Farm to Page Contest 2020

In December 2019, Edible Grande Traverse sponsored a photo contest called “Farm to Page.” Open to high school students enrolled in Traverse Bay Area Intermediate School District’s Graphic Design and Promotional Media Program*, the contest served in equal parts as mentorship and journalistic experience.

PARTICIPANTS COULD ENTER THEIR BEST SHOTS IN ANY OF THREE CATEGORIES:

• Crops or farm animals raised by an area grower

• Packaged foods made by a local producer

• Prepared foods made at a local restaurant, café or bakery

We evaluated images for their technical quality, concept and originality of composition. EGT staff served as judges, selecting the winners in each category for cash prizes and print presentation in the magazine.

We are pleased to present the winning photos as content in this issue—spread throughout the pages and paired with recipes and directories. Congratulations to the winners, and to all the students who took part. The quality of submissions was excellent—and that made picking winners both gratifying and very difficult!

SPECIAL THANKS TO:

• Each of the farms, restaurants and food producers who welcomed students, showed them around, made food for them and let them do a photo shoot of their crops or products.

• Julie Orr and Emily Hansen, who run the Graphic Design & Promotional Media Program, for overseeing the contest and for their work with students throughout the year.

* The Traverse Bay Area Career-Tech Center is a career and technical education school serving 19 high schools and 1,100 students in the five-county Grand Traverse area. Students are educated in 24 programs utilizing the latest technology and state-of-the- art equipment.

FARM TO TABLE PHOTO WINNERS:

Packaged Foods
Kaitlin Zinn, First Place
Food Basket, Fustini’s

Corie McCaffrey, Runner-Up
Champion Hill Honey, Farmers’ Market

Crops and Farm
Tristyn Klockziem, First Place
4H Market Calf, McCarry’s Clydesdales & Boer Goats

Corie McCaffrey, Runner-Up
Tangy Vegetables, Farmers’ Market

Prepared Foods
Abby Trierweiler, First Place
Pork Shoulder, The Cooks’ House

Solomon Orum, Runner-Up
Rad Risotto, Sugar2Salt

Keegan Roy, Honorable Mention
Whitefish, The Cooks’ House

Grace Paulus, Honorable Mention
Chip Heaven, Sugar2Salt