September 7, 2010 – 5:51 am
The Ann Arbor HomeGrown Festival is hoping you’ll help them raise a ruckus in the historic Ann Arbor Farmers’ Market pavilion this Saturday (September 11) from 6-11 PM. They’re celebrating food, farms and community with great eats and cool beverages, live music and fun for the whole family! Entry to the Festival is FREE, and [...]
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August 16, 2010 – 9:34 am
Grand Rapids Farmers Market 2009 by RichardDemingPhotography A Grand Rapids institution since 1922 commonly known as “the Farmer’s Market,” the Fulton Street Market offers locally-grown fruits and vegetables, plants and home-made arts and crafts. Reap the benefits and pleasures of freshly-picked fruits and vegetables, as well as hand-made items! The Fulton Street Farmer’s Market has [...]
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sweet corn! by PepOmint While corn is not yet ready to pick in northern Michigan where Taste the Local Difference is based, I did see a photo pop up yesterday in the Absolute Michigan pool on Flickr showing that corn is ready to pick in southern Michigan. The folks at TLD note that corn is [...]
Untitled by jenny murray First Michigan Cherries by RichardDemingPhotography Taste the Local Difference says that sweet cherries are ready to pick! A quick check of Real Time Farms and the photos in the Absolute Michigan pool shows that cherries are available across Michigan. They were available so early this year that the National Cherry Festival [...]
emil hates rhubarb by yodraws Taste the Local Difference says that rhubarb is in season. They note that rhubarb is high in Vitamins A and C, calcium and fiber and that one cup of diced rhubarb contains about 26 calories. It’s often called the “pie plant and for centuries, the dried root of the plant [...]
Real Time Farms is a community-sourced site that allows consumers, photographers, chefs, market managers, farmers and foodies to share their enthusiasm and support for the local food movement by using the site to discover what food is available at farmers markets and farm stands and also to share what’s they find there by contributing photos [...]
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The first-ever Traverse Colantha Walker Dairy Festival takes place on the grounds of The Village at Grand Traverse Commons on Sunday, June 13th. Why a festival for a cow, and why this cow? It seems that Traverse Colantha Walker was not your ordinary heifer. Some Cow: The Story of Traverse Colantha Walker Of the 96 [...]
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Ready for my closeup by farlane In MSU helps form Michigan cheese cooperative, Farm & Dairy reports on the newly formed Michigan Cheese Makers Cooperative. Members plan to work together to market their cheese, leverage their buying power and cooperate to further the art of cheese making in Michigan. The cooperative is funded by a [...]
Pure Michigan takes you behind the scenes of the filming of their new “Fresh” TV spot. The spots are done by McCann Erickson and it’s amazing to see what 30 seconds requires. Many more videos from Pure Michigan TV at YouTube. Share this:
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Although 2010 hasn’t been the best of years for maple sugaring, Megan from Spoon Blog took a visit to the 320 acre Currey Farm near Charlevoix to check out the maple syrup making process. In , she writes: Head over to Michigan Maple to read all about it and check out The Cycle of Sweetness: [...]
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