December 2010 Blog Posts

Detroit's Eastern Market: A Food Hub in a Food Desert

Posted Dec 23, 2010 @ 11:09 AM

December 17th, 2010 at 4:00 PM by Luke By Debbie Tropp, Branch Chief, Farmers Market and Direct Market Research Branch, AMS Look up Wayne County, Michigan, home to Detroit, in USDA’s Food Environment Atlas and it is obvious that local residents have some significant challenges in accessing healthful food. An alarmingly high number of households that lack a car in Wayne County are located further than one mile from the closest grocery

Posted Dec 15, 2010 @ 3:50 PM

Published: Tuesday, December 14, 2010, 6:42 PM MLive.com GRAND RAPIDS — Grand Rapids Community Foundation officials this week approved $850,000 in grants that will benefit several area programs and organizations.

Shirley Sherrod Presentation & Black Farmers in America Photo Exhibit

Posted Dec 9, 2010 @ 3:30 PM

W. K. Kellogg Foundation - November 29, 2010 FFN President Oran Hesterman and FFN Director James Ella James attended the W.K. Kellogg Foundation Black Farmers in America Photo Exhibit on November 29th, featuring a presentation by Shirley Sherrod,

Hesterman Featured Speaker at MSU Student Organic Farm Program Commencement

Posted Dec 7, 2010 @ 5:22 PM

FFN President Oran Hesterman was invited to be the featured speaker at the 2010 Commencement for the Michigan State University (MSU) Student Organic Farm Program. Under Oran’s leadership in 2002, the W. K. Kellogg Foundation provided MSU with an initial grant to start this program that has since become one of the premier training centers for aspiring organic farmers in the U.S.

Posted Dec 1, 2010 @ 12:12 PM

A news release from PolicyLink, TRF and The Food Trust about the introduction of the Healthy Food Financing Initiative, a public/private initiative that holds the promise of re-populating food desert areas with healthy food and vibrant food retail.

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