Meet casey haggerty

Meet casey haggerty

outreach contractor

casey@groundworkcenter.org |

“Some of the best feelings I’ve ever had have come to me when eating something I grew from a seed,” says Casey Haggerty, a Petoskey-based contractor who works for Groundwork on outreach, grant coordinating, and food access.

For Casey, that plain and powerful feeling took on fresh meaning right after college when she signed on to be a FoodCorps AmeriCorps service member, hosted by our Petoskey office. For two school-years she worked with elementary school children, teachers and administrators to elevate the role of whole, healthy food in school and daily life. “I wanted kids to know how incredible it feels to harvest something they grew,” Casey says. Her belief that everyone has a right to nutritious, delicious food only strengthened during FoodCorps, and now she’s excited to continue along that path working with Groundwork in multifaceted ways.

The deeper Casey dives into the local food movement, the more enthused she becomes about its potential, a world in which local food is the way of our culture—served in schools, food pantries, restaurants, grocery stores, and kitchens. “I am excited for a future where everyone in the community can feed themselves nutritiously. I might be dreaming big, but I think that the passion and motivation for such big work are present at Groundwork and in the community,” she says.

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Education

Graduated from the University of Michigan in 2018 with a B.S. in Program in the Environment. Go Blue!

In her spare time ...

Casey spends time with horses, walks, reads, writes, swims, crochets, studies, and plays video games.

Favorite spot in northern Michigan

“My favorite spot is Little Traverse Bay. I love that the mouth of the bay faces west and that the sun sets over the bay, creating the 'Million Dollar Sunset' Petoskey is famous for,” Casey says.

Why the prop?

"If I'm not at home, I am at the barn! I accidentally acquired a baby horse a few years ago and have spent lots of time training her (and myself!) to help her grow into a respectable member of horse society."

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