Get a sample of fresh food scenes in Michigan that are solving challenges like food access, health and nutrition, and food and farm business success.
 Fresh Michigan Food
What do you do when you don’t have a car and the nearest produce section is 10 miles away? When your kids have never seen certain fruits or vegetables? When you are up against all odds? |
 Lansing Roots, Lansing
This farm incubator in Lansing is teaching new, diverse farmers how to grow and succeed in Mid-Michigan. The Greater Lansing Food Bank coordinates the program. |
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Detroit’s first licensed aquaponics farm grows basil and tilapia in a former liquor store. Go on a tour of the farm and see how Central Detroit Christian is using the business to create jobs, job skills and fresh food in Detroit. |
Kids in northwest Lansing attend this two-week NorthWest Initiative garden program to see their summer school garden in action, learn to grow food, and harvest and cook fresh food. |
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Dearborn has the most dense population of Arab Americans in the United States, as well as an amazing array of family-owned food businesses! Go on a food tour of Warren Avenue with the Arab American National Museum. |
A new food hub in Mid-Michigan connects local farmers to local businesses that need fresh food. The Allen Market Place, operated by Allen Neighborhood Center, also hosts food workshops, commercial kitchen space, and a year-round farmers market. |
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Not your typical community garden, the Eden Gardens community garden is bridging a rift that split the African American and Jewish communities in Detroit during the 60’s. The garden is a partnership between Eden Gardens Block Club and the Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue.
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Food access, nutrition and education are key to healthy lifestyles, and it is so easy to bring people together around food.
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CDC Farm and Fishery, Detroit
Summer Garden Camp, Lansing
Yalla Eat! Walking Tour, Dearborn
Allen Market Place, Lansing
Eden Gardens’ Garden
Eating Healthy