Fresh Forage

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our story

We love Michigan. The same state with beautiful fresh water and painted skies grows the second most diverse range of crops in the United States and has plenty of native offerings to match. Chef Samuel Boyce and his partner, Andrew Sereno, both grew up in Chelsea, Michigan, and have thoroughly enjoyed the natural bounty of the Huron watershed and the Waterloo and Pinckney recreation areas that they've called home throughout their lives. These local forests offer some of the most diverse, if not the most diverse, concentration of life in the entirety of the United States. They hope to share a taste of the magic that they call home at Fresh Forage by offering a dynamic seasonal menu that changes with availability of foraged food from Michigan as well as harvested food grown at their farm and other local farms.

While the ingredients change with the season at Fresh Forage, the core mechanics of the menu stay the same - just like "meat, potatoes and a vegetable" is the epitome of the round meal. At Fresh Forage you choose your own base (usually a carbohydrate or a green leaf), your protein(local meat or meat-alternatives), and your veggie (whatever is in season) - pick some toppings, add some sauce - and, voila, you've crafted a super tasty locally-sourced, sustainable, wholesome meal that you can feel great eating. Not only that, but Fresh Forage serves that delectable hand-crafted meal in the same time it takes to get fast-food. Fresh Forage wants high-quality local food to be as convenient as fast-food and wants to have everything that went into that meal be as sustainable as humanly possible.

Fresh Forage is an effort to show that a business can exist in harmony with the natural environment and the ecosystem that enables it. This starts with sustainably-grown non-GMO heirloom seeds from Nature & Nurture Seeds (a group with a farm less than 5 miles away from Fresh Forage) planted on rolling hills of mineral-rich glacial soil in the heart of the Huron watershed. Farmed with non-”conventional” methods, watered with Michigan freshwater, and loved with all of our hearts combined, the food we produce on our farm is life. We take these raw ingredients from our farm and from the farms of like-minded friends in the area and turn them into a convenient yet wholesome meal that you know everything about and feel good about in every way.

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