2016 January

David Fromhold, owner of an indoor vertical farm called Wheatgrass Depot, is not surprisingly an evangelist of wheatgrass juice, but even he says no one drinks the stuff for the flavor. “People who say they love the taste...

Kai Garden closed, and owners Dan (Kai) Tus and his wife, Tina, who worked the front of the house, have retired. Last year Ed Shaffran bought the Main St. building that has housed Kai Garden for twenty years. Dan and Tina have...

On December 1, Carol and Peter Sickman-Garner opened Spun, in Kerrytown, across from Mudpuddles Toys, and the customers poured in. Overwhelmingly women–Carol says that male knitters and crocheters have visited the store,...

On December 2, Eve Aronoff Fernandez rambled merrily around her brand-new restaurant, eve, in her chef whites and a baseball cap, looking completely at home. It was the invitation-only “pre-opening celebration.” A...

Everyone agrees that the Ann Arbor Farmers Market is badly in need of improvements, namely more covered stall space for vendors, an enclosed space for the winter market, and repairs to the gutters.However, there is plenty of...