Sustainable Food Program and nearly 30 certified organic farms.

with agriculture by burning uplands along the Huron River, a main

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Ann Arbor Farmers Market ! 734-794-6255 " a2gov.org/market # 315 Detroit St, Ann Arbor, MI 48104

Ann Arbor Seed Company " a2seeds.com $ eric@a2seeds.com # PO Box 3382, Ann Arbor, MI 48106

Golden Fleece Farm ! 734-475-7355 " goldenfleecefarm.com # 4608 Sylvan Rd, Grass Lake, MI 49240

Growing Hope ! 734-786-8401 " growinghope.net # 922 W Michigan Ave, Ypsilanti, MI 48197

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The Campus Farm ! 734-647-7600 " umsfp.com/index.php/campus-farm # 1800 N Dixboro Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48105

The Land Loom ! 231-313-8489 " thelandloom.com # 4400 Pontiac Trl, Ann Arbor Township, MI 48105

Tilian Farm Development Center ! 510-388-0948 " miffs.org # 4400 Pontiac Trl, Ann Arbor, MI 48105

Ypsilanti Farmers Markets ! 734-786-8401 " growinghope.net/farmers-markets/ypsilanti # 100 Rice St, Ypsilanti, MI 48198 # 16 S Washington St, Ypsilanti, MI 48197

PittsField Township Farmers Market ! 734-822-2121 " pittsfield-mi.gov/farmersmarket # 6201 W Michigan Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48108

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Zilke Vegetable Farm & Roadside Stand

Cultivate Coffee and Tap House ! 734-249-8993 " cultivateypsi.org # 307 N River St, Ypsilanti, MI 48198

Grange Kitchen and Bar ! 734-995-2107 " grangekitchenandbar.com # 118 W Liberty, Ann Arbor, MI 48104

Miss Kim ! 734-275-0099 " misskimannarbor.com # 415 N 5th Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48104

Zingerman’s Delicatessen ! 734-663-3354 " zingermansdeli.com # 422 Detroit St, Ann Arbor, MI 48104

Zingerman’s Roadhouse ! 734-663-3663 " zingermansroadhouse.com # 2501 Jackson Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48103

! 734-260-2324 " zilkevegetablefarm.com # 12491 Carpenter Rd, Milan, MI 48160

Slow Farm ! 734-277-1017 " slowfarmandfriends.com # 4700 Whitmore Lake Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48105

Tantre Farm ! 734-475-4323 " tantrefarm.com # 2510 Hayes Rd, Chelsea, MI 48118

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Argus Farm Stop ! 734-213-2200 " argusfarmstop.com # 325 W Liberty, Ann Arbor, MI 48103

Argus Farm Stop " argusfarmstop.com # 1200 Packard, Ann Arbor, MI 48104

Busch’s Fresh Food Market - Ann Arbor ! 734-994-7200 " buschs.com # 2020 Green Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48105

Busch’s Fresh Food Market - Ann Arbor ! 734-998-2666 " buschs.com # 2240 S Main St, Ann Arbor, MI 48103

Busch’s Fresh Food Market - Clinton ! 517-456-1100 " buschs.com # 1950 W Michigan Ave, Clinton, MI 49236

Busch’s Fresh Food Market - Dexter ! 734-426-9600 " buschs.com # 7080 Dexter - Ann Arbor Rd, Dexter, MI 48130

Busch’s Fresh Food Market - Saline ! 734-429-6100 " buschs.com # 565 E Michigan Ave, Saline, MI 48176

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People’s Food Co-op ! 734-994-9174 " peoplesfood.coop # 216 N Fourth Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48104

Washtenaw Food Hub ! 734-385-6748 " washtenawfoodhub.com # 4175 Whitmore Lake Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48105

Ypsilanti Food Co-op and Bakery ! 734-483-1354 " ypsifoodcoop.org # 312 N River St, Ypsilanti, MI 48198

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Locavorious ! 734-276-5945 " locavorious.com # 4175 Whitmore Lake Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48105

The Brinery ! 734-780-7140 " thebrinery.com # 4175 Whitmore Lake Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48105

Zingerman’s Bakehouse ! 734-761-2095 " zingermansbakehouse.com # 3711 Plaza Dr, Ann Arbor, MI 48108

Zingerman’s Bakehouse ! 734-761-2095 " zingermansbakehouse.com # 3711 Plaza Dr, Ann Arbor, MI 48108

Zilke Vegetable Farm & Roadside Stand ! 734-260-2324 " zilkevegetablefarm.com # 12491 Carpenter Rd, Milan, MI 48160

Zingerman’s Creamery ! 734-929-0500 " zingermanscreamery.com # 3723 Plaza Dr #2, Ann Arbor, MI 48108

Zingerman’s Delicatessen ! 734-663-3354 " zingermansdeli.com # 422 Detroit St, Ann Arbor, MI 48104

Busch’s Fresh Food Market - Tecumseh ! 517-424-110 " buschs.com # 1450 W Chicago Blvd, Tecumseh, MI 49286

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More Local Food & Farming Partners 4Gen Farms ! 734-431-7641

Eat Ideas Farm ! 734-678-8523

Kniffen Family Farms ! 517-605-6930

Sand Hill Apiaries ! 651-428-0543

Abby’s Acres, LLC ! 917-837-0975

Emma Acres ! 316-978-0206

Lesser Farm ! 734-426-8009

Sanger Farms ! 734-433-1869

Alber Orchard ! 734-428-9310

Ernst Farms ! 734-662-8085

Linder Farms ! 734-426-5463

Seeley Farm ! 734-358-3721

Back 40 Bee Farm ! 734-428-9867

Family Circle Centennial Farms ! 734-476-6719

Lippert Farm ! 734-502-4698

Sodt’s Berry Farm ! 517-782-8933

Black Pearl Gardens ! 734-222-0400

Firesign Family Farm ! 734-449-0247

Makielski Berry Farm ! 734-429-9355

Songbird Farm ! 248-667-2992

Blue Egg Farm ! 517-522-5375

Fluffy Bottom Farms ! 734-548-0234

Manchester Farmers Market ! 734-428-7872

Steinhauser Farms ! 734-330-9138

Brines Farm, LLC ! 734-926-5463

Ford Farms Beef ! 517-402-3395

Milan Farmers and Artisan Market ! 734-478-8252

Stockbridge Farmers Market ! 517-851-7437

Carpenter Farms ! 517-610-8760

Frog Holler Organic Farm ! 517-592-8017

Nature & Nurture Seeds ! 734-929-0802

Sunseed Farm ! 734-224-4228

Chelsea & Bushel Basket Farmers Markets ! 616-734-9123

Frosty Apple Orchard ! 734-426-2863

Needle-Lane Farms ! 517-263-5912

Sweet Seasons Orchards ! 517-524-8535

Clinton Farmers Market ! 517-945-3886

Fusilier Family Farms ! 734-320-6062

Nemeth Orchard ! 734-485-8518

Two Track Acres ! 616-734-9123

Cobblestone Farm Market ! 734-531-7604

Garno Farm Poultry ! 734-927-6951

Nightshade Farm Industries ! 510-388-0948

Vestergaard Farms ! 734-604-4168

Community Farm of Ann Arbor ! 734-433-0261

Get Down Farm ! 347-422-6027

Old Pine Farm $ oldpinefarm123@yahoo.com

Wasem Fruit Farm ! 734-482-2342

Delicious Diversity ! 734-255-5957

Graciem Organics ! 734-663-9129

Plymouth Orchard and Cider Mill ! 734-455-2290

White Lotus Farms ! 734-707-1284

Dexter Blueberry Farm ! 734-426-2900

Green Things Farm ! 734-531-7601

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Whitney Farmstead ! 734-717-9188

Dexter Cider Mill ! 734-426-8531

H & H Sugarbush ! 734-323-5378

Pregitzer Farm Market ! 517-240-4600

Dexter Farmers Market ! 734-426-8303

Hand Sown Farm ! 734-718-5506

Pregitzer Farm Market ! 517-240-4600

Dixboro Farmers Market ! 734-707-1607

Harnois Farm ! 734-645-0300

Radicle Roots Community Farm ! 734-489-4119

Donahee Farms ! 734-459-0655

Hickory Oak Farm ! 734-680-6551

Restless Roots Farm ! 814-207-5860

Dragonwood Farm ! 734-546-6596

Honest Eats Farm, LLC ! 734-678-7130

Ruhlig’s Produce ! 734-426-2454

Dyer Family Organic Farm ! 734-649-1654

Huling Family Farm ! 734-904-1433

Saline Farmers Market ! 734 564-4693

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U-Pick Farms INGHAM COUNTY Balzer Blueberries Clearview Orchards Diederich’s Berry & Produce Farm Gruber’s Farm Lechleitner Blueberry Farm Swallowtail Farm

JACKSON COUNTY Bob’s Blueberries Clare Limerick Alpaca & Produce Farm Hearthstone Farm Market Pregitzer Farm Market Terrell Family Farm Toth Brothers Blueberry Patch

LENAWEE COUNTY Gust Brothers’ Pumpkin Farm Hide Away Orchard Kapnick Orchards Keeney Orchards

LIVINGSTON COUNTY Degroot’s Strawberries Destiny Farm Hazen’s Farm Lafever Chestnuts Rainbow’s End Farm Spicer Orchards Stone Coop Farm

OAKLAND COUNTY Ashton Orchards Cider Mill Beckwith’s Berries & Blooms Diehl’s Orchard & Cider Mill Erwin Orchards Franklin Cider Mill Goodson Cider Mill Long Family Orchard, Farm & Cider Mill Michigan Flower Farm Middleton Berry Farm Paint Creed Cider Mill Rochester Cider Mill Yates Cider Mill

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MACOMB COUNTY Blake Farms Hy’s Cider Mill Middleton Farms Cider Mill Miller’s Big Red Greenhouses & Cider Mill Stony Creek Orchard & Cider Mill Van Houtte Farm Market Verellen Orchards Westview Orchard & Adventure Farm

MONROE COUNTY Bennett’s Orchard Charter Farm Produce Erie Orchards Cider Gaskell Family Farm Blueberries Whittakers Berry Farm

WASHTENAW COUNTY Abby’s Acres Alber Orchard & Cider Mill Berry Hill Farm Coleman’s Farms & Corn Maze Dancer Farms Denny’s Pumpkins Dexter Blueberry Farm Dexter Cider Mill Donahee Farms Eddie’s Blueberry Patch Frosty Apple Lesser Farms & Orchards Lutz Orchard Makielski’s Berry Farm Rowe’s Produce Farm Slow Farm Tantre Farm Wasem Fruit Farm

WAYNE COUNTY Apple Charlie’s Bird’s Big Punk’ns Obstbaum Orchards Parmenter’s Northville Cider Mill Plymouth Orchards Sandy Acres Blueberry Farm

Health Spotlight

Good Mood Food

Eating for Better Mental Health

by Kelly Wilson, RD

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he food we eat has a strong influence on how our gut and brain communicate and healthy food choices have been linked to improved moods. For better mental health, focus on these key points:

Real, Whole Food.

Pasture-Raised Animal Proteins are higher in anti-inflammatory omega-3 fatty acids that have been linked to lower depressive symptoms. You can find local sources using our “Find Food & Farms” database.

Ample Healthy Fats Healthy fats in nuts and seeds, avocado, olive oil, coconut oil, ghee (clarified butter), omega-3 fatty acids from wild caught fish (salmon, sardines, anchovies), and flax seed can all reduce inflammation, which is linked to depression, and help cells signal properly.

