Article written by: Rachael Cougler An Aside from Oryana We reached out to the Northwest Food Coalition to be our November Groceries for Good recipient before news broke of the USDA’s pause on the SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). As
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Traverse City is lucky to have so many co-ops in our community. From keeping the lights on, to teaching kids, or growing our local food, co-ops help our region thrive. Here are a few of Oryana’s cooperative neighbors. Cherryland Electric
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The holidays are the perfect time to share something thoughtful, local, and full of meaning. Oryana’s curated gift baskets make it easy to give a personalized gift that celebrates good living and supports our community. Each basket is hand-built by
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Joseph Adams, Owner and Founder of Full Circle Lavender Farms in Maple City, MI Lavender Fields Forever We recently had the joy of visiting Oryana employee turned farmer Joe at his family-run farm, Full Circle Lavender. It was inspiring to
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Just a short drive outside Traverse City, we had the pleasure of visiting Anavery Fine Foods, the local farm that supplies Oryana with some of the best pasture-raised pork and lamb in the region. But what we saw on the
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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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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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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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