Local Food Month Celebration - August 21
Eat Local, Kalamazoo: Local Foods Scavenger Hunt beginning in September!
Introduction to Hydroponics - September 16
8th Annual Southwest Michigan Harvest Festival - September 19
Projects & Partnerships
In keeping with our mission, we have developed important partnerships and programs that further our goal of educating our community about food and food systems.
Eat Local, Kalamazoo!
Folks in the Kalamazoo area are treated to an annual series of events featuring local foods. Organizers look to exciting trends and community needs as they design presentations that enlighten and entertain. The Eat Local Passport and Eat Local Challenge are part of the adventure.
Growing Matters Garden Program
Our urban educational gardening program empowers, engages and educates local youth and the larger community with hands-on learning opportunities. A garden is a great place for people to come together, learn to raise food, and understand the ecology of sustainable growing.
Future Chefs
This program, a partnership between the City of Kalamazoo Parks & Recreation and Fair Food Matters, offers teens aged 13-18 experience in the kitchen with food service professionals. For more information about Future Chefs, contact us.
can-do kitchen Project
This convenient facility allows organizations, entrepreneurs, or farmers to process local food items. Now located at First Baptist Church, downtown Kalamazoo. Tomorrow, the vision is to create a greatly expanded bricks-and-mortar kitchen. Questions or ideas? Contact Lucy at 492-7653 or by email.
Farms-to-Kalamazoo College
Fair Food Matters is working with Kalamazoo College - students, faculty, staff and employees of contractor Sodexo - to bring more local food into the cafeteria. Local Food Showdowns spotlight Farms-to-K: Chefs use ingredients from local growers as they compete for awards in creativity, flavor and presentation.
Southwest Michigan Community Harvest Fest
Fair Food Matters has teamed with other organizations for several years to present this one-day celebration of local food, local farming and sustainable living. Featuring speakers, demonstrations, exhibitors, music, food and family activities, it's a regional happening!
- can-do kitchen
A licensed facility for new & existing food businesses, local-produce processing, and job training.
- Growing Matters Garden
Kids get their hands dirty, and learn a lot, with our multi-site gardening project.
- Future Chefs
Teens cook? From scratch? Check out this cool summer program.
- Eat Local, Kalamazoo!
Learn how, where and why to eat local in our series of presentations and events.
- Farms to K College
Students and community partners are bringing more local food into the cafeteria at Kalamazoo College.
- Southwest Michigan Community Harvest Fest
Celebrate local food, local farming, and sustainable living with great speakers, music and more.
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Fair Food Film Festival
Exploring where our food comes from and why it matters.