Greenfield Village Open Air Farmers Market

On Saturday, September 26 and Saturday, October 3, we'll be participating in one of our favorite events of the year, the Greenfield Village Farmers Market.   Greenfield Village is an 80 acre venue honoring the traditions, architecture, artisans, food and music of America's past.   The annual open air farmers market brings together the best local food that Southeast Michigan has to offer. It's a fun family event with a great community spirit. The Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village have a great tradition of using local ingredients in their restaurants and catering.  During the fall season, try their butternut squash soup, hobo bread and cherry chicken sausage - so good!  

From the Greenfield Village website:

Enjoy an open air farm market where you can purchase local grains and baking mixes, handcrafted creations from Greenfield Village’s Herb Society, organic breads, local farm fresh produce, pumpkins, meats, honey, apples from local farmers and more.

This event is rain or shine. The Fall Season Farmers Market is free to members and free with Greenfield Village admission. 

Contact information:

The Henry Ford
20900 Oakwood Blvd.
Dearborn, MI 48124-4088

The Henry Ford Call Center:
313.982.6001
7 days a week: 9:00am-5:00pm
TDD: 313.271.2455

Eat Local Food heads back to School

We’ve been encouraged by the recent announcements of the USDA regarding their national “Know your Farmer, Know your Food” campaign. We’re also excited about the work of our local farm to school programs. Some of the goals of Farm to School programs are to connect local farmers with school food directors, to encourage healthy eating in school food programs, and to educate children about nutrition and healthy eating habits. Farm to School programs across the country are doing amazing work. With the alarming rates of childhood obesity and diabetes in our country, programs such as these are critical to educating students on leading healthier lifestyles.  

At Eat Local Food, we had a recent opportunity to work with the Michigan Farm to School initiative and to design banners for a local school district. This work inspired us to commit to having our own “Farm to School” designs. We are working to add to our Farm to School designs and to develop products that support healthy eating habits and educate children about fruits and vegetables.  

Over the next few months, we will be adding these products to our on-line web store. We welcome your feedback and input on our efforts. If you have a Farm to School program in your community, please consider getting involved! Your participation is needed and will be greatly appreciated.

For more information and to join the Farm to School network, please visit http://www.farmtoschool.org/.  

And here's one of our favorite Farm to School blogs, School Lunch Talk.

In Michigan, please visit and support:

www.mifarmtoschool.msu.edu
www.fsepmichigan.org
http://fsepmichiganf2s.blogspot.com/

Eat Local Food is introducing a new webstore!

Eat Local Food is introducing a new webstore! It looks and feels very similar to the current one, but will allow us to introduce new features and products. We are very excited and hope that this new store meets with your approval. If not, please send us your comments at info@eatlocalfood.com and we will work to improve the store. To make sure there is no disruption in your ability to place an on-line order, we will be leaving the old webstore up and running until we are satisfied with the introduction of the new webstore.

Try it today at http://www.eatlocalfoodstore.com/new and receive up to $5.00 off your purchase through the new store.