Eat the Rainbow No, not Skittles. Vegetables! Choose a variety of colorful vegetables daily for protective antioxidants and phytonutrients. When possible, choose vegetables raised without the use of synthetic chemicals. Find local sources at localdifference.org.

Did you know that we have two brains (one in our head, and one in our gut!)? Or, that these two brains “talk” to each other? Our brains and guts are closely connected to each other via the vagus nerve. This nerve runs from our brain stem to our abdomen and allows for twoway communication between the brain and the gut. The vagus nerve is the primary mode of communication gut bacteria use to send chemical signals (and inflammatory markers) to the brain. The brain uses the vagus nerve to also send chemical, hormonal, and inflammatory signals to the nerves in the digestive system.

The impacts of this gut-brain communication might be familiar to you: butterflies in your stomach before a big event, uncomfortable gut feelings during times of stress or anxiety, mood changes, and more.

Sugar, Sugar Added sugar from processed foods can lead to inflammation, overgrowth of mood-depressing bacteria, and blood-sugar roller coasters (ever been “hangry”?). Limit added sugars to reduce inflammation and stabilize your blood sugar and mood.

Gut Feelings Our gut is our second brain. About 90 percent of our serotonin—a feel-good brain chemical—is created here. Intricate neuronal networks, influenced by gut bacteria, send signals to our brains. Keep your digestive tract full of healthy, mood-boosting bacteria, by consuming traditionally fermented foods such as kombucha and sauerkraut and taking a high-quality probiotic.

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r o C f o e m ops Ti Contributed by Ypsilanti Food Co-op, East Lansing Food Co-op, and Peoples Food Co-op Ann Arbor

Food choices carry broader political implications than who you vote for. Every forkful of food is a ballot cast for a network of producers, suppliers, and, lest we forget, ourselves. After all, you are what you eat.

Here is where the food co-ops of today come in. From food to renewable energy, the co-op model serves as both durable framework and fluid conduit for innovative ideas aimed at empowering local communities. They are the embodiment of direct action.

Cooperatives are effective because business decisions are made by the people who receive co-op services and purchase coop products. This is democratic governance in its most essential form: of the people, for the people. The concept is closely coupled with the concept of local. Think about “local” as the places you go everyday. It’s all about the butcher, the baker, and you. It’s the people you meet in your neighborhood.

You have a voice in your home and among your circle of friends. But how much influence do you have over what large, corporate, big-box stores offer for the three-a-day ritual we call eating?

When you shop co-ops, your voice is amplified. Food Co-op’s partner with local farms to supply produce. The products are grown locally, and the transportation is typically farm-to-shelf direct. It’s the way a food system should work; small family farms growing

good healthy food in ways that work with nature. Your dollars directly supporting your neighbors. Your voice getting heard.

You see, co-ops invite us to think beyond ourselves, beyond our ego. It gets us thinking about us instead of just I. Co-ops are an antidote to the smallness you feel in the face of multinational corporations and seemingly intractable problems like global warming. You might be measuring your progress bite by bite; but you’ll be one more mark on the right side of humanity.

When you shop co-ops, your voice is amplified.

If you’re reading this magazine you might already do plenty.

Donations to the Sierra Club—check. Joined the women’s march at the State Capitol—check. Blog for BLM, raise backyard chickens and do yoga three times a week—check, check and om check. I know the options for participation are limitless. That’s a good thing.

But I’m not asking you to do everything. I’m just asking you to do one thing: join your local co-op.

The People’s Food Co-op The People’s Food Co-op of Ann Arbor, founded in 1971, is the pioneering natural-foods grocery store in the area, carrying a full-range of groceries, produce, kitchen, bakery and holistic health products. The Co-op and Café Verde (the café extension) buys extensively from local and regional businesses, and emphasizes organic and sustainable. They have one of the most extensive herb sections in the bio-region.

As a co-operative model, they base their approach on the International Co-operative Alliance’s 7 Principles. This is what defines the difference in the co-operative and other local grocers and cafes.

The PFC is the original “hub of the hip”, long before local, organic, sustainable, fair-trade and eco-friendly were even known terms. It is a people-powered grassroots organization carrying a torch on a rapidly changing planet. For over 45 years they’ve offered community support and partnership in a non-stop stream of classes, speakers, music, art, and events, along with the healthy food and conscious drinks.

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EAST Lansing Food Co-Op Our Mission is to contribute to our community’s vitality by re-connecting people to their food systems, through a collectively managed, cooperative organization that transforms society by: providing affordable healthy foods, supporting local producers, gathering community, educating eaters, practicing sustainability, and supporting cooperative principles.

ELFCO was founded in 1976 by MSU students, originally called “Foods of Our Desire”. After years of declining sales and the kicker of Whole Foods moving close by, ELFCO closed its storefront in January 2017. ELFCO currently has 2,463 owners. The projected sale of the storefront is in mid-May. Board, Owners and Staff are actively working on a business plan to relocate to a food desert area of Lansing. Some exciting possibilities for the new location have been discussed, such as: greater local food offerings, cafe services, community gathering space, education opportunities, and local investing.

Ypsilanti Food Co-op The present Ypsilanti Food Cooperative was started as a bag coop in the early 1970s by community members frustrated with the lack of affordable, fresh, unprocessed foods, available in the community. In 1975, members of the bag co-op formed a not-for-profit corporation and the beginnings of the present day Ypsilanti Food Co-op was born.

Today, the Ypsilanti Food Cooperative still operates as a non-profit and “strives to provide [the] community with high-quality food and consumer goods, which are produced using ecologically-sound methods, and which promote sustainability of our environment and respect for the health and well-being of the people that provide them. The Ypsilanti Food Cooperative is committed to practicing cooperative economics and educating the community about the relationship between food and health.” The Ypsilanti Food Cooperative’s vibrant storefront in the Millworks building on River Street in Depot Town also houses an on-site, co-op bakery. The bakery features pastries and organic, hand-shaped sourdough breads crafted from locally grown flours. The bread’s rich flavors can be credited to terroir: the Michigan-grown flours and the fermentation with the unique Ypsi-specific cultures. This terroir is an ultimate expression of the nuances of local food.

With every grocer wanting a piece of the natural and local and organic food market, food co-ops continue to be relevant. They are the conscience of what organic foods are and can be, and work to be vigilant about who is controlling what in our food systems. The food system of today, while not perfect, would not be what it is without people who cared more about food for people, than profits!

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Community Spotlight

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by Terry McClean, edible flint & Erin Caudell, The Local Grocer

he local food movement in Flint has been underway for numerous years now, capitalizing on local strengths: available land, knowledge and demand for healthy food and local food advocates in the community who have taken action while the conventional food system struggled to fill in the gaps. Given the income and health realities already present in Flint and Genesee County they have been made worse by the lead in the water crisis. Organizations have collaborated to give Flint residents better access to healthy, fresh foods.

Through edible flint and aligned organizations like the Flint Farmers’ Market (a leader in utilizing innovative food assistance programs), the Community Foundation of Greater Flint, the Flint YMCA, the Genesee Conservation District, the Neighborhood Engagement Hub, and the Local Grocer, along with area growers (some of which offer Community Supported Agriculture CSA programs), access to healthy food, a key component of nurturing a healthy, productive community, has been increased.

Through funds that were raised in response to the water crisis, a Flint Fresh Mobile Market is offering a way for Flint’s residents to access healthy foods in underserved neighborhoods with transportation challenges. This mobile market provides a small, nimble and adaptive option with the ability to work around the limitations of a traditional retail operation, and was planned with a community participatory mapping exercise to define the areas of the city in highest need for increased access to healthy, lead mitigating foods. A plan is being developed to establish a food hub aggregation space to bring together products from multiple producers to generate the volume required to cost-effectively sell to customers and potentially to businesses is underway.

It will allow for the development of a Veggie Box program, a subscriber-based produce delivery program aimed at ensuring that more Flint residents have access to fresh food, and that growers moving product have access to new markets and sources of revenue. The income stream developed by this subscriber-based model will support the long-term sustainability of the project by supporting more local growers.

For more info: www.edibleflint.org www.flintfresh.com

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hat difference can a 10-cent state incentive for schools to buy Michigan produce make for kids’ lunches and local economies?

The verdict is in for many school food advocates watching a state pilot project called 10 Cents a Meal for School Kids & Farms.

“I am excited about the prospect of 10 Cents a Meal helping kids across the state and right here in Detroit.” said Betti Wiggins, until recently the food service director for Detroit Public Schools. “This is how we change the food system and get local food to our children.”

This is how we change the food system and get local food to our children The pilot provides match state funding for the 2016-2017 school year to 16 grant-winning districts in west and northwest Lower Michigan. The results, according to a mid-year state report: 49 different Michigan-grown fruits, vegetables and dry

beans served to kids and sales for 86 different farms in 28 counties.

“We need to promote our state and its bounty,” said pilot participant Colleen Johnson, food service director for Muskegon Area and Muskegon Heights public schools.

“When we used Michigan apples rather than Washington apples our consumption went up 60 percent. They like them because they taste good.”

For some children, it means experiencing flavors for the first time in their lives. “‘What is this?’” Johnson recalled a student asking. “‘Well, it is a peach.’ “Then they bite it and smell it and their faces light up.”

Amanda Maria Edmonds, Ypsilanti mayor and executive director of the Ypsilanti nonprofit Growing Hope, hopes the pilot will garner attention around the state.

“Growing Hope has strongly endorsed 10 Cents a Meal, an important win-win program benefitting Michigan farmers and Michigan kids,” she said. “As a state we should be taking every opportunity to scale impactful, tested programs like this that benefit the health and economic viability of our families, communities and state. Every kid in Michigan deserves the chance to be eating healthy, local food at school.”

by Diane Conners, Groundwork Center

More information is available at: www.TenCentsMichigan.org

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Local Food & Farms of

INGHAM, LIVINGSTON, SHIAWASEE & GENESEE COUNTIES Ingham, Livingston, Shiawasee & Genesee With fertile soils and rolling hills it may not be well known that these

the world in applied research, education and outreach to develop

counties are home to the vineyards of Michigan’s Pioneer Wine Trail

regionally integrated, sustainable food systems.” This region is

− the only one of five named wine-making regions on the interior of

also home to Edible Flint, an organization dedicated to helping

the state. Better recognized in this region is the site of the original

Flint residents grow and access healthy food. Since 2009, they’ve

“State Agricultural College”: Michigan State University. Still a center

supported 826 food gardens (78 of which are community gardens).

for agricultural research and the state extension service, MSU now

With this work, and that of many others, the Flint food system is

leads the coordination of Michigan’s Good Food Charter and is

rapidly growing to include many new urban farmers, Michigan

home to the Center for Regional Food Systems (CRFS). CRFS has

focused retail options, vibrant farmers markets, and a delicious

a mission “to engage the people of Michigan, the United States and

restaurant scene.

