13. SSCC
Farmer’s Market
Every
Tuesday
2pm
– 6:30pm
Solis, Jonathan
South Side Community
Coalition
2101 W. Holmes Rd
Lansing MI, 48910
517 – 394 –
6846
The South Side Community Coalition
Farmer’s Market is looking for Michigan farmers who want to sell their
produce to Lansing residents in the Southwest section of Lansing. The SSCC has
been permitted to accept Food Stamp also known as: (EBT or Bridge Card) and
Project Fresh coupon (WIC). In the Southwest section of Lansing we have a large
percentage of the population on EBT/Project Fresh. The market takes place every
Tuesday until late October. We are also looking for vendors to sell their goods
and services. There is no charge for the space provide. Please send this out to
interested parties. Thank you for your time and support.
Purpose of South Side Community Coalition Farmer’s Market:
o
Provide an opportunity for Lansing low-income residents in the
surrounding area to be able to obtain fresh fruits and vegetables.
o
Promote nutrition and healthy eating of fresh fruits and vegetables in
the community through education nutritional programs, easy access to fresh
fruits, vegetables, and encourage participation in our community garden
program.
·
Support small local farmers in the
Mid-Michigan area.
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Hello everyone! It is high summer and there is a ton in the works.
Please visit our web site (www.fairfoodmatters.org) for
the most up-to-date info on all of our progress and projects. Please take
special note of all of the incredible local food events taking place in
September, and culminating in Eat Local, Kalamazoo!, a celebration of local
foods during the last week of September.
14. Farmers
needed at Buchan Farmers Market (Berrien County)
8/6/07
Hello all,
We are from the Buchanan Farmers' Market in Berrien County. We are
looking for interested vendors to come sell at our lovely and sturdy permanent
structure market, located downtown Buchanan. It is small, with only ten
stalls, but it is open-air, it has a hard cover over top to protect from rain
(or to possibly hang a business sign) and each stall has running water and
electricity. We have loyal customers and consumers and we would like to
add to our list of vendors before the season ends. Our market hours are
Saturday 8am to 1pm. Also, we will be open the last three Tuesday’s
of August from 4 - 9 pm.
Anyone interested should call Molly, the Market Master, at 269-506-3021 or
reply to this e-mail.
Please pass the word along for us, we are new market trying to establish our
place in the community.
Thank You,
Molly Thornton
Buchanan Farmers' Market Master
269-506-3021
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15. SIGN UP NOW for the last GROWING
MATTERS GARDEN class of the season!
by Heather Crull, GMG garden manager
Starting August 7th, the Growing Matters Garden program will be hosting our
last community education classes for the season. The last classes will
focus on farms and food politics and are open to children, teens, adults, and
families. During the session, students will learn about organic gardening while
investigating where our food comes from, the impact it has on our environment,
and how to help! For more information or to sign up, please call 342-0530 or
download the flyer from our educational programs page at www.fairfoodmatters.org/gmg1.html.
GROWING MATTERS GARDEN IN NEED OF HAY & PERENNIAL PLANTS
With the current drought like conditions, we are having some difficulty finding
free (or even affordable) hay for mulch. If you know of someone who might
have spoiled hay to donate to the program or who is selling hay mulch
(preferably for under $3 a bale), please contact the garden manager at 342-0530
or at [log in to unmask].
The Growing Matters Garden is also looking for perennial flowers and herbs for
several beds at the main garden site. We are especially in need of native
flowers/plants that tolerate full sun or herbs that are strong smelling (mints,
lemon balm, lavender, thyme, tansy, rosemary, etc). Divided plants from
your yard or garden should work fine. If you have some to spare, please
contact the garden manager, again, at 342-0530 or [log in to unmask].
16. COMMUNITY KITCHEN UPDATE
Upcoming events centered around food
by Lucy Bland, Community Kitchen
coordinator
The rumors are true: the kitchen trailer is indeed, in Kalamazoo. FFM
is signing a contract with MOFFA and will have it for the next two years. The
insurance debacle finally got sorted out and now we're just waiting for
the opportune time to park it at the Kalamazoo County Fairgrounds.
