A few years ago, I was your typical office-worker: stressed out, uneven energy, overweight, and inconsistent complexion. Now I'm just your typical 28-year old urban hunter-gatherer on a quest to be healthy, and having a few adventures along the way. See my full bio.
Like I already said, I'm rarely gonna post on political stuff -- but since this is uplifting, non-partisan, and focuses on food, I'll post it. Our family put together a "Michigan Thanksgiving", using as many ingredients as possible from Michigan farmers: heritage turkeys, real pumpkins for pumpkin pie, sweet potatoes, greens, jam, bread, honey, chestnuts, cranberries, wine, beer, apples, and more. Agriculture is Michigan's second-largest industry.
Here's a list of the ingredients, farmers, and a few recipes. (As for the recipes, the chestnuts and applesauce are paleo, and the rest could be modified.) I know some economists like to argue that local food is inefficient (expect a post from me on that), but even if you accept that as true (it's only partially true), in this case, Michigan actually is an excellent global producer of a lot of Thanksgiving-style foods. And my two favorite fruits: cherries and blueberries.
Oh yeah, and we served some venison, courtesy of yours truly.
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awesome video, john. shared
awesome video, john. shared with my sister at Umich
awesome video, john. shared
awesome video, john. shared with my sister at Umich
Wonderful video!!
Wonderful video!!
Charles Kenny was on The Kojo
Charles Kenny was on The Kojo Nnamdi show a couple of days ago. One caller, who was actually a local farmer, brought up the point that with more farmers markets people stay out of the grocery store more and that has the effect of people not buying as much packaged/processed foods. I think Mr. Kenny does not do the analysis of the effect on the environment of that potential benefit of buying local.
I love this! I grew up in
I love this! I grew up in Traverse City and Grand Haven (cherries and blueberries!) and I really miss all the gorgeous Michigan produce. It's so hard to find decent apples in TN. I love visiting TC in the summer and stocking up at the farmer's market. Fresh, ripe balaton sour charries are my favorite. I also love MI wines (too bad they don't sell them out of state. Booo!)