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Allen Farmers Market ! 517-999-3911 " allenneighborhoodcenter.org/food/market # 1611 E Kalamazoo St, Lansing, MI 48912

Fenton Farmers Market ! 810-714-2011 " mifma.org/farmers-markets/fenton-farmers-market # 150 S Leroy St, Fenton, MI 48430

Grazing Fields / Farmer’s Egg Cooperative ! 517-231-2240 " grazingfields.org # 1300 Mt Hope Hwy, Charlotte, MI 48813

Hillcrest Farms ! 517-455-6580 # 5858 Hillcrest Dr, Eaton Rapids, MI 48827

Hunter Park Gardenhouse ! 517-999-3910 " allenneighborhoodcenter.org/gardenhouse # 1400 E Kalamazoo St, Lansing, MI 48912

MIFFS WIA Farm ! 810-606-6270 " miffs.org/wia_farm_development_center # 1 Genesys Pkwy, Grand Blanc, MI 48439

MSU Student Organic Farm

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! 517-230-7987 " msuorganicfarm.org # 3291 College Rd, Holt, MI 48842

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Stone Coop Farm

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! 810-599-2616 " stonecoopfarm.com # 9615 Musch Rd, Brighton, MI 48116

Stone E River Ranch

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! 517-575-3258 $ stoneeriverranch@hotmail.com # 12656 S Grange Rd, Eagle, MI 48822

Swallowtail Farm

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! 517-980-6634 " swallowtailfarm.net # 1633 Hagadorn Rd, Mason, MI 48854

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Ellison Brewery + Spirits ! 517-203-5498 " ellisonbrewing.com # 4903 Dawn Ave, East Lansing, MI 48823

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Flint Crepe Company ! 810-336-3308 " flintcrepe.com # 555 S Saginaw St, Flint, MI 48502

Red Haven Farm to Table Restaurant ! 517-679-6309 " eatredhaven.com # 4480 S Hagadorn Rd, Okemos, MI 48864

Trillium Wood Farm ! 517-655-4555 " trilliumwoodfarm.com # 1585 Frost Rd, Williamston, MI 48895

Flint Fresh Mobile Market ! 810-620-1902 " flintfresh.com/pages/mobile-market % @FlintFreshMobileMarket

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Allen Neighborhood Center Exchange

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! 517-999-3923 " allenneighborhoodcenter.org/exchange # 1611 E Kalamazoo, Lansing, MI 48912

Busch’s Fresh Food Market - Brighton

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! 810-229-0317 " buschs.com # 9870 E Grand River Ave, Brighton, MI 48116

Busch’s Fresh Food Market - Pinckney

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! 734-878-7500 " buschs.com # 1277 E M-36, Pinckney, MI 51001

Foods for Living ! 517-324-9010 # 2655 E Grand River Ave, East Lansing, MI 48823

The Local Grocer

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Tongue Huggers, LLC ! 734-717-8908 " tonguehuggers.com # 1629 E Kalamazoo St, Lansing, MI 48912

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! 810-285-9900 # 601 Martin L King Ave, Flint, MI 48502

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The Old Town General Store ! 517-487-6847 " oldtown-generalstore.com # 408 E Grand River Ave, Lansing, MI 48906

Want to know more? Get details on these food & farming partners > localdifference.org

More Local Food & Farming Partners Almar Orchards ! 810-659-6568

Flint Farmers Market ! 810-232-1399

Michigan Garlic Farm ! 810-923-7605

Bailey GREENhouse & Urban Farm ! 517-432-4944

Full Circle Organic Farms ! 517-719-0073

Motave Meadows Farm ! 734-786-1497

Bee Wise Farms ! 517-492-7474

Ganderponics Inc. ! 810-513-6728

Owosso Farmers Market ! 989-413-3728

Black Oak Farm ! 517-256-0974

Gruber’s Farm ! 517-655-2901

Owosso Organics ! 989-494-8247

Brighton Farmers Market ! 810-955-1471

Half Barn Farm ! 517-604-1899

Red House Ranch ! 810-516-0283

Capital Village Trade Cooperative $ egypt.mapes@gmail.com

Happy Little Greens Farm ! 810-771-3694

Stone Hedge Farm ! 517-676-9271

CBI Giving Tree Farm ! 517-482-8885

Hickory Knoll Farms Creamery, LLC ! 517-712-0626

Tasty Acre Foods, LLC ! 810-814-6408

Chapman Family Farm ! 517-525-3359

Holt Farmers Market " holtfarmersmarket.org

Thread Creek Farm ! 810-694-4355

Clearview Orchards ! 517-655-1454

Howell’s Sunday Farmers Market ! 517-546-3920

Titus Farms ! 517-910-3002

Diederich’s Berry & Produce Farm ! 517-521-4667

Kern Road Farm ! 517-223-1849

Todosciuk Farms & Greenhouses, LLC ! 517-546-0743

East Lansing Farmers Market ! 517-319-6888

Laetus Pullus Farms $ katystone1@mac.com

Urbandale Farm ! 517-999-3916

Elemental Foods ! 248-854-9704

Lansing Roots Farm ! 517-853-7813

Williamston Farmers Market ! 517-719-6193

Farmers Market at Genesys Athletic Club ! 810-606-5105

Linden Farmers Market ! 810-714-2011

Zumo Eco Farm ! 517-488-7144

Ferris Organic Farm ! 517-628-2506

Meridian Township Farmers Market ! 517-853-4600

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Community Spotlight

Lansing’s

Allen Neighborhood Center

by Rita O'Brien, Allen Neighborhood Center

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very Wednesday afternoon throughout the summer, the parking lot at Lansing’s Allen Neighborhood Center becomes a bustling center for food and commerce—with all the weekly farmers market vendors and visitors.

Established in 1999, Allen Neighborhood Center (ANC) has become a staple of Lansing’s Eastside, providing programs tailored to support and promote the viable, connected, and diverse neighborhood.

Signature projects include the Allen Farmers Market, launched in 2004 and the first in the state to accept SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or Bridge Cards), which has since expanded into a year-round farmers market drawing a weekly average

of 200 visitors in the winter, and 650 visitors in the summer. Another ANC project, the Hunter Park GardenHouse, opened in 2008 and offers garden & farm education through an extensive variety of monthly workshops, youth programs for ages 5-17 engaging in community service projects focused on food access, and a year-round CSA program that offers flexible payment options for those who typically may not be able to afford membership.

The Allen Market Place, ANC’s newest project, is the site in which ANC staff promote, aggregate, and distribute local food from farms within 50 miles of Lansing. Distribution takes place through the Exchange and the Veggie Box program, a multi-farm

CSA program that offers weekly delivery of fresh, locally grown and produced foods to Lansing-area workplaces. Within the Allen Market Place, two commercial kitchen spaces and dry and cold food storage options provide licensed space for the current 20 (and growing) incubator tenants to create value-added food products.

Just as a simple parking lot is transformed by the community farmers market, ANC uses food to create community; connecting neighbors, farmers, and workplaces all across Lansing’s Eastside.

Learn more at: www.allenneighborhoodcenter.org

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by Dru Montri, MIFMA Executive Director

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he Michigan Farmers Market Association (MIFMA) is celebrating its 10th Birthday in 2017! The organization has grown remarkably over the last decade, advancing farmers markets to create a thriving marketplace for local food and farm products.

MIFMA represents over 500 members, including more than 140 farmers markets and 220 farmers and food and agriculture-based businesses that sell at farmers markets.

Thanks to MIFMA’s leadership, the past 10 years are marked with many accomplishments for the farmers market and local food community. The organization has helped propel Michigan to become a national leader in accepting Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Bridge Cards at farmers markets, creating a path for vulnerable families to access more nutritious foods. This past March, MIFMA continued to professionalize the role of market managers by certifying 36 in Michigan and 17 in Indiana through its Market Manager Certificate Program, which was the first of its kind in the nation. This cohort grew the number of certified market managers from 186 to 239 since the program’s inception in 2011.

In 2017, MIFMA will also celebrate the six years that it has worked with partners to manage Hoophouses for Health, a program that provides farmers with new hoophouses through zero-interest, fiveyear loan that they pay back in produce to vulnerable families at farmers markets and through farm to school programs.

Looking to the future, MIFMA will continue to seek ways to engage stakeholders in the development of opportunities to advance farmers markets in Michigan. One way that MIFMA does this is through strategic partnerships with like-minded organizations, like Taste the Local Difference. MIFMA believes that by working with other organizations, it can maximize benefits and opportunities for its members across the state. To learn more about this partnership between TLD & MIFMA, visit localdifference.org/mifma

Be a part of the future impact of local food in Michigan, become a member at www.mifma.org

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Community

Farmers Markets Payment Options ○ SNAP ○ Double Up Food Bucks ○ Senior Project FRESH/Market FRESH ○ WIC Project FRESH ○ Hoophouses for Health ○ Prescription for Health

GENESEE COUNTY City of Grand Blanc Farmers Market May–Oct: SU (10 AM–3 PM) ○ ○ ○ ○ ○

Williamston Farmers Market May–Oct: Su (10 AM–2 PM) ○ ○ ○ ○

Clarkston Area Farmers Market June–Oct: Sa (9 AM–1 PM)

JACKSON COUNTY

Clawson Farmers Market May–Sep: Su (9 AM–1 PM)

Friends of Walker Tavern Farmers Market May–Oct: Su (10 AM–2 PM) Grass Lake Farmers Market May–Oct: W (4 –7 PM) Grand River Farmers Market Downtown Jackson May–Oct: Tu, F, Sa (8 AM–1 PM) ○ ○ ○ ○

Davidson Farmers Market Year Round: T, TH, S (8 AM–6 PM)

Green Market at Allegiance Health Jan–Dec: Th (9 AM–2 PM) ○ ○ ○ (○ Jun–Oct), Allegiance Hospital ID+

Fenton Farmers Market Jun–Sept: TH (5 PM–8 PM) ○ ○

LENAWEE COUNTY

Flint Farmers Market Year Round–T, TH (9 AM–6 PM), S (8 AM–5 PM) ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Genesys Farmers Market Jul–Sep: M (3 PM–6 PM) Linden Farmers Market Jul– Aug: W (5 PM–8 PM) ○ ○

INGHAM COUNTY Allen Farmers Market May–Oct: W (2:30 PM–7 PM) ○ ○ ○ ○ East Lansing Farmers Market June–Oct: Su (10 AM–2 PM) ○ ○ Holt Farmers Market Jan–Dec: Sa (9 AM–2 PM) ○ ○ ○ ○ Lansing City Market Jan–Dec: Tue–Fri (10 AM–6 PM & Sat (9 AM–5 PM) ○○○○ Mason Area Farmers Market Jul–Oct: Sa (9 AM–1 PM) Meridian Township Farmers Market May–Oct: W, Sa (8 AM–2 PM) ○ ○ ○ ○ Open Air Market of Stockbridge May–Oct: F (4–7 PM) South Lansing Farmers Market June–Oct: Th (3–7 PM) ○ ○ ○ ○

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The beautiful community markets throughout small towns & cities where farmers sell fresh produce direct to consumers & specialty producers vend their locally made goods.

