Slow Food West Michigan Blog
New to a CSA? A Personal Tale
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…
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Simmer some soup. It’s simple!
In preparation for this blog post, I took the farm-store ham-hock out of the freezer. After assuaging my soft heart with the knowledge that the…
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Grant Highlight | Beverly Bryan Community Orchard
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…
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Einkorn: Wheat As Nature Intended
Wheat is getting a bad rap these days. With gluten sensitivity on the rise and fad diets encouraging folks to give up grains entirely, it…
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Sovengard: A Grand Rapids Snail Blazer!
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…
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Slow Food Nations 2018 Recap
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…
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Restoring Cultural Traditions
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…
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2018 Biodiversity Mico-Grant Awardees!
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…
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2017 Biodiversity Grant Spotlight | Blandford Nature Center
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…
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2017 Biodiversity Grant Spotlight | Plainsong Farm
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…
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About Us
Slow Food West Michigan is the West Michigan chapter of Slow Food, a non-profit, member-supported organization founded in 1989 to counteract fast food and fast life.