Agriculture

Feature Story Flint native and business owner Jade Marshaé poses brazenly inside her home on Dec 28, 2023. Neighborhoods

The FREEdom and Hidden Holistics of Jade Marshaé

Jerimiah WhiteheadMonday, January 15, 2024
Feature Story Mario Moore, American, born 1987. The Drum Rolls on, 2021. Oil on canvas 66 x 48in. Collection of Nancy and Sean Cotton. Arts and Culture

Detroit's Mario Moore presents 'Revolutionary Times' exhibit at Flint Institute of Arts

Brianna NargisoWednesday, January 10, 2024
Feature Story College student and former migrant worker Dilayla Martinez with Migrant Legal Aid attorney Molly Spaak. Healthy Communities

Michigan's migrant farm workers face many health challenges, but help is available

ESTELLE SLOOTMAKERThursday, August 17, 2023
Feature Story The Flint Fresh Food Hub and Mobile Market encourage healthy eating by making local farm fresh produce more accessible to Flint residents. Healthy Communities

Flint Fresh Food Hub connects residents to farmers and fresh, locally-grown produce

Jarielle Tasha NettlesMonday, July 24, 2023
Partner Content A Farmers Market Food Navigator assists shoppers at the Muskegon Farmers Market. Healthy Communities

Michigan Fitness Foundation connects families to farmers and fresh, locally grown food

ESTELLE SLOOTMAKERWednesday, May 24, 2023
Feature Story The Greater Flint Health Coalition’s work in gardens grew out of its SNAP-Ed direct education programming like Fresh Conversations and Rec-Connect™, pictured here at Burton Senior Activity Center. Healthy Communities

Gardens growing change in Flint

ESTELLE SLOOTMAKERWednesday, March 15, 2023
Feature Story Tina Swanton, Michigan Health Improvement Alliance (MiHIA) executive director of community impact and strategic partnerships, and MiHIA CEO Heidi Tracy at Hidden Harvest and East Side Soup Kitchen in Saginaw. Healthy Communities

Despite agricultural hub, Michigan's Thumb has high food insecurity. Can collaboration change that?

ESTELLE SLOOTMAKERThursday, January 5, 2023
In The News Residents outside of EJ's Garden giving thanks and prayer. Neighborhoods

The Sarvis Park community prays for a bountiful harvest at EJ's Garden

Xzavier SimonThursday, June 30, 2022
Partner Content A father selects fresh-picked radishes at a local farm stand. Healthy Communities

Creating sustainable, local food systems through food policy councils

ESTELLE SLOOTMAKERWednesday, May 25, 2022
Partner Content Children in the Three Sisters Garden in Buckley. Healthy Communities

SNAP-Ed programs grow change in Michigan's northwestern rural communities

ESTELLE SLOOTMAKERWednesday, April 6, 2022
Feature Story A DIGs workshop on asemma, or tobacco. Community Development

Here's how the UP's Debweyendan Indigenous Gardens build health, community, and food sovereignty

Estelle SlootmakerFriday, October 29, 2021
Partner Content Produce at a Michigan Farm to Family: CSA pickup at Lakeshore Depot in Marquette. Healthy Communities

In the Upper Peninsula, finding an affordable CSA is a SNAP

Estelle SlootmakerWednesday, October 13, 2021
In The News Janie Beuthin and her husband Ryan turned a vacant lot in Mott Park into a flower farm. Neighborhoods

A Mott Park family creatively reused a vacant lot to add beauty to neighborhood

Patrick HayesWednesday, September 2, 2020
In The News William S. White receiving the first-ever Philanthropy Compass Prize from the European Foundation Centre in 2009. Photo by Andreas Franke. Economic Development

Thank you, Bill White. For everything.

Wednesday, October 9, 2019
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