Articles tagged:Selma Cafe

Posted: Thu Mar 1 11:11 a.m. by Jessica Webster
What's in your shopping basket? We ask three local food connoisseurs

I was standing in line at my neighborhood grocery store after a quick, post-vacation restocking trip when it occurred to me that my grocery cart almost always looks the same. Of course, it varies depending on what’s on the menu for dinner, but there are certain items I buy nearly ...

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Posted: Sat Sep 3 11:32 p.m. by AnnArbor.com Staff

Michigan football coach Brady Hoke met with the media after the Wolverines' rain-shortened 34-10 victory against Western Michigan. "It was kind of wild," he said. "Wet and wild." The Michigan athletic department filmed the press conference:

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Posted: Sat Jul 16 noon by Linda Lombardini AnnArbor.com Community Contributor
Whoop it up for hoophouses

We talk a lot these days about how "green" a person, business or group is, but personally I can't think of anything greener than opening the door of a passive-solar hoophouse in February to find beds teeming with lush spinach, lettuce, and baby Asian greens

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Posted: Wed Apr 6 10:34 a.m. by Corinna Borden Community Contributor
A visit to Tilian Farm Development Center: a vision of our local food future

Merely five miles north on Pontiac Trail, a vision is taking on substance. Tilian Farm Development Center is about to burst forth with active vegetables, animals and people. As with so many things, it is nice to see a “before” picture — this is that picture. As I noted in January, ...

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Posted: Mon Feb 21 12:18 p.m. by Corinna Borden Community Contributor
Selma Cafe celebrates its 2nd anniversary

Selma Cafe is a local-foods breakfast salon began in February 2009, founded and hosted by Lisa Gottlieb and Jeff McCabe, organized these past six months by Gottlieb, as McCabe has focused on the farming initiatives. The first time my husband and I went to Selma Cafe, we arrived at 6:25 a.m. ...

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Posted: Fri Jan 21 9:39 a.m. by Corinna Borden Community Contributor

Repasts Present & Future and Selma Cafe have recently announced the formation of The Four Season Farmer Development Program (4SFDP). This incubator farm program will stimulate the creation of new farm businesses in Washtenaw County by putting land and resources into the hands of new farmers. The 4SFDP is funded ...

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Posted: Mon Sep 20 6 a.m. by Corinna Borden Community Contributor
Selma Cafe's Farmers Fund builds hoop houses

Ever since Jeff McCabe and Lisa Gottlieb started FridayMornings@Selma as a breakfast fundraiser in their home, a third of the money has been spent, “on the food, and the rest of the money goes towards the funds for hoop builds,” according to McCabe. At the Capella Farm in late August, ...

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Posted: Mon Aug 3 3:28 p.m. by Cindy Heflin News producer

On her blog, Local in Ann Arbor, Vivienne Armentrout writes about the weekly breakfast gatherings known as Friday Mornings @SELMA in the Old West Side home of Lisa Gottlieb and her husband, Jeff McCabe. Armentrout describes her experiences at the breakfasts and discusses SELMA as a metaphor for the local ...

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Posted: Thu Jul 30 10:39 a.m. by Stefanie Murray Real-time Engagement Officer

According to an article in the Ann Arbor Chronicle, it appears that the weekly breakfast fundraising event known as the Selma Cafe will be able to continue under a new partnership with Slow Food Huron Valley. The event, now called Friday Mornings @SELMA, happens at the Old West Side home ...

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