“Victory” Garden 20 years ago Rodney King was beaten in Los Angeles. When the police officers caught on tape beating him were acquitted, one of the worst riots in LA history erupted, leaving deep scars of social tu...
From 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. on Sunday June 3, tantalize your taste buds with samples of local restaurant fare while soaking in the sounds of local bands at a Taste of Ann Arbor. This annual community event blends food with live ent...
In Season It’s hard to believe that June is here! The farmer’s markets are in full swing, and summer is basically upon us. The anticipation for morels, green garlic and Michigan Asparagus has been replaced by the anticipat...
It’s Grow Time The best time of year for local food is upon us again in Washtenaw County: farmer’s market season! The first week of May will see most of our local farmer’s markets opening again, with the Downtown Ypsi...
The Al Dente Pasta Company has come a long way since the early days when owner Monique Deschaine would personally make all of the pasta by hand. Nowadays, their locally-famous pastas and sauces are distributed from their small ...
705 W Cross St., Ypsilanti // 734-485-6720 // www.wurstbarypsi.com Back in January, Mark Maynard interviewed Wurst Bar owner Jesse Kranyak and had only positive things to say about Ypsi’s newest bar (other than that th...
“Everything I want to do is illegal” says author (& farmer) Joel Salatin, who will be giving a talk called “Local Food to the Rescue” on April 24 at the Michigan Theater. Salatin returned full-time to his family far...
Green Commodities Spring is officially here (although I thought we were still waiting for winter), and for many growers and local food enthusiasts that means being gripped by planting mania. For me it manifests itself in attend...
Building the Future The growing momentum of local food is a compelling thing. I continue to be awestruck by innovations in every aspect of the local food movement from education to empowerment to entrepreneurship. I’m als...
Advantage Michigan Without even knowing that Michigan had just made the top 10 list for U.S. states with the most winter farmer’s markets, last month we celebrated the bounty of Southeast Michigan’s winter-time loca...