Downtown Rochester Farmers Market May–Oct: Sa (8 AM–1 PM) ○ ○ ○ ○ Farmington Farmers & Artisans Market May–Nov: Sa (9 AM–2 PM) Hazel Park Growers & Makers Market June–Sep: Su (10 AM–2 PM) ○ ○ Huron Valley Farmers Market May–Oct: Sa (10 AM–2 PM) ○ ○

Adrian Farmers Market May–Oct: Sa (9 AM–1 PM ○ ○ ○ ○

Kensington Metropark Farmers Market June–Sep: F (9 AM–2 PM)

Clinton Farmers Market May–Oct: F (3–7 PM) ○

Lathrup Village Farmers Market May–Dec: W (2–7 PM) ○ ○ ○ ○

The Market on Evans (in Tecumseh) May–Oct: Sa (9 AM–1 PM)

Market on the Green (in Franklin) May–Oct: Su (11 AM–4 PM)

LIVINGSTON COUNTY

Milford Farmers Market May–Oct: Th (3 PM–8 PM) ○ ○

Brighton Farmers Market May–Sep: Sa (8 AM–1 PM) ○ Green Oak Farmers Market & Comm. Market May–Oct: Su (10 AM–3 PM) ○ ○ Fowlerville Farmers Market May–Oct: F (3–7 PM) ○ ○

Oakland County Market May–Dec: T, Th, Sa: (7 AM–1:30 PM) ○ ○ ○ ○ Novi All Seasons Market June–Oct: Sa (9 AM–2 PM)

Hartland Farmers Market May–Oct: Sa (9 AM–1 PM)

Royal Oak Farmers Market Jan–Dec: Sa (7 AM–1 PM) & May–Dec: F (7 AM–1 PM) ○ ○

Howell’s Sunday Farmers Market May–Oct: Su (9 AM–2 PM) ○ ○ ○

Royal Town Farmers Market (in Ferndale) May–Oct: Sa (10 AM–2 PM)

Pinckney Market in the Park May–Sep: Sa (10 AM–4 PM)

South Lyon Farmers & Artisan Market May–Oct: Sa (9 AM–2 PM) ○

OAKLAND COUNTY

Springfield Farmers Market June–Oct: Su (10 AM–2 PM) ○ ○ Wixom Farmers Market June–Aug: Th (3–8 PM)

Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak Farmers Market June–Oct: Th (8 AM–2 PM) ○ ○ ○ ○ Birmingham Farmers Market May–Oct: Su (9 AM–2 PM) City of Walled Lake Farmers Market May–Oct: W (7 AM–1 PM) ○

MACOMB COUNTY Dodge Park Farmers Market June–Oct: Th (3–8 PM) ○ ○

Mt. Clemens Farmers Market May–Nov: F (2 PM–6 PM) & Sa (7 AM–1 PM) ○○○○ Mount Clemens Downtown Farmers Market Jul–Sep: W (2–6 PM) ○ ○ ○ ○ New Baltimore Farmers Market June–Oct: Su (8 AM–1 PM) ○ ○ ○ ○ Shelby Farmers Market May–Oct: Sa (9 AM–2 PM) ○ ○ ○ Romeo Farmers Market May–Oct: Sa (9 AM–1 PM) ○ Warren Farmers Market May–Oct: Su (9 AM–2 PM) ○ ○ ○ ○

MONROE COUNTY Bedford Farmers Market May–Oct: Sa (8 AM–1 PM) ○ ○ ○ ○ Dundee Farmers Market May–Oct: Su (10 AM–3 PM) ○ ○ ○ ○

Dexter Farmers Market May–Oct: Sa (8 AM–1 PM) & Tu (2 PM–6 PM) ○ ○

Islandview Farmers Market June–Sep: W (4 PM–7 PM) ○ ○ ○ ○

Dixboro Farmers Market May–Oct: F (3–7 PM) ○ ○

Lincoln Park Farmers Market June–Oct: Su (11 AM–4 PM) ○ ○ ○ ○

Manchester Farmers Market May–Oct: Th (3:30–7 PM) ○ ○ ○ ○

Livonia Farmers Market June–Oct: Sa (8 AM–2 PM)

Milan Farmers & Artisan Market June–Oct: F (4–7 PM)

Meldrum Fresh Market May–Oct: Th (11 AM–2 PM) ○ ○ ○ ○

PittsField Charter Township Farmers Market June–Oct: Th (3–7 PM) ○ ○

Northville Farmers' Market May–Oct: Th (8 AM–3 PM)

Saline Farmers Market Outdoor: Sa (8 AM–12 PM) Indoor: Tu (3–7 PM), Winter: Sa (9 AM–12 PM) ○ ○ ○

Northwest Detroit Farmers' Market June–Oct: Th (4 PM–8 PM) ○ ○ ○ ○

Saline Farmers Market May–Oct: Sa (8 AM–12 PM) Downtown Saline June–Sept: Tu (3 PM–7 PM) Saline District Library Oct–Apr: Sa (9 AM–12 PM) Liberty School ○ ○ ○

Monroe Farmers Market Jan–Dec: Sa, Tu (7 AM–12 PM) ○ ○ ○ ○

Ypsilanti Farmers Markets May–Oct: Tu (3 PM–7 PM) Ypsilanti Farmers Mktplc May–Oct: Sa (9 AM–1 PM) Depot Town ○○○○○○

SHIAWASEE COUNTY

WAYNE COUNTY

Durand Union Station Farmers Market May–Oct: W (9 AM–3 PM)

Brightmoor Farmers Market June–Sep: F (4–7 PM) ○ ○

Laingsburg Farmer’s Market May–Oct: W (3 PM–7:30PM)

Brownstown Farmers Market June–Aug: Tu (12 PM–6 PM)

Bennington Township Farmers Market Jun–Oct: M (4 PM–7 PM)

Canton Farmers Market 48188 May–Oct: Su (9 AM–1 PM) ○ ○

Downtown Owosso Farmers Market May–Oct: Th (5:30PM–9:30PM) & S (8AM–1 PM) ○○○○

CHASS Mercado June–Oct: Th (9 AM–1 PM) ○ ○ ○

Owosso Original Farmer’s Market May– Oct: S (8 AM–1 PM) ○ ○ ○ ○

City of Melvindale DDA Farmers Market June–Oct: W (2 PM–6 PM) ○

WASHTENAW COUNTY

Corktown Farmers Market May–Oct: Th (4 PM–7 PM)

Ann Arbor Farmers Market May–Dec: W & Sa (7 AM–3 PM) Jan–April: Sa (8 AM–3 PM) ○ ○ ○ ○

Dearborn Farmers & Artisan Market 48124 May–Oct: Fr (9 AM–2 PM) ○ ○

Ann Arbor: Cobblestone Farm Market May–Oct: Tu (4–7 PM) ○ ○ ○ ○ Ann Arbor: St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor Jan–Dec: W (11 AM–1 PM) Ann Arbor: Westside Farmers Market June–Sep: Thu (3 PM–7 PM) ○ ○ ○ ○

Detroit Eastern Market Jan–Dec: Sa (6 AM–4 PM) Su (10 AM–4 PM) & June–Oct: Tu (9 AM–3 PM) ○ ○ ○ ○

Oakland Avenue Farmers Market June–Oct: Sa (11 AM–3:30 PM) ○ ○ ○ Peaches & Greens Jan–Dec: Tue–Fri (10 AM–6 PM) & Sa: (10 AM–2 PM) ○ ○ ○ ○ Plymouth Farmers Market May–Oct: Sa (7:30 AM–12:30 PM) Redford Township Market at the Marquee June–Oct: Su (10 AM–3 PM) Romulus Farmers Market June–Oct: W (12 PM–6 PM) Sowing Seeds Growing Futures Farmers Market June–Oct: Tu (3 PM–7 PM) ○ ○ ○ ○ Wayne Farmers Market May–Oct: W (3–7 PM) Wayne State University Farmers Market June–Oct: W (11 AM–4 PM) ○ ○ ○ ○ Westland Farmers & Artisan Market May–Oct: Th (3–7 PM) ○ ○ ○ ○ West Park Farmers Market June–Oct: W (10 AM–2 PM) & Sa (9 AM–1 PM) Windmill Farmers Market June–Oct: Sa (9 AM–3 PM) ○ Wyandotte Farmers Market June–Oct: Th (12–6:30 PM)

D–Town Farm Stand June–Sep: Sa (9 AM–12 PM) & Su (10 AM–12 PM)

Chelsea Bushel Basket Farmers Market May–Oct: W (2 PM–6 PM) ○ ○ ○ ○

Eastern Market Farm Stand June–Oct: Tue–Sat–Monthly pickup based on site location. See easternmarket.com for more information. ○ ○ ○ ○

Chelsea: Saturday Farmers Market May–Oct: Sa (8 AM–12 PM) ○ ○ ○

Grosse Pointe Woods Farmers Market June–Oct: Su (10 AM –2 PM) ○ ○

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by Nina Ignaczak

It’s early morning at Calder Dairy and Farm in Carleton, Michigan.

Workers begin arriving, and the cows begin the first of their twice-daily journey to the milking parlor. As the sun rises higher in the sky, the farm wakes up with the sounds of tractors putting down fresh feed and straw for mattresses in the barns.

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“It’s kind of a magical time of day

because it’s still peaceful,” says Nicki Noble, the farms’ general manager for the past 24 years. “As the cows get milked they gradually trail back to their barns. Right now it’s spring, so we can finally go out to pasture.”

Noble speaks with a trace of an Irish brogue left over from her upbringing in Wexford, Ireland, where her father managed a creamery. The rhythms of the farm are in her blood, and she says there’s nowhere else she’d rather be.

Calder Dairy began in 1946 as a family farm, as it remains to this day. It’s thriving in a time when low commodity milk prices are driving many dairy farmers to pursue other avenues. Noble attributes that success to Calder’s unique business model, which focuses on producing a quality, premium product with an old-fashioned flair.

“We’re in a slightly different league as the average dairy farmer who sells his milk on the market,” says Noble. Calder operates its own processing and bottling plant using glass bottles, and the farm also operates a country store with tours and a creamery in Lincoln Park. A brand-new new creamery is set to open in Flat Rock this summer. And Calder’s old-fashioned milk delivery service, available in Monroe, Wayne, Washtenaw and southern Oakland counties, is very popular. “We were local before it was fashionable to be local,” she adds.

Another reason Calder stands out, says Noble, is the fact that it is open to the public.

Come on down and visit our farm, Come see who we are “I think that’s a big difference. There’s not many dairies that can say, ‘Come on down and visit our farm. Come see who we are’,” she says. “I think people like to come and see the girls, and go, ‘Oh wow, the milk we drank this morning maybe came from that very cow we’re petting right now’.”

Noble believes having the farm open to the visitors is vitally important because it “bridges that expanding gap that exists between farming and your average suburban family.”

“I think back to maybe a generation or so ago; everybody had an uncle, a grandfather, someone who had a farm,” she says. “You’d go to the farm in the summer, and you’d help out with hay one day, and that would make a huge impression on you. People don’t have that opportunity anymore, and that’s what we’re hoping Calder can do. You buy our milk, you come down and see the cows, you can just have a peaceful afternoon with ice cream cones. It’s a low-key family outing, which I think is very valuable.”

Photos: Jacob Lewkow

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r e H d o n n e v La S Y R U P ey Melissa Hess, Flint Crepe Company

INGREDIENTS

2 cups cane sugar 1 Tablespoon vanilla extract 3 Tablespoons dried lavender buds 2 cracks sea salt 1.5 quarts (6 cups) water 1/2 cup honey

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DIRECTIONS

Combine all ingredients in a small pot and bring to a boil.

Once boiling, reduce heat and simmer for 15 minutes.

Remove from heat, stir in honey. Let cool and strain.

Store in glass jars and refrigerate for up to two months

Community Spotlight

Detroit Farm Cooperative Six Years of

By Alice Bagley, Fields of Plenty & City Commons CSA

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ity Commons CSA (community supported agriculture) is a farmer-owned Cooperative comprised of six Detroit farms. After supplying more than 10,000 lbs of Detroit-grown produce to more than 60 households in 2016, the farm cooperative added its sixth Detroit farm this season. This has expanded the group’s capacity and allowed them to offer an additional 40 produce shares. City Commons CSA’s newest addition, Occupy Yourself, joins Food Field, Buffalo Street Farm, Iroquois Ave Farm, Singing Tree Garden, and Fields of Plenty as members of the cooperative.

All farmers in the City Commons collective use organic growing practices— which means that no synthetic pesticides, herbicides or fertilizers are used—and make produce available to share members just hours after harvest. All soil at City Commons growing sites has been tested and determined to be free of contaminants.

Customers in City Commons CSA receive a share of Detroit-grown produce every week throughout the growing season (June through October). There are five pick up sites scattered throughout the city, as well as an option for downtown and other businesses to get free delivery if enough of their employees sign up.

