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The Upper Peninsula city of Ishpeming has felt the economic brunt of being a post-industry mining town for decades. But the small, 6,500-person town is hopeful these days, thanks in part to the food access efforts of Partridge Creek Farm (PCF).

Located in Marquette County, residents of Ishpeming have witnessed massive disinvestment over the past 30 years, especially after the 2016 closure of the Empire Mine in Negaunee, leading to high levels of blight, poverty and opioid addiction in their town.

Like many areas of the UP, Ishpeming qualifies as a food desert. Nearly 61% of all households in Ishpeming are Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed (ALICE) households, according to PCF, compared to the Michigan state average of 41%.

“One in two households here are having difficulty making decisions as to whether they can pay their bills or purchase groceries,” said PCF Co-Executive Director Kate Argall. “Some folks have to travel quite a bit to get fresh food.”

What started as a tiny, volunteer-led organization that taught children in Ishpeming about gardening has blossomed into an agricultural education-based nonprofit. PCF not only provides information on how to grow and cook food, but grows and provides fresh food itself, via its west end farmstand and its self-serve farmstand.

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