Food Justice is communities exercising their right to grow, sell, and eat healthy food. Healthy food is fresh, nutritious, affordable, culturally-appropriate, and grown locally with care for the well-being of the land, workers, and animals.
Want to learn to grow your own food?
Get started at the links below:
www.gardendesign.com/
www.commonsensehome.com/
www.miraclegro.com/
www.gardeningknowhow.com/
www.almanac.com/
Did you grow too much?
Radical Grace Church hosts “The Rock” food pantry Tuesday mornings and Thursday afternoons. You can take extra produce there!
Need a spot to garden?
Come join our Collaborative Garden at 762 North. Neighbors have been gardening here since 2017. The lot is divided up plots and meet up monthly to do gardening chores together before enjoying a community potluck. Learn more!
Is there a different kind of food you’d like to produce and sell?
Non-potentially hazardous foods can be produced in a home kitchen for direct sale to customers. Learn more about Michigan’s Cottage Food Law.
Where else can you get fresh food nearby?
- Check the Local Resources page for food pantry information.
- Bridge Street Market
- Gordon Food Service
- Family Fare (Leonard)
- New City Neighbors
- Local fruit trees: The map below shows the publicly accessible fruit growing in Belknap Lookout that you can eat! Each plant is labeled on this map along with information about when they tend to ripen. Thanks to Calvin College student Hannah Larsen for this digital resource.