City Commons not only provides access to fresh food, it is dedicated to growing Detroit’s local economy and neighborhoods through responsible land use. The cooperative joins a growing movement of urban growers in Detroit.

To learn more or sign up: www.CityCommonsCSA.com

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Local Food & Farms of

OAKLAND, MACOMB, WAYNE & MONROE COUNTIES Oakland, Macomb, Wayne & Monroe Long before the auto industry, the keystone of the Detroit area

fruit, sugar beet, and bean production. Today, Detroit is a world leader

economy was agriculture. Home first to Native American settlements

in urban agriculture. The strong wave of revitalization and renewal in

and then long, narrow French “ribbon farms” along the river, Detroit

Detroit is thanks in large part to the energy and creativity coming from

is also the origin of one of the nation’s first and most innovative seed

more than 1,400 community gardens, urban farms, and the economic

companies, the D.W. Ferry Seed Company, started in the late 1800s.

development and “food innovation district” created by the Eastern

As European settlement began, the region became known for wheat,

Market, one of the oldest public markets in the country.

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Birmingham Farmers Market ! 248-530-1812 " birminghamfarmersmarket.org # 660 N Old Woodward, Birmingham, MI 48009

Calder Farm & Dairy ! 734-654-2622 (FARM) 313-381-8858 (DAIRY) " calderdairy.com # 9334 Finzel Rd, Carleton, MI 48117

City Commons CSA ! 509-540-2769 " citycommonscsa.com # Rosa Parks Blvd and Lawrence, Detroit, MI 48206

Clawson Farmers Market ! 248-259-6208 # 1080 N Custer Ave, Clawson, MI 48017

Cold Frame Farm, LLC ! 810-602-9580 # 72200 Campground Rd, Romeo, MI 48065

Dodge Park Farmers Market ! 586-446-2700 " sterling-heights.net/1236/Dodge-Park-Farmers-Market # 40620 Utica Rd, Sterling Heights, MI 48313

Eastern Market Corporation ! 313-833-9300 " easternmarket.com # 2934 Russell St, Detroit, MI 48207

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Farmington Farmers and Artisan Market ! 248-971-5882 " farmingtonfarmersmarket.com # 33113 Grand River Ave, Farmington, MI 48336

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Toasted Oak ! 248-277-6000 " toastedoak.com # 27790 Novi Road, Novi, MI 48322

Flying Fish Farm ! 419-450-2203 " flyingfishfarm.com # 3010 Geiman Rd, Monroe, MI 48162

Goetz Greenhouse LLC ! 517-918-2785 " sites.google.com/site/goetzgreenhouse # 8852 Goetz Rd, Riga, MI 49276

Lincoln Park Farmers Market

you love local food. we love local food.

! 313-427-0443 # SW Corner of Fort St & Southfield Rd, Lincoln Park, MI 48146

Royal Oak Farmers Market ! 248-246-3078 " romi.gov/389/Farmers-Market # 316 E 11 Mile Rd, Royal Oak, MI 48067

Simple Gifts Farm ! 248-891-7195 # 5027 Granger Rd, Oxford, MI 48462

Sunshine Meadows Farm ! 248-464-1825 " sunshinemeadowsfarm.com # 2610 Cook Trl, Ortonville, MI 48462

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Busch’s Fresh Food Market - Canton ! 734-892-2530 " buschs.com # 225 S Canton Center Rd, Canton, MI 48188

Busch’s Fresh Food Market - Carleton ! 734-645-1600 " buschs.com # 2599 Grafton Rd, Carlton, MI 48117

Busch’s Fresh Food Market - Farmington Hills ! 248-427-7400 " buschs.com # 24445 Drake Rd, Farmington Hills, MI 48335

Busch’s Fresh Food Market - Livonia ! 734-779-6100 " buschs.com # 37083 Six Mile Rd, Livonia, MI 48152

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Busch’s Fresh Food Market - Novi ! 248-328-0708 " buschs.com # 41840 W Ten Mile Rd, Novi, MI 48375

Busch’s Fresh Food Market - Plymouth ! 734-414-5200 " buschs.com # 15185 Sheldon Rd, Plymouth, MI 48170

Busch’s Fresh Food Market - Rochester Hills ! 248-375-0990 " buschs.com # 3188 Walton Blvd, Rochester Hills, MI 48309

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Busch’s Fresh Food Market - South Lyon

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Henry’s Market on Main ! 248-325-2060 " henryford.com # 6777 W Maple Rd, West Bloomfield Twp, MI 48322

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Essence on Main ! 248-942-4949 " http://www.essenceonmain.com/Default.aspx # 4 S Main St, Clarkston, MI 48346

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! 248-446-8812 " buschs.com # 22385 Pontiac Trail, South Lyon, MI 48178

Taste the Local Difference® Partners are unique and passionate people, running businesses committed to supporting our local economy through food and agriculture.

Partners receive marketing services and support from TLD. Most importantly our partners are honest and trustworthy. Each year, they sign our TLD Pledge ensuring an open and honest exchange of information between producer and consumer.

Busch’s Fresh Food Market - West Bloomfield ! 248-539-4581 " buschs.com # 33300 West 14 Mile Rd, West Bloomfield, MI 48322

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Simple Supple Foods ! 269-207-4012 " simplesupplefoods.com # 21800 Greenfield Rd, Oak Park, MI 48237

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More Local Food & Farming Partners Belleville Farmers Market ! 734-699-2034

Earthworks Urban Farm ! 313-579-2100 x204

Labrosse Farm ! 313-549-0999

Root Revival Acres ! 248-752-6618

Blake Farms, Inc. ! 810-459 3123

Erie Orchards ! 734-848-4518

Lathrup Village Farmers Market ! 248-557-2600

Ropertis Turkey Farm ! 734-464-6546

Bobillin Honey ! 734-748-2185

Farmer Bob’s Happy Chickens ! 734-347-5020

Michigan Flower Farm ! 248-390-7266

Rudich Farms, Inc ! 586-749-5524

Brother Nature Produce ! 313-914-0031

Fields of Plenty ! 509-540-2769

Michigan Urban Farming Initiative ! 313-444-6834

Ruhlig Farms & Greenhouses ! 734-587-3753

Buffalo Street Farm " buffalostreetfarm.com

Fisheye Farms ! 313-686-3276

Middleton’s Berry Farm ! 248-831-1004

Singing Tree Garden ! 313-319-0583

Canton Farmers Market ! 734-394-5375

Food Field ! 313-312-7235

Monroe Farmers Market $ farmersmarketmonroemi@gmail.com

Summer Dreams Farm ! 248-802-8979

Clarkston Area Farmers Market $ clarkstonareafarmersmarket@gmail.com

Fresh Cut Detroit Flower Farm " freshcutdetroit.com

Oakland Ave Urban Farm ! 313-649-7756

Sunny Side Farms ! 313-556-6095

D-town Farm ! 313-345-3663

Guernsey Farms Dairy ! 248-349-1466

Oakland County Farmers Market ! 248-858-5495

Two Hounds Farm ! 248-830-1431

Dave Ruhlig Farms ! 734-777-2757

Lott Ranch ! 734-777-4769

Occupy Yourself " https://www.facebook.com/OccupyYourselfAg/

Van Steenkiste Farms, LLC ! 586-337-4878

Dearborn Farmers Market ! 313-586-6100

Iroquois Ave Farm $ citycommonscsa@gmail.com

Olejnik Farms & Greenhouses ! 586-255-8088

Vittore Farm ! 517-451-2068

Diehl’s Orchard and Cider Mill ! 248-634-8981

Jentzen Perennial Farm ! 734-777-2824

Rising Pheasant Farms ! 313-447-1522

Downtown Rochester Farmers Market ! 248-656-0060

Kensington Metropark Farmers Market ! 248-684-8632

Romeo Farmers Market ! 989-325-8285

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GOOD FOOD MILES BETTER. Knowing where your food comes from is easier than ever. Just look for the TLD label on the shelves of your favorite grocer. The mileage chart will tell you how close you are to the source of your food.

Royal Oak Farmers Market Endures

By Nina Ignaczak

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he last decade has seen a veritable explosion of farmers' markets of all types proliferating across the suburban landscape in Southeast Michigan.

It seems nearly every town and city hosts one, even if it may be only a couple of farmers and some folding tables at town hall.

But one suburban market predates that trend. The Royal Oak Farmers market is now in its 93rd year, and going strong. According to market manager Shelly Mazur, the market has survived nearly a century because of its location, size and diverse offering of products. And, unlike many suburban farmers' markets, it's always in season.

unlike many suburban farmers markets, it's always in season "The big thing is that we are open all year around," says Mazur. "It still surprises me how much we promote that, and people don't know. People still stick their head in and go 'When do you close for the season?' or "When do you reopen again?' Well, we don't close."

Not only is the Royal Oak Farmers market one of the few year-round markets in the region, but it also offers local produce in the winter. And because of new growing techniques like vertical farming and

hoophouses, those winter offerings now go beyond carrots, onions and potatoes.

"We're really excited to have the lettuces and radishes and cucumbers and things that they are now able to grow in cold weather," says Mazur. "It used to be a ghost town here in the winter and now we are actually very busy."

This season, Mazur is focused on building up the Friday market to offer another day for patrons who have trouble making it on the market's very busy Saturdays.

"We're very excited to have a new farmer who's certified organic and has not only vegetables, but some goat cheeses, breads and eggs. Those are all things we didn't have on Friday, so we're very excited about that," she says. "We have some wonderful specialty foods—really cool things from pierogies to garlic pickles, and gnocchi—that are are all produced locally in Michigan using Michigan products."

In addition to the Friday and Saturday produce markets, an antique collectible market runs on Sundays. "There is something for everyone," she says. "We have higher end, nicer antiques. We also have a lot of the shabby chic and the recycled industrial furniture that people are into now."

Her main secret for staying competitive in the increasingly crowded field of local suburban farmers' markets? "We bring in the diversity," says Mazur. "We try to have vegetables that not everyone has. We pride ourselves on not reselling. I inspect all the farms and orchards personally. So we know it's Michigan-grown."

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RelatÄąonships

Run Deep in Novi

By Bill Palladino

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here’s a place in Chef Brian Kanak’s heart reserved for Michigan food. It’s a big place: one where chickens, pigs, cattle, and lambs run free. There’s a babbling brook full of trout and a field with the most glorious fresh fruit and vegetables in abundance. This piece of Brian’s heart also lies in the real world, in a restaurant located in Novi, Michigan, The Toasted Oak Grill & Market. Tucked into an unlikely building shared with The Baronette Renaissance Detroit-Novi Hotel, this restaurant wears its commitment to serving locally grown and produced food on its corporate sleeve. And Brian Kanak’s apparent raison d'être is to ensure that you notice.

The Toasted Oak has a menu rippling with local ingredients.

From the greens and tomatoes in your salad to the mushrooms, trout, chicken, swine, beef or even shrimp (Michigan farm-raised) at the center of your main course. And the desserts shimmer with fruits, honey, goat cheese and maple syrup, all crafted by the small farms and processors within about an hour’s drive from Novi.

It’s an extraordinary feat in such a competitive restaurant market. As executive chef of The Toasted Oak, Chef Kanak seems undaunted.

“We focus as heavily as we possibly can on local products.”

He says, “It’s amazing for us in the summertime, and in the winter we have to get a little creative as it is the state of Michigan.”

He suggests that it’s deep relationships with growers and producers that make it possible.

