A community artist program supporting emerging local musicians. Be among the first to experience our region’s rising talent and support their journey as they set sail as artists!
Join fellow farmers and land stewards for a powerful conversation about how we can support each other now and prepare for the seasons ahead.
Through a guided discussion and planning process, we’ll share our needs and strengths, and explore practical ways to work together—for the well-being of ourselves, our families, our communities, and the land we care for.
Join us for the second Land-Based Summit, a day to explore the conversations, ideas, and relationships sparked at our first gathering and throughout the monthly Land-Based Project Zoom series.
You're welcome to join whether you have attended previous events or are joining for the first time. This is a space for shared learning and imagining new ways to connect creativity, agriculture, and place.
Join author Desiree Cooper for a reading from her flash fiction collection, "Know the Mother." The first thirteen people who register for this event will receive a free copy of "Know the Mother." This event takes place at Bee Well Mead and Cider, 116 N Bridge Street, Bellaire.
Join author Desiree Cooper, author of "Nothing Special," for a reading of this children’s book on August 27 at 3 pm. The first thirteen children who register for this event will receive a free copy of "Nothing Special." This event takes place at the Bellaire Library.
The 2025 conference will be held August 18-19 at The Leelanau School in Glen Arbor, MI, with additional farm-based experiences nearby.
Join us at Grass River Natural Area Education Center for a fiction writing workshop with Christine Maul Rice. This event is free, but please register.
Christine Maul Rice will be giving a reading from her book, Swarm Theory, at Bee Well Mead & Cider. This event is free, but please register.
Building on the momentum of the Land-Based Summit, we’re continuing to host virtual gatherings for farmers, artists, creatives, and land stewards to connect, share their projects, and seek input from the Crosshatch team and a broader community of peers. This session will feature Jennifer Flynn, EcoCorps Program Director with SEEDS Ecology & Education Centers.
Be among the first to experience our regions rising talent! The Ship Yard hosts emerging musicians for a show and career-starting support at The Alluvion.
All are welcome for a work-bee focused on spring plant maintenance and new planting of perennial edible plants. Food producing and climate-adaptive trees will be available for FREE to bring home and plant on your own property.
We invite farmers and producers of all kinds to join us for a discussion on caring for your body and focusing on wellness throughout the growing season.
Building on the first Land-Based Summit momentum, we’re excited to host virtual gatherings for farmers, artists, creatives, and land stewards to connect, share projects, and seek input from the Crosshatch team and fellow community members.
Building on the first Land-Based Summit momentum, we’re excited to host virtual gatherings for farmers, artists, creatives, and land stewards to connect, share projects, and seek input from the Crosshatch team and fellow community members.
We invite producers of poultry and other small livestock to join us for a discussion focused on strategies to strengthen the resilience of NW Michigan small-scale livestock farmers.
Come to discuss and plan collaboration for small farm employment and career building in NW lower Michigan.
Join the Conversation: Land-Based Project Support Call
Building on the momentum of the first Land-Based Summit, we’re excited to host virtual gatherings for farmers, artists, creatives, and land stewards to connect, share projects, and seek input from the Crosshatch team and fellow community members.
Join the Conversation: Land-Based Project Support Call
Building on the momentum of the first Land-Based Summit, we’re excited to host virtual gatherings for farmers, artists, creatives, and land stewards to connect, share projects, and seek input from the Crosshatch team and fellow community members.
A new community artist program supporting emerging local musicians. Be among the first to experience our regions rising talent and support their journey as the set sail as an artist!
Come discuss tips and tricks for establishing trees and shrubs this upcoming growing season.
Crosshatch turns 20 and Brad Kik turns 50! We’re throwing a benefit concert to mark this milestone occasion and you're invited to celebrate with a pre-show gathering, a legendary listening room lineup, and a free after party.
Come discuss tips and tricks for farm purchasing for the upcoming growing season. Bring your seed & feed catalogs and a computer to talk about and make smart purchases together.
Crosshatch invites you to a day of learning, collaboration, connections, and creative thinking to explore how agriculture and creative experiences on the land can work together!
Discuss collaboration between farms to improve soil health, water quality and resilience to weather extremes.
Come discuss intersections between community materials management, farm soil health, and local food economic success.
SPEND A DAY WITH LAVENDER… to nourish our spiritsand bodies, build our relationship with the human and non-human world, and protectthe waters we love.
MORNING SESSION (11 am to 1 pm)
A guided tour of Full Circle Lavender Farm with owner Joe Adams, including an overview of sustainable practices and land stewardship at the farm, a dive into the lavender cultivation and distillation process, product demos, tastings, Q&A, and yummy snacks.
Full Circle Lavender Farm • 8000 S Shimek Rd, Maple City, MI 49664
EVENING SESSION (5 to 7 pm)
Reconvene at the Aviary art gallery in Commongrounds for a simple but nourishing dinner, lavender sachet making, printmaking art show, and most of all, making and strengthening connections with each other.
The Aviary at Commongrounds • 414 E. Eighth St, Traverse City, MI 49684
This event is FREE to all, but please register here.
Presented by Great Lakes Creatives and Crosshatch Center for Art & Ecology, with support from Culture Source and Springboard for the Arts. You’re invited to attend one or both of our sessions.
Join fellow farmers and over a dozen farmer support organizations to connect and take the first steps toward farm funding, soil health, conservation, and business improvements.
8:30 - 11:00 am Tableside advice available in person in Kalkaksa at Railroad Square Pavilion 8:30 - 11:00
9:00 - 10:00 Presentations from specific support programs will be available BOTH in-person AND online streaming (join live online directly from your own farm).
10:00 am Microloan application launch (live and on Zoom) - community partners for the NW Michigan Food and Farm Microloan ( Grain Train, Oryana, and Kalkaska Economic Development Corporation) will be launching the live application for zero-interest loans ($500 up to $10,000). Read more here and join us to celebrate another year of boosting our local food and farm economy.
This year’s conference hub will be Grow Benzie, a rural prosperity incubator in Benzonia, Michigan. Farm tours and workshops will take place throughout Manistee, Benzie and Leelenau Counties.
Holistic Mangement Land Planning is a process that will help you to create a vision and plan for creating the farm landscape that will satisfy your goals and values.
This will be an opportunity for farmers who offer farm stays through platforms like Hipcamp, Harvest Host, Airbnb, etc. discuss their experiences with others interested in doing the same. Join in person OR ONLINE.
Join us to engage in the steps of land planning for farming and ecological function through a Holistic Management® framework using the example of the Crosshatch headquarters property in Bellaire, MI.
