Please note: This was originally published on West Michigan Business Blog. Reprinted with the author’s permission. I like restaurants, I like frequenting the local ones, the nots….not-national, not-franchised, etc. It is great when new restaurants opens up, and I get quite excited to try out the place. Unfortunately, many of these restaurants end up closing […]
thankful for my farmers
June 10, 2010 by
By Holly a recent conversation with a dear old friend of mine who is a farmer in my home state of iowa has brought me a renewed sense of understanding just how much opportunity i have here in michigan to eat healthy, local, free range, ethical… the list goes on. and i get to do […]
foraging adventures
June 10, 2010 by
yesterday, on a hot sunday afternoon surrounded by the lame attempt at skyscrapers that grace my fair city, we picked berries. it turns out that downtown grand rapids, along the grand river, is a forager’s dream. but let me back up first, since i have discovered that many folks don’t know what i mean when […]
Little Africa
June 9, 2010 by
by BB My kids very well may have been born on the wrong continent entirely. A.P. especially is currently fascinated with all things Africa. It’s a big continent, so it may take us a while to satisfy his curiosity. My husband and I have even gotten into it, and had a discussion about taking a safari […]
A Great Day at Bombay
June 9, 2010 by
by BB I have issues. Now would be a good time to illuminate one of them. A big issue for me is a comment I hear frequently, “There is no diversity in Grand Rapids”. I refuse to buy into this, and one way I can fight this misconception is by raising two children who really […]
An Interview with Betsy Meereman
June 9, 2010 by
by Wendy Hammond Betsy Meereman is part of Grassfields Cheese, a 5th generation family farm in Coopersville, Michigan. In order to appreciate their approach to farming, you should know a little bit about factory farming, or CAFOs. You can visit the Food & Water Watch website to learn more. What’s the alternative? Let’s hear from […]
