The Local Feed
Learn more about the Downtown Market
by (MILocalFoodBeet)
Submitted 07-30-2013 under LOCAL LIFE
For the past two weeks, WYCE’s The Local Feed has been speaking with Kayem Dunn to learn more about the Downtown Market in Grand Rapids. Dunn, a nonprofit management consultant, has been working with the market as a member of the Downtown...
Ride the bus to area farmers markets
by (MILocalFoodBeet)
Submitted 07-12-2013 under LOCAL LIFE
Farmers market season is now in full swing! Need a ride? Take the bus. The Rapid bus system has routes near farmers markets. Below is a list of markets available from The Rapid bus routes. Downtown Market: 435 Ionia Avenue SW. ROUTE 2...
The Local Feed: Spinach in local farmers markets
by (MILocalFoodBeet)
Submitted 06-14-2013 under OPINION
Spinach is an annual plant that grows best in cool, damp weather and rich, moist soil. It is started with seed and harvested when the largest leaves are 6 to 8 inches long. It’s available in Michigan in spring gardens and markets, so now is...
The Local Feed meets Katie Brandt from Groundswell Farm
by (MILocalFoodBeet)
Submitted 06-09-2013 under LOCAL LIFE
This week on The Local Feed we learn about Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) from Katie Brandt of Groundswell Farm in Zeeland, MI. The farm was founded in 2006 by Katie Brandt and Anna Hoekstra. Hoekstra left in 2009, and Tom Cary joined the...
The Local Feed: Asparagus comes to local markets
by (MILocalFoodBeet)
Submitted 05-31-2013 under OPINION
Asparagus is one of the earliest Michigan crops. Did you know that Michigan, home to 125 asparagus farms, ranks third in the nation for asparagus production? Our farmers produce up to 25 million pounds of asparagus seasonally on approximately 11,000...