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Food & Farming Issue Area & Working Group

The Food & Farming Working Group will work to preserve agriculture as a viable economic practice in the region by protecting farmland, enhancing the affordability of farms, and supporting agricultural infrastructure in the region.

Click to visit the Grand Vision Food & Farming Working Group on Google Groups (will open in new window). All content in the working group is viewable by the public. You are invited to attend a meeting of this Grand Vision Working Group to learn how you can participate in the discussion. The schedule of meetings for the Food & Farming Working Group can be viewed in the calendar to the right.

Contact the Food & Farming Working Group Convener
Jim Sluyter, Michigan Land Use Institute
jimsluyter@mlui.org, (231) 941-6584 ext. 15


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Observations From A Month Eating Locally
This is a Food and Farming related blog written by Michelle Northrup. The views expressed within are solely the author's. To read the previous posts, click here. "Old Mother Hubbard Went to the cupboard, To give the poor...

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Want Local Food? Get Local Farmland
The Food and Farming guiding principle of the Grand Vision is to encourage local food, farming and rural development as a vital part of our economy, culture and identity. Sustainable Food blogger Greg Plotkin tracks recent...

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