LAKE CITY — Meal planning can be a stressful task for anyone, especially those with a family to feed, but Elty Farms is hoping to make healthy living easier with
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Every morning, a small fleet of Food Rescue trucks makes the rounds to dozens of stores, farms and bakeries. Their mission? To rescue soon-to-expire, fresh and nutritious foods as part of Goodwill Northern Michigan’s Food Rescue program dedicated to not just helping feed people in need in northwest Michigan, but also doing so with healthy food.
The food everything from prepared dishes to fresh produce is delivered on the same day, free of charge, to more than 70 food pantries and community meal sites in Grand Traverse, Antrim, Benzie, Kalkaska, and Leelanau counties, where people can access the food for free. About 18,000 residents in the five counties an area twice the size of Rhode Island benefit from Goodwill Northern Michigan’s Food Rescue program each year.
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Luscious, local chocolate makes the perfect stocking stuffer for everyone on your list (yourself included). This holiday season, indulge in the sweet creations of five Northern Michigan chocolatiers.
People tend to associate the flavors of Northern Michigan with late summer’s tart cherries and cool white wines. I’m, however, partial to the chocolate. For me, the taste of dark, dense truffles is inextricable from the North’s sand dunes and turquoise water.
There is perhaps no better time to visit the region’s chocolate shops than at the holidays. As the temperature starts to plummet, you can find me ducking inside (preferably by a crackling fire) to sip on decadent drinking chocolates laced with cinnamon, smoked chili and sweet hints of local maple syrup. Not only will you find scrumptious sweets to share with family and friends throughout Northern Michigan, but also the communities these shops call home offer visitors the quintessential small-