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Beyond the Brew: Soldadera Coffee’s Recipe for Success and Social Impact
Nestled in the heart of West Michigan, Soldadera Coffee is more than j...
Jul 16 2024
Michigan Good Food Fund Brand Refresh
Jun 25 2024
We’re excited to unveil our new website and Michigan Good Food Fund ...
Seed Award Spotlight: Sanctuary Farms
In our “Seed Award Spotlight” series, we asked our inaugur...
May 14 2024
Seed Award Spotlight: Old City Acres
In our “Seed Award Spotlight” series, we asked our inaugur...
May 08 2024
Seed Award Spotlight: Madre Masa & Tortillas
In our “Seed Award Spotlight” series, we asked our inaugur...
May 06 2024
Seed Award Spotlight: El Jalapeño
In our “Seed Award Spotlight” series, we asked our inaugur...
May 02 2024
Seed Award Spotlight: City Commons Cooperative
In our “Seed Award Spotlight” series, we asked our inaugur...
Apr 30 2024
Seed Award Spotlight: Dynamite Hill Farms
In our “Seed Award Spotlight” series, we asked our inaugur...
Apr 30 2024
Seed Award Spotlight: South Winds Acres
In our “Seed Award Spotlight” series, we asked our inaugur...
Apr 30 2024
Seed Award Spotlight: Baobab Fare
In our “Seed Award Spotlight” series, we asked our inaugur...
Apr 30 2024
Michigan Good Food Fund Awarded $3 Million to Propel Food and Farm Businesses Statewide
Detroit Michigan, April 25, 2024 – Michigan Good Food Fund has been...
Apr 25 2024
Michigan Good Food Fund Pitch Competition Winners
And the winners are… We’re excited to announce that Sweet Lee’s ...
Apr 24 2024
Seed Award Spotlight: Café Rica
In our “Seed Award Spotlight” series, we asked our inaugur...
Apr 24 2024
5 Minutes with Aiyenede Akhigbe of Sticky Spoons Jam
In our “5 Minutes with an Entrepreneur” series, we pass the mic to...
Apr 12 2024
5 Minutes with Fernando Rios of Guac and Roll
In our “5 Minutes with an Entrepreneur” series, we pass the mic to...
Apr 12 2024
5 Minutes with Kahleea Washington of Sweet Lee’s Teas
In our “5 Minutes with an Entrepreneur” series, we pass the mic to...
Apr 12 2024
Michigan Good Food Fund Celebrates Inaugural Seed Award Winners
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Michigan Good Food Fund Celebrates Inaugural See...
Mar 18 2024
5 Minutes with Khadi Faye of Khadi’s Cuisine
In our “5 Minutes with an Entrepreneur” serie...
Feb 24 2024
5 Minutes with Leona Gist-Milton of What’s The Dill
In our “5 Minutes with an Entrepreneur” series, we pass the mic to...
Feb 20 2024
Propelling Michigan's Food and Farm Businesses Forward: Apply for the 2023 Seed Awards!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Propelling Michigan’s Food and Farm Busine...
Dec 04 2023
Nov 17 2023
On a roll: EggRollDiva meets a growing demand for metro-Detroit’s favorite food truck
Before becoming an entrepreneur, Belinda Beard worked full-time in Cor...
Aug 11 2023
5 Minutes with Kalene McElveen
In our “5 Minutes with an Entrepreneur” series, we pass the mic to...
Apr 28 2023
Integrated Capital Investing Selects Michigan Good Food Fund for The Transformative 25 2023 List
Apr 26 2023
On April 26, 2023 the Transformative 25 (T25) Project and Integrated C...
5 Minutes with W.E. and Dominique Da'Cruz
In our “5 Minutes with an Entrepreneur” series, we pass the mic to...
Apr 21 2023
Aaron W. Jackson Appointed Program Director of Michigan Good Food Fund
Accomplished leader with community and economic development expertise ...
