Today with GGRWHC

143 Bostwick NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49503 Phone: 616-234-3603

www.ggrwhc.org

March 7, 2012

GGRWHC Board of Directors

Jo Ellyn Clarey,

President

Barbara McGregor,

Vice President

Mary Jane Keeler, Treasurer

Janet Brashler

Gayle Davis

Falinda Geerling

Kyle Irwin

Helen Kinsworthy

Merry Malfroid

Jef McClimans

Jennifer Morrison

Kathy Rent

Mary Seeger

Michael VandenBerg

Pamela VandenBerg

Sarah Wagner

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100 Years of Food Politics

The battle began in 1912, and the soldiers were Grand Rapids women. Read about it in the Rapidian! (Thanks to citizen journalist Sharon Hanks!)

http://therapidian.org/join-us-thursday-night-learn-about-early-years-fulton-street-farmers-market

"WWI, Women, and the Rise of Grand Rapids Farmers Markets"

by Jayson Otto, Michigan State University

7:00pm, Today, March 8th, 2012

Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum

Join us tomorrow to learn how Grand Rapids women led the fight for affordable and healthy food 100 years ago. Farmers markets were finally instituted in Grand Rapids, and the Fulton Street Farmers Market has been with us now for 90 years.

Celebrate its birthday and the civic engagement of these women without the vote. Activist Eva McCall Hamilton reinvested her local experience in the Michigan senate in 1920 as the first woman in the state to serve. Join us Thursday for a great story!

Co-sponsored with the Grand Rapids Historical Society & Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum. Reception following. Free & Open to the Public.

MORE ON THE FARMERS MARKET TODAY

Today the Fulton Street Farmers Market draws more than 10,000 patrons per week and has plans to construct a year-round building. Development Project Manager Christine Helms-Maletic will attend Otto's program tomorrow and be available to answer questions: http://www.ggrwhc.org/pdfs/Fulton_Street_Farmers_Market.pdf

MORE SOON ABOUT TWO MORE THURSDAYS IN MARCH!

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"Women of the Ridge: Handling the Business and Politics of West Michigan Agriculture"

by Cindy Laug, Grand Valley State University

7:00pm, Thursday, March 22nd, 2012

Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum

Free & Open to the Public

Tasting and Touring Michigan's Homegrown Food: A Culinary Road Trip

with Jaye Beeler & Dianne Carroll Burdick

Thursday, March 29^th, 2012

5:00 pm Hors d'oeuvres & wine ticket bar ($5/glass); 5:30 pm: program

Women's City Club, Lower level auditorium, 254 Fulton Street

Free & Open to the Public

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Board meetings are held on the second Wednesday of the month at 5:30 pm at the Vanderveen Center for the Book at the Grand Rapids Public Library. If you have suggestions for programs, oral histories or other items, please email us at info@ggrwhc.org or plan to attend a meeting.

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