HOUGHTON — From the Ground Farmers Market Collective has begun what it hopes will become a large, annual event — the Keweenaw Thimbleberry Festival. The inaugural festival consists of thimbleberry dishes and beverages from vendors at the Houghton, Hancock and Calumet Farmers Markets and a “berry storybook walk” at the Paavola Wetlands for the remainder of the week. From the Ground Farmers Market put together the festival with this year’s sponsor Visit Keweenaw and community partners Copper Shores Community Health Foundation and Keweenaw Land Trust.

Collective board member Amanda Makela said there has been no organized celebration of the thimbleberry, a fruit which is unique for this part of the country and typically grows in the western mountainous area of the U.S. She explained while man

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