As winter becomes spring in northern Michigan, we have more light and longer days. As we reset for a new season, we must also stay actively engaged in the events that are shaping this country. These have been challenging months for the many of us who are concerned...
Groundwork’s Building Resilient Communities (BRC) program is hard at work in Petoskey, Michigan. In 2024, we provided staff support and $2,000 for The Nehemiah Project homeless shelter to increase capacity to cold-store locally grown food and also to provide residents...
ABOVE: Tyasha Harrison. Photo by @Liljesphotography.com, Jes Ryan. As part of Groundwork's ongoing series of equity interviews, we have invited Tyasha Harrison to share thoughts for Black History Month. Tyasha is a founding member of Northern Michigan E3...
ABOVE: Hydroponic lettuce, by Sarah Rypma On the road that leads from the farm to the tray, we encounter many folks along the way who contribute to feeding our kids. Who’s Feeding Our Kids is a series where we explore people and organizations within the food system...
Building Resilient Communities (BRC) is Groundwork's program that makes available grants and Groundwork staff to support food pantries, schools, farms, and other organizations in increasing the amount of locally grown food available to people in Michigan...
ABOVE: What rural food partnerships look like. This is the diagram that resulted when partners in a regional meeting were asked to draw a line from their name to anybody they were working with to further the local food economy. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s...