Gate to Plate
Gate to Plate
The Best Food in America Comes from Good People This new Gate to Plate program is meant to connect the hands of the people growing food to the hearts of those eating food. Farmers in America are a minority group that represents about 1.5% of the population. Michele is bringing stories from the farms and…
Read MoreThe Best Food in America Comes from Good People
Do you know where your food comes from? Have you considered the care that goes into your Thanksgiving plate? Not by the hands that cooked it, but the farmers growing your food. One of the nation’s leading food and farm advocates, Michele Payn, says that farmers in America today are actually a minority group that…
Read MoreTurkey Farmer – A Sustainable Entrepreneur in Michigan
Entrepreneurship as a blessing… A plump, juicy turkey is probably the centerpiece of your Thanksgiving Day spread. Harley Sietsema has spent 30 years working to make sure that your turkey is safe, delicious and affordable (so you can keep your focus on figuring out exactly how long you need to cook it.) Harley knows turkeys.…
Read MoreCranberry Farmer: A Working Mom in Massachusetts
Pooling resources is key for this family. Three generations working side-by-side to bring in harvest. Identical twin 16 year-old daughters. Long days of staring at little red berries, followed by short nights. Energy, patience, stamina and passion are needed to bring in this tangy holiday tradition. And it’s a life that Dawn Gate-Allen wouldn’t trade…
Read MorePumpkin Farmer: All Hands on Deck in Illinois
The Vance family farm grows some of the pumpkins that become our pumpkin pies at Thanksgiving.
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