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Michigan Food & Agriculture

Northern Michigan is shaped by food. Our orchards, farms and vineyards create the landscape. A burgeoning culinary scene defines many of our downtowns. And the agriculture, tourism and hospitality industries dominate our economies.

Indigenous Diet

Interlochen Public Radio | By Peter Payette

Published December 8, 2011 at 12:00 AM EST

http://ipraudio.interlochen.org/NativeDiet.mp3

You've heard of the 100 mile diet? Eating only food produced within 100 miles of your house. Martin Reinhardt plans to eat only what would have been available 300 years ago around his home in the Upper Peninsula. Reinhardt is a member of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa who teaches at Northern Michigan University. He's leading theDecolonizing Diet Project. Also biologist Scott Herron tells of the most important food for American Indians in the Great Lakes region: wild rice, the food that floats on water.