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Timothy Young is owner of Food For Thought, Inc. -maker of organic and wild harvested gourmet specialty foods. Young established the company in 1995 and has since developed over 80 recipes for value-added products including fruit preserves, salad dressings, salsa, pie fillings and more. The company�s products are sold under the Food For Thought label as well as under the labels of over 30 Michigan and Midwest based farmers and retailers.
For three consecutive years, Young has been invited to Bon Appetit Magazine�s acclaimed Wine and Spirits Festival in Chicago, which showcases many of the best chefs in the Midwest. In addition to creating exciting products from the farms and forest of northern Michigan, Young has a long history of activism on issues of farmland preservation both here and abroad and is passionate about preserving farmland through profitable farming. A past President of the Northern Michigan Environmental Action Council, Young is currently a board member of the Michigan Land Use Institute. His awards include Environmentalist of the Year and Environmental Business of the Year.
Food For Thought is located on an organic farm in northern Michigan in the heart of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore where Young lives with his wife, Kathy, 10 year-old daughter Stella, and 5 year-old son, Connor.
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