U of M alum Darren Criss at a standing room only Sonic Lunch show at the Michigan Theater - Doug Coombe | Show Photo

Food / Agriculture Features

Step Back: Michigan Folk School Teaches Old Skills With A New Purpose

Dennis Archambault Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Sometimes a step back in time can be a step into the future. At the Michigan Folk School in Superior Township, back-to-basics living isn't just seen as nostalgia for arts and crafts, but rather a community-based counterbalance to the alienating advances of technology.

Our Community's Health: Prescribing Produce

Dennis Archambault Wednesday, March 13, 2013

"Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants."

-Michael Pollan, In Defense Of Food

An innovative 'prescription' program introduces medicinal benefits of fresh produce to lower income Washtenaw County residents. It's not only showing promising results, it's gained the attention of the Public Health Foundation.

Selma Cafe Thinks, Eats and Grows Locally

Natalie Burg Wednesday, February 20, 2013

From neighborhood breakfast salon to ag incubator to monthly happy hours to nonprofit organization, Selma Café has grown and evolved over its four years. Concentrate chats with its co-founder and president Lisa Gottlieb about how things are going and where they are headed next.

A New Breed: Tilian Farm Development Center

Tanya Muzumdar Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Business incubators have become a vital driving force in southeast Michigan's growing high-tech economy. But what about the state's second largest economic sector, food and agriculture? Enter Food System Economic Partnership and the Tilian Farm Development Center. Concentrate gets the skinny.

Foodies With A Memory: Ann Arbor's Culinary Historians

Tanya Muzumdar Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Add another unique first to Ann Arbor's CV: U-M's professor of gastronomic history, Janice Longone. Making the case for the U.S.'s culinary heritage, Longone is not only a vital contributor to the Clements Library's ever-growing archive, she is the founder of the Culinary Historians of Ann Arbor, a nationally-recognized group of food historians.

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Food / Agriculture Blogs

Molly Notarianni

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers... and we bet he sold 'em at a farmers market. This week Ann Arbor Farmers Market Manager Molly Notarianni digs up the social and economic edge to a market where the personality-to-product ratio is higher than you'll find in any store.

Amanda Edmonds

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Thorny social issues are what perpetuate inequitable access to farm-fresh products. This week Amanda Edmonds, executive director of Growing Hope, talks about the ways in which her non-profit empowers communities to grow and eat heathy food. Ground zero: a seed squadron.

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Food / Agriculture Videos

Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales

Keith Jefferies Wednesday, June 08, 2011

From its gorgeous painted labels to its crafted oak barrel flavors, Dexter's Jolly Pumpkin Ales is all about bringing an artist's touch to brewing. It's an approach that's winning them fans (and awards) all across the nation, and has, of course, inspired one of A2's most popular brewpubs.

Growing Hope

Keith Jefferies Wednesday, July 21, 2010

From bees to broccoli, Growing Hope is determined to bring locally grown produce to the masses. Between its urban gardens, hoop house and hives, running the downtown Ypsilanti Farmers' Market, and providing community education, this urban farming advocate has developed a little slice of sustainable heaven on Michigan Ave.