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Join us for the 15th Northern Michigan Small Farm Conference! Register before December 20 and save. REGISTER HERE We're moving to a bigger barn! Due to the tremendous popularity of this gathering of...
View ArticleISLAND programs: doing it together
In the past several years, we have come together as a community to learn how to do more for ourselves—together. ISLAND organizes workshops for homeowners, homesteaders and farmers, teaching skills...
View ArticleGet Farming! Keep Farming! Saving Seeds from the Farm or Garden (& Seed...
Saturday, January 11, 10am to 3pmGrow Benzie, 5884 M-115 (Frankfort Hwy), Benzonia Saving seeds can benefit growers in many ways, including preservation of rare varieties, adapting favorites to your...
View ArticleGarlic Show and Auction 2014
Congratulations to the growers who received Best in Show at the Garlic Show and Auction October 18:First place: Long Night Moon Farm Second place: Big Medicine RanchThird place: 3rd Day FarmIt was a...
View ArticleISLAND Wraps Up 2014 Twilight Tour Series
The 2014 Twilight Tour Series organized for ISLAND’s Small Farm Guilds has had an incredible response. Growers from all over Northwest Lower Michigan came out to share a meal and meet their farm...
View ArticleSpecialty Crop Grants to Boost Michigan's Growing Food and Agriculture...
Specialty Crop Grants to Boost Michigan's Growing Food and Agriculture IndustryOctober 2, 2014 LANSING, Mich. – Today, Governor Rick Snyder and Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development...
View ArticleLooking at Textiles through the Lens of the Local Foods Movement
by Shanna Robinson and Jen Schaap Fiber lovers are weaving together all parts of the system to create a local fibershed. A fibershed is similar to a watershed or foodshed. It ties together textiles,...
View ArticleMichigan Announces New Wild-Foraged Mushroom Harvesting Certification Program
For immediate release: March 25, 2015 Media contacts: Chris Wright, 248-957-8881; chris@midwestmycology.org or Jennifer Holton, 517-284-5724, holtonj@michigan.gov Wild mushrooms, like morels and...
View ArticleISLAND Silent Auction: Online bidding starts today!
For many years, ISLAND has raised funds to grow vibrant programs in ecology, the arts and agriculture through a combination silent auction and benefit concert held at Short’s Brewing Company in...
View ArticleApplication deadline is October 1, 2015 for residencies that run from...
For full details, visit http://www.artmeetsearth.org/artist-residencyThe Hill House Artist Residency supports talented artists with a two, three or four week stay in a semi-secluded log cabin near...
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