Unfortunately (not for those fair ride lovers!), the County Fair is upon us
very soon and the trailer will be moved from the Fairgrounds for 2 weeks. We
look forward to having it up and running in time for the fall harvest. So get
your salsa recipes and Ball jars ready! Meanwhile we're
busy looking for grants (thanks to the help of Kelly Doyle and Chris Moore),
promoting the kitchen (thanks to Bradley Post), and working with NEPG on
findind a permanent location. Soon you'll be able to keep up with the Community
Kitchen Project at our new webpage. Please email [log in to unmask]
if you're interested in helping or using the
kitchen.
FUTURE CHEFS COMES TO A SUCCESSFUL CLOSE
by Lucy Bland, Future Chefs coordinator
You can rest assured that
15 more of Kalamazoo's teens are now armed with the skills to cook a heatlhy
meal! Future Chefs' fourth year was a success, as the students learned how to
do a mini-catering set up, make and present beautiful vegetable h'ors duerves,
bake flourless chocolate cake, fry homemade tortilla chips and guacamole, and
throw together a delicious bruschetta. Hey, we could start a restaurant! Well
that's a little much at this point, but look for the Future Chefs at the
Southwest Michigan Community Harvest Fest on September 23rd, in the food tent.
They will be selling some goodies and learning the customer service side of
cooking. The program simply wouldn't have happened without the hard work of
Arlene Brislen, Rosie Florian, and a handful of local chefs. Thank you!
EAT LOCAL,
KALAMAZOO!
by Seema Jolly,
Eat Local, Kalamazoo! coordinator
“Eat Local,
Kalamazoo!” is a celebration of local foods, bringing together farmers,
food workers, restauranteurs, students, teachers, merchants, food distributors,
neighborhoods, community groups—well, anyone who eats!
There will be a number of events taking place in September including:
Eat Local Challenge
Throughout the month of September, the Eat Local
Challenge will encourage Kalamazoo Community residents
to purchase local foods
Sunday, September 9 ~ Harvest Dinner
Held at Kirklin Farm, sponsored by Food Dance
Saturday, September 15 & 22 ~ Shop the Local
Markets with Julie Stanley
Join Food Dance’s Julie Stanley to shop the Kalamazoo
Farmers’ Market and the Food Dance Market. After
picking the best of
what’s local, Julie will prepare a treat for all to try at the Food Dance
Market.
Sunday, September 23 ~ Southwest Michigan Community
Harvest Fest at Tillers International
Journalist Alisa Smith and her partner, writer J.B.
Mackinnon, co-authors of Plenty: One Man,
One Woman, and a
Raucous Year of Eating Locally, will give the keynote at the festival
Monday, September 24 ~ A forum at Kalamazoo College
with Alisa Smith and J.B. Mackinnon on social justice
Tuesday, September 25 ~ A reading and discussion at
Kalamazoo Public Library by Alisa Smith and J.B. Mackinnon
Other events throughout the week include a panel discussion on how
eating local can grow our economy, a presentation of local foods throughout the
world, an evening of music and an interfaith harvest celebration.
For more information, or to find out you can get involved with Eat Local,
Kalamazoo! contact Seema at [log in to unmask].
17. THREE RIVERS SUSTAINABLE FOOD GROUP
The Three Rivers Sustainable Food Group's next meeting will be Sunday
August 26th at 4:30 pm. John Howie, director of GilChrist Retreat Center of the
Fetzer Institute, will be our guest speaker, on his expirements with a raw food
diet. Call Karla Kauffman for more information: 269-244-8979 or [log in to unmask]
People who help to make FAIR FOOD MATTER
by Chris Dilley, FFM board chair
I'd like to take a moment to acknowledge all the fine folks who work so
hard to make these projects happen. Thanks to Heather Crull and the GMG
educators! Thanks to the two K College interns who are dedicating their summer
to help make these projects soar: Kara Purcell (KAFSI) and Seema Jolly (Eat
Local, Kalamazoo!). Volunteers Rosie Florian and Arlene Brislen and several
guest chefs from local restaurants are taking Future Chefs to a new level.
