Click on the image below to explore an interactive google map of information about the farmers, processors, and distributors we worked with this year to source food for Dexter Food and Nutrition’s Farm Fresh Food Days and local food in school meals. You’ll see photos of the people who produced the food our students ate, and find outContinue reading “Map of Our Local Farmers”
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“It tasted a little weird” and other student responses
We knew going into the April Farm Fresh Food Days that wheat berry salad was going to be a hard sell. So we dressed up the wheat berries with a sweet, tangy dressing and added some MI-grown dried cranberries to the mix to sweeten the deal. Check out the recipe here. For the majority ofContinue reading ““It tasted a little weird” and other student responses”
April 2014 Farm Fresh Food Days
Spring may be here, but winter is not far in our past and it was a bad one for farmers trying to grow year-round. The frigid temperatures made it difficult for local farmers to keep their spinach and other winter greens going in the hoop houses, which normally work well for such crops. So weContinue reading “April 2014 Farm Fresh Food Days”
“We really need more fruits & vegetables!” and other responses from March Farm Fresh Food Days
March in Michigan, especially this year, looked nothing like spring. So when seeking out locally grown food to serve the students, we had to think about the foods that were harvested in the fall and stored over the winter. This time, we went with Bosc Pears grown at Friske Orchards in Ellsworth, MI. We had studentsContinue reading ““We really need more fruits & vegetables!” and other responses from March Farm Fresh Food Days”
Whole Grains for Big Brains
Sign up to volunteer ! . . . . . .for this month’s Farm Fresh Food Day events featuring Whole Grain Blueberry Bars made with: Locally grown Organic Multigrain Flour from Westwind Milling Co. in Linden, MI AND Locally grown Blueberry Preserves from Brownwood Farms in Williamsburg, MI Dexter Food and Nutrition is ordering both of these products through Cherry Capital Foods, a local-to-localContinue reading “Whole Grains for Big Brains”