By Mark | October 30, 2020
I’m sorry that I haven’t been around much lately. Between working to get Biden elected, taking care of the kids, and helping to get an award-winning, five-star restaurant off the ground here in Ypsi, I just haven’t had time to engage in the debate over the rapidly imploding right wing conspiracy theory about Hunter Biden’s […]
What follows is our official exit interview with Merritt Bankes, who just recently left Ypsilanti, headed for Tecumseh. MARK: Can you please state your full name for the record? MERRITT: Merritt Bankes. MARK: OK, let’s start at the beginning… What kind of kid were you? MERRITT: Feral! A free-range chicken! [Laughs.] I didn’t even wear […]
Posted in Michigan, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged art school, Chicago, Columbia College, Diet for a New America, drugs, Elbow Room, EMU, environmental activism, environmental protection, exit interviews, feral child, Green Room, Janet Kaufman, John Robbins, loneliness, Merritt Bankes, music, onions, poaching, porch shows, porches, priorities, self harm, substance abuse, Sustainability, Tecumseh, Tom Waits, vegetarianism, We The People Growers Association, Woodruff's, Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interviews |
By Mark | September 13, 2014
About a year ago now, longtime Ann Arbor residents Kathy Sample and Bill Brinkerhoff made the decision to change direction in their careers and dedicate themselves full-time to advancing the local food movement. Their work culminated, a few weeks ago, in the launch of the Argus Farm Stop, a 1,300 square foot, year-round farmers’ market […]
Posted in Agriculture, Ann Arbor, Uncategorized | Also tagged Ann Arbor Farmers’ Market, Bill Brinkerhoff, Black Oak, Bridge Card, consignment, Double Up Food Bucks, farmers market, farming, food stamps, Golden Fleece, Harnois, healthy food access, Kathy Sample, local food, local food production, Local Roots, Mama MoFoods, meat, Ohio, Old West Side, organic farming, People’s Food Coop, Roos Roast, Sanilac, Steinhauser Farms, the local food army, Washtenaw Food Hub, WIC, Wooster |