Jan 31 2023
2022 Good Food Gift Guide
The Michigan Good Food Fund Holiday Gift Guide is filled with heartfel...
Nov 24 2022
5 Minutes with Magita Barbee
In our “5 Minutes with an Entrepreneur” series, we pass the mic to...
Sep 08 2022
Community-Driven Financing
Community-Driven Financing with the Michigan Good Food Fund After a ye...
Aug 29 2022
Good Food Spotlight: Sunlight Gardens
Reviving America’s Cereal City Through A New Generation of Food Entr...
Mar 25 2022
Stakeholder Board Spotlights
In our “Stakeholder Board Spotlight” series, we get to hear storie...
Mar 01 2022
Michigan Good Food Fund New Stakeholder Board Brings Community-First Approach to Statewide Food Financing Initiative
Michigan Good Food Fund New Stakeholder Board Brings Community-First A...
Feb 22 2022
New Stakeholder Board
Michigan Good Food Fund New Stakeholder Board Brings Community-First A...
Feb 22 2022
5 Minutes with Alita Kelly
In our “5 Minutes with an Entrepreneur” series, we pass the mic t...
Oct 15 2021
Good Food Spotlight: Detroit Soul
Detroit Entrepreneurs Redefine Soul Food In 2010, Detroit residents Je...
Oct 12 2021
5 Minutes with Marushka Baoh
In our “5 Minutes with an Entrepreneur” series, we pass the mic to...
Sep 28 2021
Good Food Spotlight: North Flint Food Market
Building a Blueprint for Food Sovereignty in Black and Brown Neighborh...
Aug 19 2021
5 Minutes with Tony Vu
In our “5 Minutes with an Entrepreneur” series, we pass the mic to...
Aug 15 2021
Michigan Good Food Fund Redesign
Five years ago, Michigan Good Food Fund launched as a first-of-its-kin...
Jul 26 2021
Michigan Good Food Fund to forge long-term relationships
Feb 14 2021
Last year, when COVID-19 forced people into isolation, Quiana Broden&#...
COVID-19 Update: Comcast Expands Efforts to Bridge Digital Divide in State, Michigan Works! Southeast Receives $3M+ to Help Area Businesses, and More
Jan 28 2021
Michigan Good Food Fund Invests $17M in Five Years Ann Arbor-based Mic...
Michigan Good Food Fund Shares 5-Year Results, Aims to Deepen Impact
Fair Food Network is new administrative manager of the initiative as o...
Jan 28 2021
Downtown Port Huron grocery store gets ‘critical’ funding needed to continue project
Oct 23 2020
It’s been over two years of jumping hurdles, lobbying and trying to ...
Argus Farm Stop Training
Argus Farm Stop is on a mission to grow the local agricultural economy...
Sep 17 2020
City garden in Battle Creek “shaping the culture of farming”
Sep 17 2020
City garden in Battle Creek “shaping the culture of farming” 23-ye...
Sprout planning downtown Battle Creek cooperative fresh food market and deli
Sep 16 2020
Downtown Battle Creek could soon get a new grocery store and deli. A...
Michigan Good Food Fund Spotlight
During this difficult time, we’re honoring essential workers more th...
Sep 04 2020
Growing Michigan’s Good Food Future: An Evaluation of the Michigan Good Food Fund 2015-2019
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Sep 02 2020
Hey Michigan! Storytelling Training for Good Food Businesses
The coronavirus pandemic has taken its toll and food-related businesse...
Aug 14 2020
Malamiah Juice Bar gets creative, stands in solidarity with community of Black-owned businesses during pandemic
Jul 08 2020
Food business owners like Jermale Eddie have been nimbly adapting to t...
Neighborhood Grocer Training
Bringing Fresh Food to Neighborhood Grocery Stores Neighborhood grocer...
Jul 02 2020
Standing Together for Racial Equity & Justice
The Michigan Good Food Fund vehemently condemns the systemic racism th...
