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National hops experts to headline Great Lakes Expo Hop Session
Published on September 26, 2014
Expo session to focus on post-harvest quality considerations. -
Mayra Martinez: An entrepreneur success story
Published on September 26, 2014
Mayra Martinez and her family built a successful restaurant and full service catering business. Upcoming plans include branching into food processing. The lessons Mayra learned in the process and her words of advice for other packaged food entrepreneurs. -
Planning for a new hopyard 2: Sourcing clean plant material is crucial for success
Published on September 26, 2014
As the hop harvest winds down, current growers may be interested in expanding production and new growers may be developing business plans for establishing new hopyards next spring. -
Parliamentary “requests”: Part 2
Published on September 23, 2014
Differentiating between a Parliamentary Inquiry and a Request for Information. -
Michigan Good Food Summit returns to Lansing this fall
Published on September 22, 2014
Michigan Good Food Summit returns to support Michigan food systems that focus on healthy, green, fair and affordable food production. -
FEMA offers disaster resources for tribal communities
Published on September 22, 2014
Tribal members can learn how to prepare themselves and family members for an emergency by visiting Ready Indian Country. -
Streamlining the zoning ordinance: Part 1
Published on September 22, 2014
Zoning can be confusing and hard to understand. There are several zoning streamlining techniques to make zoning easier to understand and use. -
October is National Farm-to-School Month
Published on September 22, 2014
Many schools will be celebrating October by offering a variety of locally produced foods. -
Grand Traverse region’s wine grape production significantly down in 2014
Published on September 11, 2014
The 2014 wine grape crop is short, but wineries will still have a good inventory on hand for the coming sales year. -
Cold hardy grape wines: They tried it, and liked it!
Published on September 11, 2014
Research surveys of Michigan tasting room visitors and Midwestern wine drinkers indicate low awareness and positive acceptance of cold hardy grape varietals.