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Northern Michigan
Great Lakes Bioneers Conference

Seventh annual Great Lakes Bioneers Conference hits Traverse City, in October of 2008. Click on logo to link directly to site or go to our special events page for more details.
Alternative Energy
Bay Energy
Services, Inc.
Steve Smiley
Box 260
Omena, MI 49674
231-271-4850
smiley@traverse.com

John Heiss
P.O. Box 288
Lake Leelanau, MI 49653
231-256-8868
Alternative News
Healing
Garden Journal
Brad Lundy
7131 East Shore Rd.
Traverse City, MI 49686
231-933-6070
healinggarden@chartermi.net
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) projects
Bear Lake
Five Springs Farm
Jo Meller & Jim Sluyter
231-889-3216
Email: fsfarm@mufn.org
Ware Farm
9094 Alkire
Rd.
231-864-3242
Kingsley
Eric and Jackie Green
5458 Weaver Rd.
231-263-3639
Cedar
Meadowlark Farms
Jon Watts & Jenny Tuttlis
231-256-6980
Jim Schwantes & Judy Reinhart
Schomberg Rd.
231-228-7301
East Jordan
Cross Village
Traverse City
Bruce Holland Moritz
"The Green Man"
231-946-0824
Williamsburg
The Wells Family Farm
Phyllis & Michael Wells
231-264-9522
Mesick
Halpin Highlands Family Farm
Chris Halpin
4421 N. 5 1/2 Rd.,
Mesick, MI 49668
231-885-2240
Maple City
Skyview Farm
Pat and David Van Dyke
314 West Valley Road
Maple City, MI 49664
231-922-4576
Practicing Permaculture: A small scale working homestead,
powered by the sun and wind, consciously designed to be in harmony with
the natural world, and to provide most of its energy, food and fuel
sustainably.
Certified Organic Growers
Northport
John and Julia Brabenec
Maple City
Linda Griggs and Jim Moses
W. Burdickville Rd.
231-228-6497
Natural Foods - Retail sources of organic product
Organic
and Wildcrafted Delights for the Body and the Mind
Contract Private Label Food Processing

260 East Tenth Street
Traverse City, MI 49684
231-947-0191
The purpose of Oryana Natural
Food Cooperative is to provide high quality food produced in ecologically
sound ways, at fair value to member-owners and the community. Oryana
members and staff are committed to enhancing their community through
the practice of cooperative economics and education abut the relationship
of food to health.
Pleasanton
Brick Oven Bakery
812 Cottage View Dr.
Traverse City, MI
231-941-1964
Breads baked
on the hearth of a wood fired brick oven, made from fresh stone milled
organic flour. Some of the famous breads include: Sunflower Whole Wheat, Manna Grain, Tomato
Parmesan, and Cherry Chocolate.
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Catering to Whole Foods
Kejara's
Bridge
Sarah and Christen Landry
202 Main St.
Lake Leelanau, MI 49653
231-256-7720
Natural Deli-Coffeehouse-Gallery.
All menu items are made from scratch using only organic products. Live music or Special Events on Saturday nights! Dine in, Take-out, and Small
Catering jobs.
Blackbird Garden Dream Kitchen
Mike Everts
231-348-3044
Homegrown Organic Eatery
223 W. Grandview Parkway
Traverse City, MI 49684
231-932-4690
Environmental Research and Education
Little Artshram

Little Artshram fosters alternative education through a unique combination of permaculture principles, visual, musical and puppet artistry, service to the natural world and inclusive social activism. We provide programs which inspire and educate people of all ages to live creatively and in harmony with nature.
Traverse City, MI. 49684
231-922-4576
Email: info@littleartshram.org
ISLAND Institute for Sustainable Living Art and Natural Design

Brad and Amanda Kik
5870 Cottage Dr.
Bellaire, MI. 49615
231-480-4515
Email: brad@artmeetsearth.org
Email: amanda@artmeetsearth.org
Grand Traverse
County Resource Recovery Coordinator
Randy Smith
400 Boardman Avenue
Traverse City, MI. 49684
231-922-4576
Email: rsmith@MAIL.CO.GRAND-TRAVERSE.MI.US

Sarna Salzman
Traverse City, MI
www.ecoseeds.org
Northern Michigan
Environmental Education Consortium (EEC)
231-935-4066

Provides opportunities
for young and old to develop environmental literacy.Furthers the understanding
of environmental, social and economic relationships.Sponsored by the
Grand Traverse Community Foundation
Shielding Tree Nature
Center
3378 West Harbor Highway
Maple City, MI 49664
231-334-7649
stnc@traverse.net
Farmland Preservation

105 North First Street
P.O. Box 1007
Leland, MI 49654
231-256-9665
Email: conservancy@leelanau.com
Dedicated to
seeking the delicate balance through which we order our progress by
living in harmony with the natural world, and in concert with our historic
environment.