Jun 23 2020
Coronavirus - Business Resources
Mar 23 2020
The Michigan Good Food Fund team is here to help in this time of Coron...
Downtown Juice Bar Wins $50K Michigan Good Food Fund
Mar 02 2020
A local juice company recently was awarded $50,000 for its efforts to ...
North End Christian Community Development Corporation announces $500,000 capital campaign
Feb 24 2020
The North End Christian Community Development Corporation has launched...
Sprout BC awarded $50,000 through Catalytic Investment Award
Jan 27 2020
Sprout BC has been awarded a $50,000 Catalytic Investment Award from t...
Michigan Good Food Fund Awards $250,000 in Catalytic Investment Awards
Fund engaged community leaders and award recipients in determining awa...
Jan 21 2020
What Growers Can Do to Transform Rural America
Nov 06 2019
Vicki and Tom Zilke’s new prepared food store, Zilke Farm Kitchen, d...
Faith-based institutions fit local investments into global portfolios
Sep 25 2019
Where politicians squabble, Bon Secours Mercy Health Systems sees inv...
CDFIs filling lending gaps in local financial and community development system
Sep 16 2019
They’re just four letters — C, D, F and I — but when combined, t...
Allen Neighborhood Center announces $10 million redevelopment
Aug 06 2019
LANSING — Twenty years after its founding, the Allen Neighborhood C...
Michigan Good Food Fund Supports Food Businesses
Jul 15 2019
Farm businesses feed people. Managing a successful farm business to do...
Opinion: State needs inclusive food systems
Jun 19 2019
Revitalization of a healthy, inclusive city is more than just placing ...
Michigan Good Food Fund
Jun 18 2019
EAST LANSING – Ice cream window. Artisan cheese. Take and make m...
Vicki Zilke – Celebrating What Matters
Jun 04 2019
Vicki Zilke and her husband Tom own two businesses – Zilke Vegetable...
Getting smarter about place-based investing
Jun 03 2019
A set of briefs from Urban Institute and Mission Investors Exchange ro...
Winners Announced: Be Well Fabulous Black Woman Event Scholarships
Michigan Good Food Fund provided scholarships supporting six women to ...
May 02 2019
Poletown market gets new infusion of capital
Apr 17 2019
Poletown market gets new infusion of capital Chene Street Grocers, a s...
Planned east-side Detroit grocer wins Michigan Good Food Fund showcase
Apr 12 2019
An incoming east-side Detroit grocer won $5,000 from the Michigan Good...
Grants to Michigan Businesses will bring New Jobs
Mar 27 2019
LANSING, MI – Grants from the Michigan Department of Agriculture and...
How Can We Build More Inclusive Food Systems?
Mar 12 2019
Too many Americans lack access to healthy food today. For an example o...
Winners Announced: MSU Product Center Business Assistance Award
Michigan Good Food Fund is excited to announce the winners of the firs...
Feb 05 2019
"Diamond Place pledges affordable housing and food security on Michigan Street Corridor," Rapid Growth Media
Jan 23 2019
GRAND RAPIDS – Completed in December 2018, the $42 million Diamo...
"Food is Helping Flint Recover and Reimagine Itself," Civil Eats
Jan 23 2019
FLINT – It’s a cold, snowy Thursday in Flint, Michigan, but bu...
"A Black-Led Food Co-op Grows in Detroit," CityLab
Jan 23 2019
DETROIT—Malik Yakini came to cooperative economics as a student at E...
"Fund awards $385K to improve access to healthy food," Associated Press
Jan 23 2019
DETROIT (AP) — The Michigan Good Food Fund has awarded $385,000 to 1...
$385,000 Awarded to 13 Michigan Food Enterprises by the Michigan Good Food Fund
Plus New Round of Business Assistance Awards Announced DETROIT, MICH. ...
Dec 11 2018
Michigan Good Food Fund Hosts One-Day Food Entrepreneur Seminar October 29
DETROIT, MICH. October 11, 2018—Food entrepreneurs from across Michi...
