You've heard of Art Prize. Thanks to some innovative food folks in Battle Creek, now there's Food Prize. Food and beverage businesses in 12 Michigan counties, including Calhoun and Kalamazoo, are eligible to participate. But hurry! Applications close Friday, September 1.
Eggs, bacon, pancakes, and companionship. When free breakfast is served at St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Battle Creek during the summer, people come for more than just the food. Those who work or volunteer there, like Kitchen Manager Roy Hllman, do it for joy.
How did the truffle respond to the popcorn's proposal? Oil marry you! Entrepreneur Kari Stolpestead officiated the marriage of popcorn and truffle oil at Can-Do Kalamazoo — and it was love at first bite.
A Gull Lake staple, Chicken House delights with superb food and stunning views while simultaneously enriching the community. Enjoy the first scoop on Kalamazoo County ice cream shops in our new series, Ice Cream Summer.
Zaccari Frailey's love for beef jerky blossomed during the pandemic when he was a high school junior with an EBT card at his disposal. When funds dried up, Frailey decided to dry his own beef. Not long after, Jerk Your Beef Jerky, Frailey's successful, new business, was born.
Second Wave's Mark Wedel interviewed a musical cactus. Well, not quite. But he interviewed a local musician who plays the cactus as an instrument – and another who plays music along with music-making aloe vera and even a giant Sequoia. Yes, plants can make music. For upcoming Earth Day (April 22), we celebrate the world as a magical, musical place.
Kenzie's Be Café is a nonprofit coffee shop in Grand Haven that provides meaningful employment for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
The idea of a food co-op in downtown Battle Creek has been discussed for several years and now there is a demand for it given the growth of residential properties that are fully occupied with waiting lists.
Connor Tierney learned to make chocolate for himself, using only beans that came from ethical sources and processes that don't cut corners on flavor. His chocolate from Kalamazoo's lone small-batch bean-to-chocolate company will be on sale at the Farmers Market.
Imagine a food system in which the people who produce, distribute, and consume food also control the mechanisms and policies of food production and distribution. It's called food sovereignty and Zoo City Farm and Food Network is working to bring it to Kalamazoo.
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