“We have an amazing relationship with a gentleman named Scott Welcer (Welcer Farms,) who is five miles down the road from us. He will grow every one of our tomatoes, some beans, zucchini, squash, different types of greens. The fun part about working with Scott is that each year before he plants, we’ll sit down and collaborate on creating a menu for the season based on what he can grow.”

“take care of the community, and the community will take care of you” Stories like this are what make serving local food a success for Toasted Oak. Connecting a gorgeous entrée at the restaurant to the hands of the farmers who picked the produce or raised the lamb, sets this place apart in the minds of consumers wanting an authentic Michigan farm to plate experience.

For Brian Kanak, these relationships are critical to the success of The Toasted Oak. He sums it up this way; “take care of the community, and the community will take care of you.”

Preview the menu and learn more: www.toastedoak.com

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From Nina Santucci Co-owner of Red Haven Farm to Table, Okemos, MI

INGREDIENTS

DIRECTIONS

6-8 squash blossoms 1 ½ C ricotta cheese 2 t salt 1 T black pepper 2 T honey 1 zucchini, julienned ½ T butter 1 oz verjus or white wine Pint cherry tomatoes, halved Oil for frying

Preheat oil in large pot to 350° (medium low).

TEMPURA BATTER 1 ½ C rice flour 1 T baking powder 1 C seltzer water 1 egg

Mix ricotta cheese with honey, salt and black pepper. Then, clean squash blossoms and remove stamen from center.Stuff squash blossoms with cheese, set aside.

To make tempura, mix rice flour and baking powder in bowl. In separate bowl, whisk egg and seltzer water. Slowly whisk wet mixture into dry mixture until texture resembles a thick pancake batter-like consistency. Keep cool until ready to use.

Melt butter in small saute pan on medium heat. Add verjus and zucchini noodles and cook until tender, approx. 1 minute. Season with salt.

Dip stuffed blossoms in tempura batter and carefully drop in preheated oil. Cook until batter is golden, approx. 1 minute.

Transfer fried blossoms to paper towel lined plate and season with salt.

To serve, place noodles in bowl, add cherry tomatoes and finish with fried blossoms.

Beer, Wine & Spirits Breweries GENESEE COUNTY Fenton Winery & Brewery Lynchpin Beer Co. Redwoods Steakhouse Brewery & Grill Tenacity Brewing The Redline Brewery

INGHAM COUNTY Bad Brewing Co. Eaglemonk Pub & Brewery Ellison Brewery & Spirits Lansing Brewing Co. Midtown Brewing Co. Old Nation Brewing Co. Sleepwalker Spirits & Ale

JACKSON COUNTY 127 Brewing Bifferhaus Brewing Co. Grand River Brewery Tootsie’s Brewery

LENAWEE COUNTY Cotton Brewing Co. Tecumseh Brewing Co.

LIVINGSTON COUNTY Block Brewing Co. Brewery Becker Eternity Brewing Co. River’s Edge Brewing Witch’s Hat Brewing Co.

OAKLAND COUNTY Ascension Brewing Co. B. Nektar Meadery Bastone Brewery Black Lotus Brewing Co. CJ’s Brewing Co. Draught Horse Brewery Drafting Table Brewing Co. Exferimentation Brewing Farmington Brewing Co. Filmore 13 Brewery Griffin Claw Brewing Co. Kickstand Brewing Co. Lily’s Seafood Grill & Brewer North Center Brewing Co. Northern Oak Brewery

Wineries Parker’s Hilltop Brewery River Rouge Brewing Co. Roak Brewing Co. Rochester Mills Beer Co. Royal Oak Brewery Schramm’s Mead Third Monk Brewing Co. Witch's Hat Brewing Woodward Avenue Brewers (Ferndale)

MACOMB COUNTY Baffin Brewing Co. Brown Iron Brewhouse Brooks Brewing Dragonmead Brewery Falling Down Beer Co. Great Baraboo Brewing Co. Kuhnhenn Brewing Co. Sherwood Brewing Co.

WASHTENAW COUNTY Arbor Brewing Co. Brewpub (Ann Arbor) Arbor Brewing Co. Microbrewery (Ypsi) Biercamp Blue Tractor Brewery Chelsea Alehouse Brewery Grizzly Peak Brewing Co. Homes Brewery Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales Liberty Street Brewing Co. NULL Taphouse Original Gravity Brewing Co. Salt Springs Brewery Stony Lake Brewing Co. Wolverine State Brewing Co. Ypsi Alehouse

Wayne County Atwater Brewing Co. Batch Brewing Co. Brew Detroit Canton Brew Works Dearborn Beer Co. Detroit Brewing Co. Downey Brewing Co. Front Street Brewery Jolly Pumpkin Pizzeria & Brewery Motor City Brewing Works North Center Brewing Co.

INGHAM COUNTY Burgdorf’s Winery

JACKSON COUNTY Chateau Aéronautique Winery Cherry Creek Cellars Lone Oak Vineyard Estate Sleeping Bear

LENAWEE COUNTY Flying Otter Winery J. Trees Cellars Pentamere Winery

WASHTENAW COUNTY DeAngelis Cantina Del Vino Winery Spotted Dog Winery

Distilleries INGHAM COUNTY American Fifth Spirits Red Cedar Spirits Sanctuary Spirits Sleepwalker Spirits & Ale

JACKSON COUNTY 127 Brewing Bifferhaus Brewing Co. Grand River Distillery Tootsie’s Brewery

OAKLAND COUNTY Motor City Gas Valentine Distilling

MONROE COUNTY Temperance Distilling Co.

WASHTENAW COUNTY Ann Arbor Distilling Co. Ugly Dog Distillery

WAYNE COUNTY Detroit City Distillery Our Detroit Rusted Crow Detroit Rusted Crow Distillery Two James Spirits

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TO by Allie & Elise Thorp, Trillium Wood Farm

What do blood sausage, stewed lamb kidney, and oxtail soup have in common?

If you said they all sound disgusting, you’re in good company.

These dishes utilize parts of the animal that have long been forgotten in our muscle-meat-centric culture—often relegated to dog food—but, rewind 150 years and using offal was commonplace.

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elieve it or not, there was a time when each part of the animal—from tongue to organs to bones to the hide—was highly valued and consumed or used. Animal products haven’t always been as readily accessible as they are now, and using every part of the animal meant stretching dollars or making the most of a good hunt by getting every ounce of nutrition possible.

In 2017 many of us have a different reality. Meat is so abundant that we can choose ground beef in 1– or 2–pound packages, boneless and skinless chicken breast, and whether we want our meat from organic and grass-fed animals, locally-raised or from New Zealand. Yet, faced with endless choices, whole animal butchery is slowly making a comeback. What reasons are there to return to our roots?

Food Waste You just purchased a whole grass-fed cow from a local farmer. Alive, it weighed 1200 pounds but somehow you ended up with 460 pounds of meat. What happened?

Between “live weight” and what you took home, you lost the head, hooves, tail, blood, organs, hide, much of the fat, and most of the bones—leaving you with about 39% of the cow. While a stretch for many of our palates, almost all of these parts are usable— which would reduce the amount of edible waste we produce (you can ask for many of these parts from the processing facility).

Nutrient-Density Contrary to popular belief the liver does not store toxins; it does put most fruits, vegetables, and muscle meats to shame with its

nutrient profile, which contains protein, iron, potassium, B vitamins, vitamins A, D, and C, to list a few. Then there’s lard, which is rich in omega–3 fatty acids and is the second highest food source of vitamin D (only in pasture-raised hogs)! Slow-cooking bones will give you broth rich in 17 amino acids which play roles in everything from skin and nerve health, to gut repair and detoxification.

Economical Cost of a nice grass-fed steak: $15/pound or more. Grass-fed beef liver: $2-5/pound.

Respect Almost every animal on our farm is fated to become food. While we’ve come to terms with our role in their lives and deaths, it’s never become less heavy—and it shouldn’t. Our practices center around honoring the animal, which doesn’t stop after their happy lives are over. Respect isn’t discarding 60% of the animal’s body and then being thankful for the hamburgers it provided. It’s not right to us. To truly honor an animal’s life, we owe it to them to make the most of their sacrifice.

Further Reading Weston A. Price Foundation www.westonaprice.org Nose to Tail App www.nosetotailapp.com or download on the App Store

Allie and Elise Thorp are sister owner-operators of Trillium Wood Farm on their 88 acres in Williamston. They raise grass-fed beef and lamb, pastured chicken and turkey, and forest-raised pork, in addition to four varieties of mushrooms. When not actually farming, most of their time is spent learning how to become better farmers and land stewards, coming up with too many business ideas, and making or eating food.

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Bees, Biscuits, & Honey Community runs deep in a honey bee hive.

The buzz of activity brings to life the community of bees working together to sustain life. They fly in and out of the hive all day, while others work away inside to maintain the structure and population, and create stores of honey. Just like life within other communities, individuals with unique skills work together for the success of the whole.

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by Christina Marbury, Tootsweet

Bees fly miles from their hive to forage on flowers of all sorts, returning with nectar to support the making of honey. The range of honey bees means that the honey from each hive creates a unique picture of life in a relatively small area; the nectar those bees collect determines the flavor and color of the honey they create.

The connection between honey and the area the bees are foraging makes honey a unique product in its ability to capture a moment in time through food—both the place and the season represented in the final product.

Local honey connects us to a sense of community beyond the businesses we support in purchasing it. It connects us to the orchard blossoms, the summer flowers we see while out for a walk, and so much more.

With Michigan’s expansive orchard economy, bees play an important role in pollinating the fruit trees of the region. Orchards filled with apples, cherries, and more need a huge number of bees to pollinate the trees, helping to support an economy of beekeepers and keeping local honey abundant throughout the area. It’s a beautiful connection between two realms of agriculture that support one another’s success.

The next time you find yourself shopping for honey, take a moment to consider the community connection offered by a local jar. That honey offers a flavor to represent a time and place in life nearby, while also pollinating important local crops and supporting a local business.

Buttermilk Biscuits & Local Honey

2¼ cups all purpose flour 1 tablespoon sugar 1 tablespoon baking powder ¾ teaspoon baking soda ¾ teaspoon table salt 8 tablespoon cold butter,cubed ¾ cup buttermilk and a little extra Plenty of local honey to drizzle on top!

In a medium bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Use a whisk to thoroughly combine the ingredients. Add cubed butter to the flour and use a pastry cutter to cut the butter into the flour until pieces of butter are pea sized.

Add the buttermilk and gently stir until most of the buttermilk is absorbed, then pour the dough out onto a clean surface. Form a rectangle with the dough, and using a bench scraper or spatula, gently fold the rectangle in half. Using your hands, press the dough back into the rectangle and fold it again. Fold the dough about four times, or until it just holds together.

Cut the biscuits using a biscuit cutter or a knife, being careful not to twist the cutter, and place on a baking sheet covered with parchment. Brush the top of each biscuit with buttermilk.

Bake biscuits at 400 degrees for 12-15 min. Serve warm, with a little butter and plenty of local honey!

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CSa & Urban Farms C

ommunity Supported Agriculture (CSA) farms are blossoming across the state, and Urban Farms are revitalizing our neighborhoods and cities.

These enterprises are run by people who are connected to our landscapes, growing food for people in their own communities.