Nov 29 2018
"Malamiah Juice Bar, Royal Jelly Foods take home funds in Business Bootcamp Pitch Competition," Neu Magazine
Nov 07 2018
In September, owners of Malamiah Juice Bar and Royal Jelly Foods parti...
Malamiah Juice Bar and Royal Jelly Win a Combined $10,000 in Prizes at Grand Rapids Business Boot Camp Pitch Competition
Michigan Good Food Fund event fuels success of food entrepreneurs and ...
Sep 18 2018
"Food businesses compete at Boot Camp Pitch Competition," Fox 17 West Michigan
Sep 14 2018
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Six local food businesses competed Friday ...
WGVU Interview with Jean Chorazyczewski
Sep 12 2018
We talk about the Michigan Good Food Fund’s 2018 GR Business Boo...
"Mason Jar Cafe hoping to expand," The Herald-Palladium
Aug 19 2018
BENTON HARBOR — The popular Mason Jar Cafe may get some help to shor...
"Michigan Good Food Fund awards $100,000 to 10 Michigan food enterprises," Greater Lansing Business Monthly
Jul 27 2018
Read article on Greater Lansing Business Monthly....
"Flint water crisis persists, still no grocery store for city’s north side," Black News Portal
Jul 27 2018
FLINT, MI — Drive your car down North Saginaw Street through the hea...
"Four Detroit-based food entrepreneurs among winners of statewide Good Food Fund," Model D Media
Jul 24 2018
The Michigan Good Food Fund has awarded ten Michigan food-based busine...
"Michigan Good Food Fund Awards Ten Grants," Specialty Food Association
Jul 23 2018
Ten healthy food businesses have received grants through the Michigan ...
"Detroit hummus maker, Baobab Fare among recipients of $100,000 in Michigan Good Food Fund grants," Crains Detroit
Jul 19 2018
A city of Detroit employee’s hummus-making operation is among th...
$100,000 Awarded to Ten Michigan Food Enterprises by the Michigan Good Food Fund
DETROIT, MICH. July 19, 2018—Ten good food enterprises across Michig...
Jul 19 2018
Model D Series: Investing in Detroit’s Good Food Entrepreneurs
Jun 09 2018
These four stories of investments in Detroit food enterprises highligh...
May 21 2018
"Invest in where you know: Impact investors rediscover the power of ‘place,’" ImpactAlpha
May 15 2018
By Dennis Price Everything old is new again, including the notion th...
"Corridor Sausage's product is so good you'll want to know how it's made," Model D
May 14 2018
This is the fourth in a series of stories about investments in Detroit...
"Michigan Good Food Fund welcomes Grand Rapids Opportunities for Women as lending partner," Rapid Growth
May 10 2018
By Estelle Slootmaker Grand Rapids Opportunities for Women (GROW) is j...
"Happy Little Greens Farm: Tiny Toppings from Flint Urban Farming," My City Magazine
Apr 02 2018
By Lisa Briggs IF Karl Collyer could, he would eliminate iceberg lettu...
"Juice cafe has a mission to bring healthy food choices to Midtown -- and the rest of Detroit," Model D
Mar 26 2018
By Melinda Clynes This is the third in a series of stories about inves...
"Food entrepreneurs scale up production at groundbreaking manufacturing facility FEAST Detroit," Model D
Mar 01 2018
By Melinda Clynes This is the second in a series of stories about inve...
"A co-op for the people: The rocky process of developing the Detroit People's Food Co-op," Model D
Jan 15 2018
By Melinda Clynes This is the first in a series of stories about inves...
Dec 19 2017
"Flint company helps meet market demand," The Hub Flint
Dec 17 2017
By Serena Maria Daniels For Victoria Eaton, a plant-based diet just ma...
"Creating a cooperative growing environment in Flint," The Hub Flint
Dec 17 2017
By Serena Maria Daniels The link between eating right and growing a mo...
