Monday, March 31, King Corn will be showing at the State Theatre in Traverse City. Prior to the film, Great Lakes Bioneers are hosting a Locavore Hors d'Oeuvres Challenge reception with King Corn co-producer, Ian Cheney. And you're invited to step up to the challenge! details
Check out this podcast of Interlochen Public Radio's Points North program on Michigan Farming. Did you know agriculture consistently ranks in the top three job producers in the state, and that the variety of crops grown in the state is second only to California?
Emily Betz Tyra tracks down 41 of the best eats in Northern Michigan in the March issue of Traverse magazine. From the lobster cakes at Grand Traverse Resort's Aerie restaurant, to homemade baklawa at the counter of the 14th Street Mobil Station in Traverse City; a cookie dough frosted brownie (yum!) at Blue Heron Cafe in Cadillac, Apple Yum Salad at Thai Orchid Cuisine in Petoskey, to the kraut dogs at Bunting's in Cedar. I can vouch for those kraut dogs, having enjoyed them several times last year. Sounds like the other 40 delectables are a good excuse for some road trips this summer!
In Prosperous Farms, Well-Fed Kids, Diane Conners of the Michigan Land Use Institute shares several local success stories to connect northern Michigan farms and schools. These stories and more will be featured at a conference on March 12 at the Hagerty Center in Traverse City. Seventeen organizations, including public school districts and private schools, will share their expertise in bringing fresh local food into cafeterias, classroom curriculum and school fundraising efforts.
Traverse City hooked a third-place finish in Field and Stream's recent list of Best Fishing Towns of America. The magazine looked at towns with populations under 100,000 and cited TC's fishing diversity as a plus.
Check out the piece on Up North Foodies that Pat Stinson wrote for the Glen Arbor Sun. Thanks Pat!
Check out NPR's The Challenge of Eating Local: Distribution, which features Cherry Capital Foods, a local-food distribution company recently launched by Charlevoix native Eric Hahn.
Food For Thought will appear on the Food Network's Unwrapped program on Monday, January 14, 2008. Food For Thought's Cherry Salsa Atento will be featured in a special report on cherries and their usage in different food lines. Host Mark Summers will demonstrate the journey of a cherry from the tree to inside a salsa jar.
Just came across this great article by Nancy Krcek Allen in the Record-Eagle, titled Make a 'Locavore's Holiday': buy local.
"I woke to the knowledge that my chef colleagues and I are merely window dressing. It's the farmers and growers who should be lauded superstars with their own television shows," writes Allen, who's been a chef and culinary educator for 16 years. "But farming isn't sexy. This holiday season I cast my food dollar vote with my neighbor-growers."
Next Monday, the State Theatre in Traverse City will hold Michigan's premiere of Charlie Wilson's War, which, says Michael Moore, is "one of the holiday season's most anticipated films." And because that night, December 17, will mark the one-month anniversary of the re-opened State Theatre, the premiere will benefit the Northwest Food Coalition. One hundred percent of the evening's ticket proceeds will go the coalition, which serves 35 food pantries in Northwest Michigan: Antrim, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Leelanau and Wexford counties.
The Village at Grand Traverse Commons recently welcomed TASTES, a tasting room from Black Star Farms with a twist.
Check out Northwestern Michigan College's winter schedule of community classes, where you'll find several of interest to local foodies. NMC offers gift certificates for a class, and you save five bucks if you purchase one ($25 or more) by December 18. That'd be a fun stocking stuffer! Here are just a few of the offerings.
With the bounty of another CSA/farmers market season behind us, and the winter solstice just 5 weeks away, it becomes more of a challenge to buy locally in Northern Michigan. Fortunately, the wines, spirits, jams, cheeses, breads and other delicious local products are available year round (and make a great combo for gift baskets). But even local produce can be found. As Joan D'Argo points out in Oryana's recent "Natural Food News," during November and December Oryana will carry local certified organic apples and onions and local sustainable potatoes and garlic; and depending on weather, kale, collards and chard. Christopher Jacobs has created new signage to identify local produce. Look for green signs for local organic, and red for local produce grown using sustainable methods. Why does this matter? As Joan writes, "If each resident in Grand Traverse County spent just $10 a week on locally grown food, local products and local businesses, $3,000,000 every month would be invested in local people, local farms and independent local businesses." Something to take to heart when planning meals and selecting gifts for the upcoming holiday season!
A number of restaurants in the Leelanau & Traverse City area will be participating in the Toast the Season wine tour by donating 5% of your meal cost to charity when you show them your Toast the Season ticket stub. Get a great meal and support some wonderful charities! The first weekend has sold out, but limited tickets remain for the second weekend - November 17 & 18, 2007. Order yours now. The weekend event features holiday gift basket with each ticket and an ornament, special wine pour and holiday-themed gourmet food at each of the 13 wineries that are members of the Leelanau Peninsula Vintners Association.
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Farmers' markets aren't just for the warm months any more. This winter, some Up North markets are taking it inside on Saturdays!