GENESEE COUNTY Ganderponics Happy Little Greens Farm The Local Grocer

INGHAM COUNTY Allen Marketplace CBI’s Giving Tree Farm Capital Village Trade Cooperative Half Barn Farm Hunter Park Gardenhouse Lansing Roots Farm Magnolia Farms Monroe Family Organics MSU Student Organic Farm Smith’s Floral Harvest Farm Thornapple CSA Titus Farms Trillium Wood Farm Urbandale Farm Zumo Eco Farm

JACKSON COUNTY Family Circle Centennial Farm Frog Holler Organic Farm Honest Eats Farm Pregitzer Farm Market Two Track Acres Snick’s Farm Lands of Bru-Garick M’Organic Meadows

LENAWEE COUNTY Cook Farms Double Shamrock Farm Kapnick Orchards Needle-Lane Farms New Age Farm Prochaska Farms

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LIVINGSTON COUNTY Davis’ Family Farm Maggie’s Farm Stone Coop Farm

OAKLAND COUNTY Simple Gifts Farm Sunshine Meadows Farm Tollgate Farm and Education Center Two Hounds Farm Upland Hills CSA

MACOMB COUNTY Cold Frame Farm Pixi Hill Farm Urban Pioneers CSA

MONROE COUNTY Goetz Greenhouse Jentzen Farms Shagbark Hickory Farms Shane’s U-Pick and Stand Valley Family Farm

SHIAWASEE COUNTY Owosso Organics

WASHTENAW COUNTY 4Gen Farms Abby’s Acres Brines Farm Campus Farm Community Farm of Ann Arbor Dyer Family Organic Farm Emma Acres Family Circle Centennial Farm Firesign Family Farm Frog Holler Organic Farm Get Down Farm Golden Fleece Farm Green Things Farm Hay Creek Heritage Farm Honest Eats Farm Land Loom Locavorious Maggie’s Farm Marks Farms and Beefalo

Needle Lane Farms Old Pine Farm Our Family Farm Radicle Roots Community Farm Robin Hills Farm Salomon Gardens Seeley Farm Skinny Farm of Scio Snick's Farm Songbird Farm Steinhauser Farms Stone Soup Roots and Grains Sunseed Farm Tantre Farm The Family Farm The Farm at St. Joes Tilian Farm Development Center Valley Family Farm Walnut Hill Farm White Lotus Farms Whitney Farmstead Zilke Vegetable Farm

WAYNE COUNTY ACRE Community Farm Brother Nature Produce Buffalo Street City Commons CSA D-Town Farms Earthworks Urban Farm Freedom-Freedom Fields of Plenty Food Field Fresh Cut Detroit Flower Farm Hamtown Farms Iroquois Avenue Farm Oakland Avenue Urban Farm Occupy Yourself Old City Acres Plum Street Market Garden Recovery Park Farms Rising Pheasant Farms Singing Tree Gardens Sunnyside Farm Tiny Acres CSA Vinewood Knoll Farm

Certified Local Food Events:

Year One in Numbers

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n late 2015, Taste the Local DifferenceÂŽ created a certification program for events that would help to promote and verify local food sourcing. The Certified Local Food Events program began at the request of farmers looking for a way to tap into the market of the thousands of events held in Michigan every year.

Generally, the local food trend had already began the public was looking for local food on restaurant menus, but no one seemed to be asking the same question at conferences, event venues or festivals. Similarly the need for third-party verification was increasingly apparent, because with a growing popularity and interest in local food comes the unfortunate possibility of inauthentic experiences.

The program requires that events commit to sourcing at least 20% of their ingredients locally, meaning directly from a local producer or through a business with enough transparency that

local producers are recognized by name. The percentage is calculated using the dollars spent on local food, and total dollars spent on food ingredients overall (local & non-local).

Now you might say that 20% is low, but it simply means the barrier to entry is minimal. TLD promotes those willing to make this commitment and helps them achieve it. The ultimate goal is to continually challenge organizers and event venues to grow their local food percentage, and therefore celebrate the actual percentage reached by each individual event.

In the first year, TLD completed 13 different certified local food events that contributed over $41,120 to the local food economy. In 2017, we’re well on our way to doubling that number.

Email events@localdifference.org for more information about certification or to find local food events near you.

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index 127 Brewing ... 41 4Gen Farms ... 12, 46 Abby's Acres ... 12, 14, 46 ACRES Community Farm ... 46 Adrian Famrers MArket ... 26 Alber Orchard & Cider Mill ... 12, 14 Allen Farmers Market ... 20, 26 Allen Marketplace ... 46 Allen Neighborhood Center ... 21, 23 Almar Orchards ... 21 American Fifth Spirits ... 41 Ann Arbor Distilling Co ... 41 Ann Arbor Farmers Market ... 10, 27 Ann Arbor Seed Company ... 10 Apple Charlie's ... 14 Arbor Brewing Co ... 41 Argus Farm Stop ... 11 Ascension Brewing Co ... 41 Ashton Orchards Cider Mill ... 14 Atwater Brewing Co ... 41 B. Nektar Meadery ... 41 Bad Brewing Co ... 41 Baffin Brewing Co ... 41 Bailey GREENhouse & Urban Farm ... 21 Bak 40 Bee Farm ... 12 Balzer Blueberries ... 14 Ban Houtte Farm Market ... 14 Batch Brewing Co ... 41 Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak Farmers Market ... 26 Beckwith's Berries & Blooms ... 14 Bedford Farmers Market ... 27 Bee Wise Farms ... 21 Belleville Farmers Market ... 35 Bennett's Orchard ... 14 Bennington Township Farmers Market ... 27 Berry Hill Farm ... 14 Biercamp ... 41 Bird's Big Punk'ns ... 14 Birmingham Farmers Market ... 26, 32 Bitterhaus Brewing Co ... 41 Black Lotus Brewing Co. ... 41 Black Oak Farm ... 21 Black Pearl Gardens ... 12 Blake Farms ... 14, 35 Blue Egg Farm ... 12 Blue Tractor Brewery ... 41 Bob's Blueberries ... 14 Bobillin Honey ... 35 Brew Detroit ... 41 Brewery Becker ... 41 Brightmoor Farmers Market ... 27 Brighton Farmers Market ... 21, 26 Brinery, The ... 11 Brines Farm ... 12, 46 Brooks Brewing ... 41 Brother Nature Produce ... 35, 46 Brown Iron Brewhouse ... 41 Brownstone Farmers Market ... 27 Buffalo Street Farm ... 35, 46 Burgdorf's Winery ... 41 Busch's Fresh Food Market ... 11, 21, 33, 36 Calder Farm & Dairy ... 28, 32 Campus Farm, The ... 10, 46 Canton Brew Works ... 41 Canton Famers Market ... 27, 25 Capital Village Trade Cooperative ... 21, 46 Carpenter Farms ... 12 CBI's Giving Tree Farm ... 21, 46 Chapman Family Farm ... 21 CHASS Mercado ... 27 Chateau Aeronautique Winery ... 41 Chelsea Alehouse Brewery ... 41 Chelsea Bushel Basket Farmers Market ... 12, 27 Chelsea Saturday Farmers Market ... 27 Cherry Creek Cellars ... 41

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Cherry Republic ... 36 City Commons CSA ... 31, 32, 46 City of Grand Blanc Farmers Market ... 26 City of Melvindale DDA Farmers Market ... 27 City of Walled Lake Farmers MArket ... 26 CJ's Brewing Co. ... 41 Clare Limerick Alpaca & Produce Farm ... 14 Clarkston Area Famers Market ... 26, 35 Clawson Farmers Market ... 26, 32 Clearview Orchards ... 14, 21 Clinton Farmers Market ... 12, 26 Clock Brewing Co ... 41 Cobblestone Farm Market ... 12, 27 Cold Frame Farm ... 32, 46 Coleman's Farms & Corn Maze ... 14 Community Farm of Ann Arbor ... 12, 46 Cooks Farms ... 46 Corktown Farmers Market ... 27 Cotton Brewing Co ... 41 Cultivate Coffee and Taphouse ... 10 D-Town Farm ... 27, 35, 46 Dancer Farms ... 14 Dave Ruhlig Farms ... 35 Davidson Farmers Market ... 26 Davis' Family Farm ... 46 DeAgelis Cantina Del Vino Winery ... 41 Dearborn Beer Co ... 41 Dearborn Farmers & Artisan Market ... 27, 35 Degroot's Strawberries ... 14 Delicious Diversity ... 12 Denny's Pumpkins ... 14 Destiny Farm ... 14 Detroit Brewing Co ... 41 Detroit City Distillery ... 41 Detroit Public Schools ... 19 Dexter Blueberry Farm ... 12, 14 Dexter Cider Mill ... 14 Dexter Farmers Market ... 12, 27 Dexter Farmers Market ... 27 Diedrich's Berry & Produce Farm ... 14, 21 Diehl's Orchard & Cider Mill ... 14, 35 Dixboro Farmers Market ... 12, 27 Dodge Park Farmers Market ... 26, 32 Donahee Farms ... 12, 14 Double Shamrock Farm ... 46 Dowing Seeds Growing Futures Farmers Market ... 27 Downey Brewing Co ... 41 Downtown Owosso Farmers Market ... 27 Downtown Rochester Farmers Market ... 26, 35 Drafting Table Brewing Co ... 41 Dragonmead Brwery ... 41 Dragonwood Farm ... 12 Draught Horse Brewery ... 41 Dundee Farmers Market ... 27 Durand Unions Station Farmers Market ... 27 Dyer Family Organic Farm ... 12, 46 Eaglemonk Pub & Brwery ... 41 Earthwoks Urban Farm ... 46 Earthworks Urban Farm ... 35 East Lansing Farmers Market ... 21, 26 East Lansing Food Co-op ... 16 Eastern Market Corporation ... 27 Eastern Market Corportation ... 32 Eastern Market Farm Stand ... 27 Eat Ideas Farm ... 12 Eddie's Blueberry Patch ... 14 Edible Flint ... 18 Edible WOW ... 24 Elemental Foods ... 21 Ellison Brewery & Spirits ... 20, 41 Emma Acres ... 12, 46 Erie Orchards ... 14, 35 Ernst Farms ... 12 Erwin Orchards ... 14 Essence on Main ... 33 Eternity Brewing Co ... 41 Exferimentation Brewing ... 41 Falling Down Beer Co ... 41 Family Circle Centennial Farms ... 12, 46 Family Farm, The ... 46 Farm at St. Joes, The ... 46 Farmer Bob's Happy Chickens ... 35

