Upcoming Events:
Winter Veggies cooking class - January 25th
Native-plant Gardening for Pollinators - January 25th
Green Film Fest: "Kilowatt Ours" - February 5th
Traditional Breads for St. Patrick's Day - February 9
Taste of Mexican Hospitality - March 28
For more information please visit our calendar
Local Food Events Listed Here
Check out our calendar to discover fun and educational events revolving around Southwest Michigan's food system. If you know of an event that hasn't made its way to our calendar yet, please send us the event information.
Find Local Food:
These are our favorite websites for information on Michigan farmer's markets, orchards, U-Pick farms, pumpkin patches, corn mazes, maple syrup producers, creameries, cider mills, wineries, and more.
Programs and Partnerships:
- Can-Do Kitchen
A licensed facility for new & existing food businesses, local-produce processing, and job training.
- Douglass Farmers' Market
Greet friends and neighbors at this new market on the north side of town featuring local producers.
- Eat Local, Kalamazoo!
Learn how, where and why to eat local in our series of presentations and events.
- Future Chefs
Teens cook? From scratch? Check out this cool summer program.
- Growing Matters Garden
Kids get their hands dirty, and learn a lot, with our multi-site gardening project.
- Southwest Michigan Community Harvest Fest
Celebrate local food, local farming, and sustainable living with great speakers, music and more.