Food & Farming
Farms, Food & Health
Together with supporters like you, we bring together health practitioners, employers, schools, hospitals, farmers, and others interested in connecting the dots between health care, wellness, and locally grown food, to open dialogue and idea-sharing, and inspire a new and healthier food culture.
Culinary Medicine
Culinary Medicine is a new evidence-based field in medicine that blends the art of food and cooking with the science of medicine. Learn more about Groundwork's involvement here.
Farms, Food & Health Conference
The Farms, Food & Health Conference brings together professionals from the worlds of health care and food systems to examine the connection between health care, wellness and locally grown food. Learn more about the conference here.
FARMS, FOOD & HEALTH
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STORY: CULINARY MEDICINE GAINS MOMENTUM IN TRAVERSE CITY

STORY: CONNECTIONS LINK FOOD, WELLNESS, AND BUSINESS
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Farms, Food & Health News
Meet Nathan Medina, our new Lansing-based Policy Specialist!
Groundwork’s new Policy Specialist, Nathan Medina, has signed on to help make sure the healthy school-food program 10 Cents a Meal for Michigan's Kids & Farms keeps receiving essential funding from the state. As time goes on, we’ll no doubt be tapping his...
Milestones: Patty Cantrell and the Roots of Our Food & Farming Program
As part of our series “Milestones … and Milestones in the Making,” we invited Patty Cantrell to reflect on the formative days of our Food & Farming program.
Farm to Neighbor Offers a Healthy New Equation for Food Pantries and Farmers
Farm to Neighbor is an innovative program that helps farms by giving them a new market for their produce and helps food pantry families with fresh, delicious and healthy food.