Anna Faller

6 days ago | northernexpress.com | Anna Faller |Matt Dursum |Abby McKiernan |Ross Boissoneau

MSU Extension experts share tips for location, soil, plants, and more By Anna Faller | May 10, 2025 A pollinator garden is a habitat designed to benefit pollinators, the animals and insects that help plants reproduce, whose numbers have recently been on the decline around the world due to factors like habitat degradation, climate change, and human interference. In fact, Michigan’s bee population has dropped by more than half throughout the last 15 years.

6 days ago | northernexpress.com | Anna Faller |Matt Dursum |Abby McKiernan |Ross Boissoneau

Tastemaker By Anna Faller | May 10, 2025 Healthy eats meet oven magic at The Bake Shoppe of Traverse City. Tucked into the Garfield Centre complex, this hidden gem has been cranking out cookies, pastries, and other all-natural treats since 2007. While you might head in for something sweet, it’s the racks of freshly baked breads that’ll have you hooked, especially the signature Sourdough.

1 week ago | northernexpress.com | Anna Faller |Craig Manning |Ross Boissoneau |Karl Klockars

Bottoms Up By Anna Faller | May 3, 2025 We don’t know about you, but we’re going a little nuts waiting on warm beach days and bathing suit weather, so we’re giving the sun gods an extra nudge by sipping on the Chamomile Pisco Sour at Modern Bird.

1 week ago | northernexpress.com | Anna Faller |Craig Manning |Ross Boissoneau |Karl Klockars

Sleeping Bear Gateways Council is working to tackle the challenges faced by dunes-adjacent communities By Anna Faller | May 3, 2025 Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore draws a staggering 1.5+ million visitors every year. Managing that level of tourist traffic poses a challenge for the area’s small gateway communities, those within the 30-mile swath between Frankfort and Leland that serve as park access points.

2 weeks ago | northernexpress.com | Anna Faller |Abby McKiernan |Matt Dursum |Art Bukowski

Tastemaker By Anna Faller | April 26, 2025 We’re all about lunch we can take on the go, and the cult-favorite Cuban crepe from Millie & Pepper in Traverse City is our new go-to! Inspired by the eponymous sandwich, this street-style crepe stacks house-roasted mojo pork—seasoned with cumin, oregano, lime, and orange juice—with McClure’s spicy pickles, a mild and melty blend of gruyere and Jarlsberg cheeses, prosciutto cotto (a delicate Italian ham), and a special house mustard sauce. Folded...