- The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, or MDARD will create a new farm to family program, dedicated to connecting local farmers to local families.
- The 3 million dollar program from the the 2025 fiscal year budget, will support the implementation of the program looking into regenerative farming and promoting local food products from small and medium-sized growers.
Bringing healthy produce to low income neighbors is one of the many tasks Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed off on in the 2025 fiscal year budget and there are many people in our neighborhoods already working towards that goal.
“So we come in here to pick up produce each week and it changed the way we relate to food and eat at home,”
Iris Paul came to the Allen Neighborhood Center to find healthy food options.
“I was a subsidized veggie box member and it made such a big difference for my family,” Paul said.
And now, she serves others in the community as the assistant manager for the Center’s Food Hub and Veggie Box program.