More Americans going hungry
According to a new report released today, 49 million Americans lack adequate access to healthy food. Here’s a clip from the article in the Washington Post: The number of Americans who lack dependable...
View ArticleThe state of agriculture in Washtenaw County
My friend Mary Morgan just shared this factoid on Facebook, and I found it so fascinating that I decided to steal it… As for the little minotaur in corner, don’t pay any attention to him. I just threw...
View ArticleWashtenaw Community College to bring local farmers and chefs together to...
I know very little about it outside of what’s in the email that I just received, but this sounds like such an interesting event, with so much potential, I felt compelled to pass it along. On Tuesday,...
View ArticleStarting a fund to purchase urban farmland in Ypsilanti
I’m not suggesting that anyone run out and invest their hard-earned money in this, but our friend Amanda Edmonds, the executive director of the Ypsi-based not-for-profit Growing Hope has what I think...
View ArticleGuerilla grafting, and living off the fat of the land in Ypsilanti
A few days ago, I posted something here about a group in San Francisco that has made it their mission to convert non-fruit-bearing trees on public land into ones that bear edible fruit. They call...
View ArticleIntroducing Stewart Beal ‘s newest venture… CityFARM
I’ve been puzzling over an email that I received from local real estate developer Stewart Beal a few days ago, announcing a new “business concept” of his, called CITYfarm. “CityFARM,” said Beal in his...
View ArticleGrowing Hope responds to CityFARM with the announcement of a similar service
Amanda Edmonds, the executive director of the local urban farming non-profit Growing Hope just sent in the following letter in response to my recent post about real estate developer Stewart Beal’s...
View ArticleAmanda Edmonds on the future of Growing Hope and this weekend’s big fundraiser
As I’ve mentioned here before, one of my favorite local non-profits is the urban farming education and advocacy organization Growing Hope. And, as they still have a ticket or two available for the big...
View ArticleThe Festival of the Honey Bee, and the campaign to make Ypsi more...
A few weeks ago, the Ann Arbor Awesome Foundation awarded a grant to local bee activist Jamie Berlin to help ensure that Ypsilant’s Festival of the Honey Bee can continue on into the future. Following...
View ArticleYpsilanti Immigration Interview: Alice Jo Gannon Boss
The following interview with Alice Jo Gannon Boss was conducted several months ago, but, for some reason, I’m just now getting around to posting it. Hopefully that fact won’t diminish your excitement...
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