"Detroit Development Fund to make $1 million in loans for healthy food businesses," Crain's Detroit Business
Dec 07 2017
By Sherri Welch Detroit Development Fund to make $1M in loans to healt...
Detroit Development Fund Joins Michigan Good Food Fund As Lending Partner Supporting Detroit Food Entrepreneurs
DDF Will Deploy $1 Million in Michigan Good Food Fund Loans Over Next ...
Dec 07 2017
"Flint-based Charma’s Green Chips rides wave of consumers love of 'everything kale,'" The Hub Flint
Nov 21 2017
By Serena Maria Daniels It all started with a morning news report abou...
"Happy Little Greens is a part of Flint’s growing food culture," The Hub Flint
Nov 21 2017
By Serena Maria Daniels Micro greens: They add a hint of color and fla...
"Funds available for mission of expanding access to healthy, natural foods," WLUC
Nov 09 2017
MARQUETTE, Mich. (WLUC) – Northern Initiatives is working with ...
Flint's Happy Little Greens Farm Wins Business Boot Camp Pitch Fest
Receives $10,000 Award from Michigan Good Food Fund FLINT, MICH. Octob...
Oct 27 2017
"Former Garden Fresh site turns to production for other food firms," Crain's Detroit Business
Oct 22 2017
By Sherri Welch An Inkster building that previously housed production ...
"The business of building a better food system," In Good Tilth
Oct 12 2017
By Alex Taylor In the outskirts of Detroit, three small food companie...
"One potato, two potato: Grocery retail loan projects aim for food access for underserved areas," Rapid Growth
Sep 28 2017
By Melinda Clynes As Gina Courts, co-owner of Ken’s Fruit Market, s...
"Good for Flint: Training program will help food-based businesses thrive," The Hub Flint
Aug 30 2017
By Cindi Cook There’s no escaping the fact that good food is, well...
Aug 30 2017
"Detroiter Plans a Grocery Store That’s a Neighborhood 'Beacon,'" Next City
Jul 31 2017
By Serena Maria Daniels Raphael Wright has made it his business to tur...
"Flint Market Will Put Good Food, Ownership in Hands of Residents," Next City
Jul 13 2017
By Scott Atkinson As a pastor, Reginald “Reggie” Flynn is used to ...
"Serving Up Summer Meals," Council of Michigan Foundations Newsletter
Jul 10 2017
We’re in the middle of summer for Michigan kids, it’s prime produc...
"Michigan programs help with produce purchases," The Packer
Jun 08 2017
By Steve Buckner Two programs in Michigan — the Michigan Good Food F...
May 18 2017
"West Michigan food enterprises receiving $10M," Grand Rapids Business Journal
May 17 2017
By Charlsie Dewey A statewide food fund is providing more than $10 mi...
"Michigan Healthy Food Loan Fund Passes $10M in Investments," Associated Press
May 17 2017
A loan and grant fund designed to boost access to healthy food in unde...
Michigan Good Food Fund Tops $10.5 Million Milestone in Statewide Good Food Investments
Michigan Good Food Fund Tops $10.5 Million Milestone in Statewide Good...
May 16 2017
Dec 15 2016
Six Michigan Healthy Food Retail Projects Split $380,000 in Catalytic Investment Awards
ANN ARBOR, MICH. November 15, 2016—Six healthy food retail projects ...
Nov 15 2016
Battle Creek’s Sunlight Gardens Wins Business Bootcamp Pitch Competition
Receives $10,000 Award from Michigan Good Food Fund BATTLE CREEK, MICH...
Nov 07 2016
Battle Creek Bootcamp Press Release
SIX BATTLE CREEK GOOD FOOD BUSINESSES RECEIVE TRAINING AND VIE FOR $10...
Nov 04 2016
Nov 23 2015
Michigan Good Food Fund Press Release
First of its kind approach working to increase access to healthy food ...
Jun 09 2015
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