Low-tech by design, the simple hoophouse helps extend the farmer’s growing season. Learn how one Michigan program supports hoophouse farms so growers can stock markets, schools, and institutions with farm-fresh food year round.
Innovative methods in growing and preserving Michigan food boost the local food economy--and not just during traditional growing seasons. See how Michigan businesses capitalize on farm-quality produce year-round.
Low-tech by design, the simple hoophouse helps extend the farmer’s growing season. Learn how one Michigan program supports hoophouse farms so growers can stock markets, schools, and institutions with farm-fresh food year round.
With its long history of sailing and boating, Jefferson Chalmers is unique in Detroit due to its orientation away from the road, and towards the water.
In Michigan cities, corner grocery stores don’t always increase access to healthy produce. In Detroit and Flint, some researchers are taking a closer look at customer service as a barrier to food access.
By rethinking typical ways of accessing food, communities are bridging the gap between the farm and the plate. Learn how mobile markets can positively impact health while building connections between neighbors.
Metro Detroit's background in manufacturing and early adoption of robotics could position the region to do well in a world where robotics and related technologies ripple out from the auto industry into an ever-expanding number of uses.
Potential solutions currently being explored include installing rain gardens and porous surfaces, planting trees and constructing more white roofs, and building sustainable energy sources into our power supply.
Frederick Law Olmsted designed Belle Isle, but his plan was lightly implemented and even counteracted by future developments. Brian Allnutt argues its time we reexamine Olmsted's original plans to better inform future use of the island.
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