NW Michigan Food and Farming Network Report to the Community 2015 Report to the Community

Food and Farming network Partners T his is a list of only the partners represented in this report. It is a thorough but by no means complete list of all the players making this work happen in our 10 Cents a Meal Acme Township Anderson’s IGA Antrim Conservation District Arbutus Press As Local As Possible (ALAP) America’s Small Business Development Centers Bay Area Senior Advocates (BASA) Bay Bucks B&B Farms Bear Creek Organic Farm Benzie Area Christian Neighbors (BACN) Benzie Central Public Schools Benzie Conservation District Benzie-Leelanau District Health Department Benzie-Manistee Department of Human Services Benzie Sunrise Rotary Club Black Star Farms Bliss Garden Farm Blue Care Network of Michigan Blue Cross / Blue Shield Boss Mouse Cheese Central Lake Public Schools Charlevoix County Community Foundation Cherry Capital Foods Cherry Republic Child Care Connections Community Action Agency Coveyou Scenic Farm Cradle Knoll Farm Crooked Tree Breadworks Double Up Food Bucks Downtown Traverse City Association Eaton B. Goode Edible Grande Traverse Magazine Fair Food Network FarmRaiser Flight Path Creative Food Corps Michigan Frankfort-Elberta Area Public Schools Fresh Food Partnership Friendship Centers of Emmet County Gary L. Howe Photography General Mills Foundation Gleaners of Southeast Michigan Glen Lakes Community Schools Goodwill Industries Goodwill Farm to Freezer Program Goodwill Food Rescue Grain Train Natural Foods Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians Grand Traverse Culinary Oils and Flours Grand Traverse District Health Department Grand Traverse Foodshed Alliance Grand Traverse-Kalkaska-Leelanau Department of Human Services region. Many of these groups work independently. It is the network’s strong goals that help tie the work together. Grand Traverse Food Innovation Hub Grand Traverse Pavilions Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy Greenstone Farm Credit Services Grow Benzie Grand Traverse Conservation District Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy Hagerty Insurance Head Start of Northwest Michigan Hunger and Environmental Nutrition / Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Institute for Sustainable Living, Art, and Natural Design (ISLAND) Interlochen Public Radio John Russell Photography Kaleva Norman Dixon Schools Kalkaska Conservation District Kalkaska Public Schools Ken Scott Photography Lakes to Land Regional Initiative Leelanau Conservancy Leelanau Conservation District Leelanau Cheese Leland Public Schools Little Traverse Conservancy Local Food Alliance Manistee Community Kitchen Manistee Public Schools May Farm Mesick Elementary School Michigan Agriculture Environmental Assurance Program (MAEAP) Michigan Department of Ag and Rural Development Michigan Department of Education Michigan Department of Public Health Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget Michigan Economic Development Corporation Michigan Farm Bureau Michigan Farm Service Agency (USDA) Michigan Good Food Charter Michigan Land Use Institute Michigan Offices of Services to the Aging Michigan Regional Prosperity Initiative MSU Ag Bio Research MSU Center for Regional Food Systems MSU Crops and Soil Sciences Department MSU Department of Community Sustainability MSU Extension MSU Institute of Agricultural Technology MSU North Community Partners MSU Product Center MSU Student Organic Farm Munson Healthcare Munson Medical Center MyNorth Media 61 Networks Northwest Non-GMO Project North Central Michigan College Corporate and Community Education (NCMC-CCE) Northern Michigan Culinary Arts Community Northern Michigan Small Farm Conference Northport Public Schools Northwest Michigan Horticultural Research Center Northwestern Michigan College Oleson’s Food Stores Oryana Natural Foods Petoskey Harbor Springs Area Community Foundation Petoskey Regional Chamber of Commerce Priority Health Project Fresh Rotary Charities of Traverse City Sarah Hardy Downtown Farmers Market SBDC of Northwest Michigan Scheel Family Farm SEEDS Senator Debbie Stabenow Shop and Save Straights Area Grape Growers Association Suttons Bay Public Schools TART Trails Taste the Local Difference Teen Health Corner The Crooked Tree Arts Center The Grand Vision The Lexicon of Sustainability The Northwest Food Coalition The Redheads, Inc. Tom’s Food Markets Toot Sweet Photography Traverse Bay Great Start Collaborative Traverse City Area Chamber of Commerce Traverse City Area Public Schools Traverse City Downtown Development Authority Traverse Bay Area Intermediate School District Traverse Bay Economic Development Traverse Bay Poverty Reduction Initiative Traverse: Northern Michigan’s Magazine United Way of Northern Michigan USDA USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture VISTA W.K. Kellogg Foundation Worthington Family Foundation The Counties of: Antrim, Benzie, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Emmet, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Leelanau, Mason, Manistee, Missaukee, Ottawa, Wexford Area Farmers Area Farmers Markets

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