3860 N. Long Lake Rd.
Suite D
Traverse City, MI 49684
231-929-7911

Recycled Building Materials
Construction Waste Recycling
David S. Bradshaw
5235 East hoxie Road
Cedar, MI 49621
231-929-7778
231-633-5485 mobile phone
Providing a complete
waste stream management service for the construction industry
Odom Reusable
Building Materials
Bruce Odom
5555 Brentwood Ave.
Grawn, MI 49637
231-276-6330
http://odomreuse.com/
Rustic Furniture
Leelanau
Diamond Willow Furniture
Jeff Anderson
PO Box 180
Cedar, MI 49621
231-228-7272
Beautifully
crafted rustic furniature
Social Activism and Environmental Protection
845 Michigan Avenue
P.O. Box 228
Benzonia, MI 49616
Email: webinfo@muui.org
Careful research
and reasoned advocacy to protect the environment,and enhance economic
opportunity, and support vibrant communities
Northern Michigan
Environmental Action Council (NMEAC)
http://www.nrec.org

1308 Neahtawanta Road
Traverse City, MI
231-223-7315
Email: center@nrec.org
The Neahtawanta Center
is a place of gathering and a community of kindred spirits, created
to serve people and institutions interested in working toward a sustainable
and just society.
Third Eye Magazine
http://www.thirdeyemag.com
Thirdeye is a collective of artists dedicated to promoting positive social change through the use of creativity.
Michigan
Alternative Energy

1546 10 Mile road NE
Comstock Park, MI 49321
616-636-4995
glrea@aol.com
The Great Lakes
Renewable Energy Association promotes and demonstrates the use of renewable
energy and sustainable resources through workshops, the annual tour
of solar homes and its annual renewable energy fair in Lansing, Michigan
each August.
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Environmental Education
Upland Hills Ecological
Awareness Center (UHEAC)
2575 Indian Lake Road
Oxford, MI 48370
248-693-1021
uheac@igc.org

Leroy Harvey, Director
405 Grove Street
East Lansing, MI 48823
517-337-0422
Email: uooffice@urbanoptions.org
Urban Options
seeks to improve the environmental quality of our urban spaces. We fulfill
this mission through educational and information programs and demonstrations
of practical and healthful home and yard improvements.
Each of the
programs we give is a celebration... of nature, our community, our environment,
and life on Earth. We welcome all ages, shapes, sizes and abilities.
The Wide Wide World
Fair Trade

Higher Grounds
806 Red Dr.
Traverse City, MI 49684
231-922-9009
Email: info@javaforjustice.com
There are a growing
number of directories, listserves, and links at specific sites that
will connect anyone who is doing research on the questions raised about
living sustainably on the planet. The following are places that have
provided us with assistance in our mission.
Educational Research

The
laboratory measuring the life in your soil.
- Soil Microbiology,
Soil Ecology, Farming, Orchards,
Golf/Turf, Nursery/Landscape, Forestry, Lawn and Garden -
E-Mail Discussion Groups and Web Forums
Cob Construction:
Community Supported
Agriculture: To subscribe send email to lyris@franklin.oit.unc.edu
with message text containing: subscribe
csa
Greenbuilding:
Michigan Sustainable
Agriculture Network: For
questions regarding the msan_mg listserv or the Michigan
State Sustainable Agriculture Network (MSAN), contact the MSAN Coordinator
at msan@msu.edu.
Permaculture:
To subscribe send email to
lyris@franklin.oit.unc.edu with message text containing: subscribe
permaculture.
Strawbale Building:
on CREST'S Straw-bale Listserve email discussion group at http://solstice.crest.org/efficiency/strawbale-list-archive/
Periodicals

Home Power
P.O. Box 520
Ashland, OR 97520
Subscription 800-707-6585
Email: hp@homepower.com
The Last Straw Journal
Hillsboro, N.M. 88042
HC 66, Box 119
505-895-5400
Email:thelaststraw@strawhomes.com
www.strawhomes.com


Edible Resource Center
P.O. Box.544
Eugene, OR. 97440-0544
541-485-0456
Email: mail@wormdisgest.org
Key words for information search
www.usalert.com
The USOA database of research and eRoducational opportunities is provided by RAMS-FIE. Send comments to info@uaalert.com
Land Choices
www.landchoices.org
The Dynamic Great Lakes by Barbara Spring
www.geocities.com/barbaraspring
Join Re-usable Building Materials Michigan:
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