Carter’s Compost has been keeping food scraps out of the landfill and nourishing Traverse City’s soil since 2012. Originally started by a young boy named Carter as a neighborhood project, the business has since grown and found new life under
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Tucked into the rolling agricultural hills of Cedar, Michigan, Open Air Farms is more than just a beautiful place to grow food, it’s a labor of love, resilience, and innovation. Oryana had the chance to visit the farm, and we
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This blog was written by Caleb Hall, a student at The Greenspire School, as part of a class project called Food for Good. In this project, 11th and 12th grade students explore how food, and how we write about it,
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Third spaces create what we think of as community. They are often the underlying reason we choose to stay. If home is our first space, work our second, then third spaces are the shared, special places where we seek enjoyment,
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This blog was written by Sofie Feck, a student at The Greenspire School, as part of a class project called Food for Good. In this project, 11th and 12th grade students explore how food—and how we write about it—plays an
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This blog was written by Maggie MacPherson, a student at The Greenspire School, as part of a class project called Food for Good. In this project, 11th and 12th grade students explore how food—and how we write about it—plays an
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This blog was written by Samuel, a student at The Greenspire School, as part of a class project called Food for Good. In this project, 11th and 12th grade students explore how food—and how we write about it—plays an incredibly
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Throughout April, we were proud to host a series of free Earth Month Speaker Events designed to inspire action and deepen our community’s connection to the land and water we all call home. From restoring watersheds to composting in your
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This blog was written by Evelyn Martel, a student at The Greenspire School, as part of a class project called Food for Good. In this project, 11th and 12th grade students explore how food—and how we write about it—plays an
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This blog was written by Alyssa Steiner, a student at The Greenspire School, as part of a class project called Food for Good. In this project, 11th and 12th grade students explore how food—and how we write about it—plays an
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