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  • About
    • Blog
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      • Book Club Favorites
    • Resource Links
      • Slow Food International
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      • Seed Savers Exchange
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  • Volunteer
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Posts by Slow Food West Michigan

New to a CSA? A Personal Tale

By Slow Food West Michigan | July 5, 2020
swiss chard from csa

Hi everyone! Sarah here. First time blogger for Slow Food West Michigan, long time eater.  This past winter I decided that I wanted to find a CSA to participate in.…

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Grant Highlight | Beverly Bryan Community Orchard

By Slow Food West Michigan | February 13, 2019

One of our 2018 Biodiversity Grand Awardees was The City of Wyoming Tree Commission; “The Tree Amigos”. They did an outstanding job of researching their project to provide the West…

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Sovengard: A Grand Rapids Snail Blazer!

By Slow Food West Michigan | September 19, 2018
Sovengard Biergarten

Exciting News: 2018 Snail Blazer award was bestowed upon The Sovengard. What is the Snail Blazer? This is the first of an annual award granted to a leader in the…

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Slow Food Nations 2018 Recap

By Slow Food West Michigan | August 26, 2018
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I knew Slow Food Nations would be a party, and not a party that was lacking in libations. The decorations hung over Larimer Street in downtown Denver, Colorado made this…

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Restoring Cultural Traditions

By Slow Food West Michigan | April 24, 2018

We’d like to introduce Green Wagon Farm, an eighteen-acre, certified-organic vegetable farm in Ada, Michigan. Green Wagon carries out the Slow Food ethos in all aspects of production, selling their…

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2018 Biodiversity Mico-Grant Awardees!

By Slow Food West Michigan | April 4, 2018
Earthkeeper Farm Banner

Please join us in congratulating our 2018 awardees. These grants will be supporting the production of heirloom varieties and heritage breeds. Full Hollow Farm is a small certified organic vegetable farm…

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2017 Biodiversity Grant Spotlight | Blandford Nature Center

By Slow Food West Michigan | February 23, 2018
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In their initial grant application, they proposed to increase the biodiversity on the farm through planting and maintaining a native fruit and nut grove. They proposed that they would plant…

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2017 Biodiversity Grant Spotlight | Plainsong Farm

By Slow Food West Michigan | January 31, 2018
Plainsong Farm Heirloom Wheat

Plainsong Farm received the 2017 Biodiversity Micro-Grant to grow and distribute a 1⁄4 acre of heirloom Turkey Red wheat. During the Spring and Summer seasons they prepared the planting area with selective…

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Sanctuary Restaurants Offer A Place at the Table for All

By Slow Food West Michigan | April 17, 2017
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A new sanctuary movement is developing in the food world By Alex Gillett In the past year, amid the politics and controversies, the Sanctuary City movement has been all over…

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2017 Micro-Grant Awardees Announced

By Slow Food West Michigan | March 30, 2017
schuler farms garlic

Preserving biodiversity is critical to protecting our ecosystems and ensuring the security of our local food system. We are so thankful for your support and donations that allow us to…

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