Northern Michigan might be drawing in some beginning farmers with resources and land to get them started locally.
Excerpt: Two local nonprofits are hoping to give aspiring, first-generation farmers the same opportunity with a farmer residency program.
Like a doctor residency, the program would take people completing farmer internships or apprenticeships and offer them land owned by the Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy to farm themselves.
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Source: Miami Herald
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