Farmer's Egg Cooperative ... 20 Farmers Market at Genesys Athletic Club ... 21 Farmington Brewing Co ... 41 Farmington Farmers & Artisans Market ... 26, 32 Fenton Farmers Market ... 20, 26 Fenton Winery & Brewery ... 41 Ferris Organic Farm ... 21 Field of Plenty ... 35, 46 Filmore 13 Brewery ... 41 Firesign Family Farm ... 12, 46 Fisheye Farms ... 35 Flint Crepe Company ... 20, 30 Flint Farmers Market ... 21, 26 Flint Fresh Mobile Market ... 20 Flying Fish Farm ... 32 Flying Otter Winery ... 41 Food Field ... 35, 46 Foods For Living ... 21 Ford Farms Beef ... 12 Fowlerville Farmers Market ... 26 Franklin Cider Mill ... 14 Freedom-Freedom ... 46 Fresh Cut Detroit Flower Farm ... 35, 46 Friends of Walker Tavern Farmers Market ... 26 Frog Holler Farm ... 46 Frog Holler Organic Farm ... 12, 46 Front Street Brewery ... 41 Frosty Apple Orchard ... 12, 14 Full Circle Organic Farms ... 21 Fusilier Family Farms ... 12 Ganderponics ... 21, 46 Garno Farm Poultry ... 12 Gaskell Family Farm Blueberries ... 14 Genesys Farmers Market ... 26 Get Down Farm ... 12, 46 Goetz Greenhouse ... 32, 46 Golden Fleece Farm ... 10, 46 Goodson Cider Mill ... 14 Graciem Organics ... 12 Grand Kitchen and Bar ... 10 Grand River Brewery ... 41 Grand River Distillery ... 41 Grand River Farmers Market Downtown Jackson ... 26 Grass Lake Farmers Market ... 26 Grazing Fields ... 20 Great Baraboo Brewing Co ... 41 Great Lakes Potato Chips ... 36 Green Market Allegiance Health ... 26 Green Oak Farmers Market & Community Market ... 26 Green Things Farm ... 12 Griffin Claw Brewing Co ... 41 Grizzly Peak Brewing Co. ... 41 Grosse Pointe Woods Farmers Market ... 27 Growing Hope ... 10, 19 Gruber's Farm ... 14, 21 Guernsey Farms Dairy ... 35 Gust Brothers' Pumpkin Farm ... 14 H & H Sugarbush ... 12 Half Barn Farm ... 21, 46 Hamtown Farms ... 46 Hand Sown Farm ... 12 Happy Little Greens Farm ... 21, 46 Harnois Farm ... 12 Hartland Farmers Market ... 26 Hay Creek Heritage Farm ... 46 Hazel Park Growers & Makers Market ... 26 Hazen's Farm Lafever Chestnuts ... 14 Hearthstone Farm Market ... 14 Henry's Market on Main ... 33 Hickory Knoll Farms Creamery ... 21 Hickory Oak Farm ... 12 Hide Away Orchard ... 14 Hilcrest Farms ... 20 Holt Farmers Market ... 21, 26 Homes Brewery ... 41 Honest Eats Farm ... 12, 46 Howell's Sunday Farmers Market ... 21, 26 Huling Family Farm ... 12 Hunter Park Greenhouse ... 20, 46 Huron Valley Farmers Market ... 26 Hy's Cider Mill ... 14 Iroquois Avenue Farm ... 35, 46

Islandview Farmers Market ... 27 J. Trees Cellars ... 41 Jentzen Farms ... 46 Jentzen Perennial Farm ... 35 Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales ... 41 Kapnick Orchards ... 14, 46 Keeney Orchards ... 14 Kensignton Metropark Farmers Market ... 26, 35 Kern Road Farm ... 21 Kickstand Brewing Co. ... 41 Kniffen Family Farms ... 12 Kuhnhenn Brewing Co ... 41 Labrosse Farm ... 35 Laetus Pullus Farms ... 21 Laingsburg Farmers Market ... 27 Land Loom, The ... 10, 46 Lans of Bru-Garick ... 46 Lansing Brewing Co ... 41 Lansing City Market ... 26 Lansing Roots Farm ... 21, 46 Lathrup Village Farmers MArket ... 26, 35 Lechleitner Blueberry Farm ... 14 Lesser Farms & Orchards ... 12, 14 Liberty Street Breweing Co. ... 41 Lily's Seafood Grill & Brewer ... 41 Lincoln Park Farmers Market ... 27, 32 Linden Farmers Market ... 21, 26 Linder Farms ... 12 Lippert Farm ... 12 Livonia Farmers Market ... 27 Local Grocer, The ... 21, 46 Locavorius ... 11, 46 Lone Oak Vineyard Estate ... 41 Long Family Orchard, Farm & Cider Mill ... 14 Lott Ranch ... 35 Lutz Orchar ... 14 Lynchpin Beer Co ... 41 M'organic Meadows ... 46 Maggie's Farm ... 46 Magnolia Farms ... 46 Makielski's Berry Farm ... 12, 14 Manchester Farmers Market ... 12, 27 Market on Evans, The ... 26 Market on the Green ... 26 Marks Farms and Beefalo ... 46 Mason Area Farmers Market ... 26 Melfrum Fresh Market ... 27 Meridian Township Farmers Market ... 21, 26 Michigan Farmers Market Association ... 25 Michigan Flower Farm ... 14, 35 Michigan Garlic Farm ... 21 Michigan Urban Farming Initiative ... 35 Middleton Berry Farm ... 14 Middleton Farms Cider Mill ... 14 Middleton's Berry Farm ... 35 MIFFS WIA Farm ... 20 Milan Famrers & Artisan Market ... 12, 27 Milford Farmers Market ... 26 Miss Kim ... 10 Monroe Family Organics ... 46 Monroe Farmers Market ... 27 Monroe Farmers Market ... 35 Motave Meadows Farm ... 21 Motor City Brewing Works ... 41 Motor City Gas ... 41 Mount Clemens Downtown Farmers Market ... 27 MSU Student Organic Farm ... 20, 46 Mt. Clemens Farmers Mrket ... 27 Muskegon Area Public Schools ... 19 Nature & Nurture Seeds ... 12 Needle-Lane Farms ... 12, 46 Nemeth Orchard ... 12 New Age Farm ... 46 New Baltimore Farmers Market ... 27 Nightshade Farm Industries ... 12 North Center Brewing Co. ... 41 Northern Oak Brewery ... 41 Northville Farmers Market ... 27 Northwest Detroit Farmers Market ... 27 Novie All Seasons Market ... 26 NULL Taphouse ... 41 Oakland Ave Urban Farm ... 35

Oakland Avenue Farmers Market ... 27 Oakland Avenue Urban Farm ... 46 Oakland County Market ... 26, 35 Obstbaum Orchards ... 14 Occupy Yourself ... 35, 46 Old City Acres ... 46 Old Nation Brewing Co ... 41 Old Pine Farm ... 12, 46 Old Town General Store, The ... 21 Olejnik Farms & Greenhouses ... 35 Open Air Market of Stockbridge ... 26 Original Gravity Brewing Co ... 41 Our Detroit ... 41 Our Family Farm ... 46 Owosso Farmers Market ... 21 Owosso Organics ... 21, 46 Owosso Original Farmers Market ... 27 Paint Creed Cider Mill ... 14 Parker's Hilltop Brewery ... 41 Parmenter's Northville Cider Mill ... 14 Peaches & Greens ... 27 Pentamere Winery ... 41 Peoples Food Co-op ... 11, 16 Pickney Market in the Park ... 26 PittsField Charter Township Farmers Market ... 10, 27 Pixi Hill Farm ... 46 Plum Street Market Garden ... 46 Plymouth Farmers Market ... 27 Plymouth Orchard and Cider Mill ... 12, 14 Pregitzer Farm Market ... 12, 14, 46 Prochaska Farms ... 46 Radicle Roots Community Farm ... 12, 46 Rainbow'd End Farm ... 14 Recovery Park Farms ... 46 Red Cedar Spirits ... 41 Red Haven Farm to Table Restaurant ... 20, 40 Red House Ranch ... 21 Redford Township Market at the Marquee ... 27 Redline Brewery, The ... 41 Redwoods Steakhouse Brewery & Grill ... 41 Restless Roots Farm ... 12 Rising Pheasant Farms ... 35, 46 River Rouge Brewing Co. ... 41 River's Edge Brewing ... 41 Roak Brewing Co ... 41 Robin Hills Farm ... 46 Rochester Cider Mill ... 14 Rochester Mills Beer Co. ... 41 Romeo Farmers Market ... 27, 35 Romulus Farmers Market ... 27 Root Revival Acres ... 35 Ropertis Turkey Farm ... 35 Rowe's Produce Farm ... 14 Royal Oak Brewery ... 41 Royal Oak Farmers Market ... 26, 32, 37 Royal Town Farmers Market ... 26 Rudich Farms ... 35 Ruhlig Farms & Greenhouses ... 12, 35 Rusted Crow Detroit ... 41 Saline Farmers Market ... 12, 27 Salomon Gardens ... 46 Salt Springs Brewery ... 41 Sanctuary Spirits ... 41 Sandy Acres Blueberry Farm ... 14 Schramm's Mead ... 41 Seeley Farm ... 46 Shagbark Hickory Farms ... 46 Shane's U-Pick and Stand ... 46 Shelby Farmers Market ... 27 Sherwood Brewing Co ... 41 Simple Gifts Farm ... 32, 46 Simple Supple Foods ... 33 Singing Tree Gardens ... 35, 46 Skinny Farm of Scio ... 46 Sleeping Bear ... 41 Sleepwalker Spirits & Ale ... 41 Slow Farm ... 10, 14 Smith's Floral Harvent Farm ... 46 Snick's Farm ... 46 Songbird Farm ... 46 South Lansing Farmers Market ... 26 South Lyon Farmers & Artisan Market ... 26

Spicer Orchards ... 14 Spotted Dog Winery ... 41 Springfield Farmers Market ... 26 St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor ... 27 Steinhauser Farms ... 46 Stone Coop Farm ... 14, 20, 46 Stone E River Ranch ... 20 Stone Hedge Farm ... 21 Stone Soup Roots & Grains ... 46 Stony Creek Orchard & Cider Mill ... 14 Stony Lake Brewing Co ... 41 Summer Dreams Farm ... 35 Sunnyside Farm ... 35, 46 Sunseed Farm ... 46 Sunshine Meadows Farm ... 32, 46 Swallowtail Farm ... 14, 20 Tantre Farm ... 10, 14, 46 Tantre Farm ... 14 Tasty Acre Foods ... 21 Tecumseh Brewing Co ... 41 Temperance Distilling Co. ... 41 Tenacity Brewing ... 41 Terrell Family Farm ... 14 Third Monk Brewing Co ... 41 Thornapple CSA ... 46 Thread Creek farm ... 21 Thunder Bay Resort ... 36 Tilian Farm Development Center ... 10, 46 Tiny Acres CSA ... 46 Titus Farms ... 21, 46 Toasted Oak ... 32, 38 Todosciuk Farms & Greenhouses ... 21 Tollgate Farm and Education Center ... 46 Tongue Huggers ... 21 Tootsie's Brewery ... 41 Toth Brothers Blueberry Patch ... 14 Trillium Wood Farm ... 20, 42, 46 Two Hounds Farm ... 35, 46 Two James Spirits ... 41 Two Track Acres ... 46 Ugly Dog Distillery ... 41 University of Michigan ... 8 Upland Hills CSA ... 46 Urban Pioneers CSA ... 46 Urbandale Farm ... 21, 46 Valentine Distilling ... 41 Valley Family Farm ... 46 Van Steenkiste Farms ... 35 Verellen Orchards ... 14 Vinewood Knoll Farm ... 46 Vittore Farm ... 35 Walnut Fill Farm ... 46 Warren Farmers Market ... 27 Wasem Fruit Farm ... 14 Washtenaw Food Hub ... 11 Wayne Farmers Market ... 27 Wayne State University Farmers Market ... 27 West Park Farmers Market ... 27 Westland Farmers & Artisan Market ... 27 Westside Farmers Market ... 27 Westview Orchard & Adventure Farm ... 14 White Lotus Farms ... 46 Whitney Farmstead ... 46 Whittakers Berry Farm ... 14 Williamston Farmers Market ... 21, 26 Windmill Farmers Market ... 27 Witch's Hat Brewing Co ... 41 Wolverine State Brewing Co. ... 41 Woodward Avenue Brewers ... 41 Wynadotte Farmers Market ... 27 Yates Cider Mill ... 14 Ypsi Alehouse ... 41 Ypsilanti Farmers Markets ... 10, 27 Ypsilanti Food Co-op and Bakery ... 11, 16 Zilke Vegetable Farm & Roadside Stand ... 10, 11, 46 Zingerman's Bakehouse ... 11 Zingerman's Creamery ... 11 Zingerman's Delicatssen ... 10 Zingerman's Roadhouse ... 10 Zumo Eco Farm ... 21, 46

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