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PRESS RELEASE WHAT: With just over one week left to go until the 36th Annual Access Hunger Walk, agencies across West Michigan are making a final push to raise $150,000 and have 1,000 people in attendance. The community is encouraged to: 1. Donate to the Hunger Walk at accessofwestmichigan.org 2. Form a Hunger Walk team [...]
PRESS RELEASE LANSING – With the craft beer craze continuing to sweep the state of Michigan and summer approaching, Pure Michigan and Founders Brewing Co. have teamed up to give fans and craft beer enthusiasts a chance to pick a Founders beer style that best represents Pure Michigan. The beer chosen by fans will be [...]
Governor Rick Snyder has declared April as “Michigan Wine Month” to honor Michigan’s wide selection of quality wines and the wine industry’s significant contribution to the economy. Sales of Michigan wine in the state rose more than 6 percent in 2012, while total wine sales increased just 1 percent. Michigan wine sales have outpaced total wine sales over the past 10 years, doubling Michigan wineries’ market share to 6.5 percent.
I’ll be helping out at the Slow Food West Michigan booth on Thursday, stop by and say hello! PRESS RELEASE As February turns to March, the 2013 West Michigan Home and Garden Show will fill DeVos Place with hundreds of products and services, dozens of free seminars and demonstrations, contests and attractions, and, of [...]
Every year I say I want to go to this. Alas, it hasn’t worked into my schedule and I’m still finalizing travel plans for work. So we’ll see. Here’s the press release for more info: PRESS RELEASE Chefs Challenge, now in its sixth year, attracts chefs from all over the state to compete in a [...]
Join your friends at southwest Michigan’s premier farm-to-fork eatery for a series of dinner and beverage events featuring ingredients and beverages sourced within a 50 mile radius of Salt of the Earth. The four-event series will begin in January and run through May 2013. “This series essentially highlights what we do here every day at [...]
The best chefs in West Michigan will offer food lovers the opportunity to enjoy a night out while raising funds.
PRESS RELEASE One of the benefits of membership in the Michigan Brewers Guild “Enthusiast” program is special VIP tours and tastings at member breweries around the state. To participate in one of these special tours, one must be a current Enthusiast member – a group dedicated to celebrating the growing craft beer industry in the [...]
Be awed and inspired this harvest season with the intricate artwork demonstrations by custom pumpkin carver Pat Harrison – the self-proclaimed “Lord of the Gourd.” Harrison, who hails from Allegan County and currently resides on the Leelanau Peninsula, showcases his creative carving skills at throughout the state in the coming months. The schedule is below.
Republished from a press release – I’m so excited that more people will be able to try our awesome Michigan wines!
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