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Downtown Traverse City business owners are being asked where food trucks should be allowed. The issue has been simmering since the cost of a permit went up last year...
Traverse City leaders voted this week to allow honeybees in town, after...
A five million dollar project to improve distribution of locally grown...
The Traverse City Commission changed course slightly Tuesday in how they charge food trucks to do business in the city.
...Traverse City is a foodie town. You can find locally-sourced meals and treats everywhere. So some people were surprised when the city...
You've heard of the 100 mile diet? Eating only food produced within 100 miles of your house. Martin Reinhardt plans to eat only what would have been available 300 years ago around his home in the Upper Peninsula. Reinhardt is a member of the...
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During the twentieth-century the scale of food production in the United States went big. Farms became vast corporations and food...
Oran Hesterman thinks our food system ought to be fair. He says the problems are well documented and we need to focus on solutions. He has many examples in a new book, including a dairy farm in Kalkaska County.
School lunches may include more local fruits and veggies in the coming year. Michigan is one of two states where it will be easier to use federal dollars to buy locally...
