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Purchasing a bag of Higher Grounds Harvest Fall Blend from their website or coffee shop at GT Commons through December 15 will add $5 to Groundwork Farm to School programs. Since 1995 as the Michigan Land Use Institute, Groundwork Center for Resilient Communities has been giving people an opportunity to create the Michigan they want to see. Personal involvement has enabled this transformational work to protect the environment, strengthen the economy and build thriving communities.

            Farm to School means that schools purchase food for students from local farms while also offering a curriculum about healthy eating. It’s a simple, but powerful idea because it addresses some of our region’s and our nation’s big issues. Farm to School helps reverse the decline in child health and provides economic stability to family farms, thus preserving our beautiful farmland.

 

Store location: 806 Red Dr., Traverse City. For more information, call 231-922-9009 or visit HigherGroundsTrading.com.

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