“Slow Food” Information and Food Sources
General Info
http://www.slowfood.com/
http://www.edibleschoolyard.org/homepage.html
Local Food
Here is a link to a page on El Parcels’ blog (she is a Brookview parent and farmer)
on local food: http://fastgrowtheweeds.com/local-sources-southwest-and-western-michigan/
Eaters Guild (organic farm in Bangor): Winter food share information. They have a delivery site at the Livery in Benton Harbor. http://www.eatersguild.com/
http://www.westmichigancoop.com/
EverGreen Lane Farm: Organic farm and orchard, Fennville, MI
This is where we go every fall for bushels of organic apples for apple sauce. The owners, Tom & Cathy Halinski, always pick a wonderful variety of apples for us that makes the most amazing applesauce!
http://www.evergreenlanefarm.com/
Bluebird Meadows of Stevensville, MI
We buy our tomato seedlings and some other plants/herbs for our garden at their farm stand on John Beers Road. The owners also sell their natural vegetables at the St. Joseph farmers market. When we want to can more tomatoes than we grew, we get them from Bluebird Meadows.
http://www.bluebirdmeadows.com/Farm-Stand-1.htm
Dine-out slow food style
The Journeyman Cafe in Fennville, MI features “American Artisan Foods” and is simply delicious. They have a sister restaurant “Rye” that sounds yummy too! Both feature local food.
http://www.journeymancafe.com/
Lemon Creek Winery
Although it is not organic, this is a wonderful orchard. The peaches from here that we canned this fall are amazing!
http://www.lemoncreekwinery.com/
Roseland Farms
Local organic beef. Area leader in sustainable farming.
http://www.roselandorganicfarms.com/
Providence Farms
I’ve been looking for a source for organic chicken and turkey and came across Providence Farms in Saugatuck, MI.
http://providencefarms.org/
Cheesemakers
North of Holland in Coopersville is http://www.grassfieldscheese.com/ Steve and Sons.
NE of Grand Rapids is http://www.lubbersfarm.com/ the Lubbers family, who have a small dairy but also make cheese on-site for themselves
Books
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingslover
The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan
Local Flavors, Cooking and Eating from America’s Farmers Markets by Deborah Madison