Interns Chris Moore and Bradley Post are helping to make the Community Kitchen
idea a reality. And I would also like to acknowledge the FFM board members who
volunteer their time to create and oversee these programs: Dennis Wilcox, Lucy
Bland, Elizabeth Forest, Janice Marsh-Prelesnik, Karla Kauffman, and our newest
board members Scott Weber and Nora Chaus. Thanks to each and every person who
contributes to the important work of this organization. We truly could not do
it without you!
KNHS Seeks Budding Community Builders
Kalamazoo Neighborhood Housing Services (KHNS) has a class entitled
Community Builders, a skill-based community leadership class oriented to
residents of Kalamazoo that is currently going on. There is a minimal
registration fee, food is provided, and meetings occur once a week on Sunday
evenings from 5-7pm. If you are interested in further information, please
contact Emily Fraser at [log in to unmask] or by
telephone at (517) 231-5505.
First Monday Herb Gathering
Come on over to the monthly gathering of Blossoming Herbalists at the
home business and gardens of Granny Janny Herbs. This month's theme will be,
Developing Relationship With the Energetics of Herbs. The gathering will be
facilitated by Janice Marsh-Prelesnik, Herbalist and Midwife.
August 6 from 6:30-8:30
Cost is $15.00 or 2 hours of work in the garden.
Held at Granny Janny Herbs
12901 Fort Custer Drive
Galesburg, MI 49053
269.665.7797
18. Sustainable
Table – a non profit program that create Meatrix NEW YORK, NEW YORK,
Jul. 31 -/E-Wire (www.sustainabletable.org), the nonprofit program that
produced The Meatrix (www.themeatrix.com) movies and the Eat Well Guide
(www.eatwellguide.org), is traveling across the country to celebrate local,
sustainable food and the folks who produce, distribute, promote and eat it. |
Kicking off in
Hollywood on Aug. 2, Sustainable Table's "Eat Well Guided Tour of
America" will travel via bio-fueled bus across the United States,
stopping in more than 25 towns on its way to the Farm Aid concert in New York
City on Sept. 9. The tour will visit restaurants that serve local, seasonal
and sustainably-produced food, family farms and farmers markets in
California, Oregon, Washington, Montana, Wyoming, Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa,
Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York. |
"The Eat Well
Guided Tour of America is more than just a road trip," said Diane Hatz,
founder and director of Sustainable Table. "Given recent negative news
about food, we want to show people the incredible, positive things happening
in the sustainable food movement right now. The more people support their
local farmers and local food systems, the better off our communities
are." |
From the kickoff in
West Hollywood's King's Road Park to the "Pie and Popcorn"
barn-side film screening in Ohio, Sustainable Table and its local hosts will
delight in the summer's harvest while bringing together area residents for
events that will include local food, great conversation and local music.
Highlights of the tour include: |
"Pie Across
America" - Pies are a great metaphor for local, wholesome food, and
their ingredients tell stories about the people who bake them and the areas
where they're created. Sustainable Table will honor pie-making traditions by
baking, tasting, comparing, and eating endless varieties of pies from across
the country. |
The September launch of
the Eat Well Guide "road trip" feature - Think Eat Well Guide meets
Mapquest. Conscientious eaters will be able to map out routes with
sustainable food outlets from start point to destination. |
Other web features -
Video blogging, daily written updates, an interactive map where visitors can
track the team's progress and check out site-specific photos, videos and
recipes, as well as daily questions posed in-person and discussed on the
Meatrix Forum. |
Join
Sustainable Table online or on the road! Visit www.sustainabletable.org/roadtrip
to track the tour. |
About Sustainable Table
- Sustainable Table celebrates the sustainable food movement, educates
consumers on food-related issues and builds community through food. Projects
include The Meatrix, award-winning, humorous animations on industrial
agriculture, and the Eat Well Guide, an online directory of
sustainably-raised products from farms, stores, restaurants and other outlets
in the United States and Canada. Sustainable Table is a program of GRACE.
Contact Info: |
Leslie Hatfield |