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March 16, 2008
State Law Slows Farm-to-School Progress
Here we were, 330 of the region’s professionals in school education, nutrition, and health, working to nudge fresh, wholesome local food into the center
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March 11, 2008
Grand Rapids Tells Lansing: Yes We Can
Michigan's own Henry Ford generated amazing wealth innovating and mass marketing the automobile. But his fortune was an anthill compared to the mountain of
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March 7, 2008
Raising a New Kind of ‘Eater’
I had breakfast with Marty Heller and Michelle Ferrarese at their farm on the kind of February morning that makes most people want to go back to bed. But they
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February 7, 2008
Prosperous Farms, Well-Fed Kids:
When Frankfort-Elbert high schoolers staged a “strike” over the quality of their cafeteria food two years ago, their timing was perfect: School
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January 31, 2008
Granholm Touts Clean-Energy Jobs
Governor Granholm presented a high-minded vision for the future of the energy industry in her 2008 State of the State Address Tuesday night, and urged the
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January 12, 2008
Can Emmet Think Outside the Box?
With its charming downtown and great Lake Michigan views, Petoskey is a strong tourist magnet and northern Michigan economic pillar. But looming approval of
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December 12, 2007
Benzie Pushing to Halt Its Crisis
Six months after a report warned that Benzie County was losing the confidence of local residents and township governments because of its dysfunctional planning
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November 28, 2007
‘Build It and They’ll Come’
Will the streetcar make a comeback in Grand Rapids? That is the question that local developer Guy Bazzani is considering as civic leaders here investigate the
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