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A new gardening program is coming to KI Sawyer.
“Let’s grow KI” is hosting a 12 week gardening program for people between the ages of 18 and 29 and that receive SNAP food assistance benefits.
“Participants are going to learn how to grow, prepare and preserve their food through 12 hands-on workshops. They will be planning their gardening with harvesting and sanitation with MSU extensions,” Jordan Russell, Program Director of Let’s Grow KI said. “There is gardening basics and food preservation with Transition Marquette, seed saving with Queen City Seed Library, food preparation and knife skills from Taste The Local Difference, cooking basics with the head chef from NMU and a workshop on making your own baby food and hiding vegetables from picky eaters.”
Here are the Ann Arbor area farms offering subscriptions at upcoming virtual CSA fair
Meredith Bruckner, Community News Producer, All About Ann Arbor
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ANN ARBOR – The Michigan Statewide CSA Network will be hosting an upcoming virtual CSA fair featuring Michigan farms on Feb. 26.
The network is a collaboration between Michigan Food and Farming Systems, MSU Extension and Taste the Local Difference.
What is a CSA?
A Community Supported Agriculture share is a subscription program to a local farm in which you pay a farmer upfront for a regular delivery or pickup of their harvest. It’s a direct investment in local growers, and in return you get to enjoy fresh produce, eggs, dairy, meat and more. Another reason some people like CSAs is that it helps them to try new recipes with items they might not typically have on their list at the grocery store.