Posted in AnnArbor.com, Farm to Fork, Growing Goodies, Watch & Listen on April 6, 2011
Merely 5 miles north on Pontiac Trail, a vision is taking on substance. Tilian Farm Development Center is about to burst forth with active vegetables, animals, and people. As with so many things, it is nice to see a “before” picture, this is that picture. As I noted in January, Tilian Farm Development Center is [...]
Posted in AnnArbor.com, Farm to Fork, Growing Goodies, Watch & Listen on March 21, 2011
In my Farm to Fork series I visit local farms around Ann Arbor and share what I learn. “People aren’t willing to just eat potatoes and onions all winter long.” Tomm Becker, of Sunseed Farm, stands in the one of their two unheated hoop houses surrounded by dark earth and verdant vegetables. “We believe that [...]
Posted in Farm to Fork, On Food... on February 21, 2011
Selma Cafe is a local-foods breakfast salon began in February 2009, founded and hosted by Lisa Gottlieb and Jeff McCabe, organized these past six months by Gottlieb, as McCabe has focused on the farming initiatives. The first time my husband and I went to Selma Cafe, we arrived at 6:25 a.m. so he could be at [...]
Posted in AnnArbor.com, Farm to Fork, Growing Goodies, Oh Say Can You CSA!, Watch & Listen on September 19, 2010
Ever since Jeff McCabe and Lisa Gottlieb started FridayMorning@Selmas as a breakfast fundraiser in their home 1/3 of the money has been spent, “on the food and the rest of the money goes towards the funds for hoop builds,†according to McCabe. At the Capella Farm in late August, I volunteered to help with Selma’s [...]
