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Macrobiotic Community of

Detroit, MI

Detroit Area

Greater Detroit Area-South

Community Description
Area Description	Detroit is one of the world's greatest industrial centers. It is often called the Automobile Capital of the World. It is Michigan's largest city and the nation's seventh largest. Its metropolitan area population is 4,266,700.
Municipalities With Macrobiotic Services Or Activities	Ann Arbor, Birmingham, Brighton, Canton, Clarkston, Dearborn Heights, Detroit, Farmington Hills, Garden City, Grosse Point, Livonia, Redford, Rochester Hills, Royal Oak, St Clair Shores, Southgate, Taylor, Troy, West Bloomfield.
Summary and Impressions of the Community	Bonnie Breidenbach started macrobiotics in the 1980's. Detroit never developed a strong foundation of community support like that found in Philadelphia, Boston or New York. There are a wide variety of macrobiotic resources and services available to its residents, including counselors, cooking teachers and whole food supermarkets. On the other hand, there are no structured community activities presently and there is no community newsletter. Nevertheless, anyone seeking to follow a macrobiotic lifestyle could have their needs satisfied.
Macrobiotic Community Assessment	Moderate Services: 2 part time counselors & 1 part time cook. Macro services started in 1980’s but community didn’t develop. Dormant Activities: no organized activity; only one café with macro plate.

Professional Services
Resident Counselors	Rose Parker, Bonnie Breidenbach
Resident Cooking Teachers	Valerie Wilson
Visiting Counselors and Cooking Teachers	Ed Esko lectures every 4 - 5 months.
Professional Cooks or Caterers	Lenore Baum.

Interviewed Macrobiotic Practitioners
Lenore Baum
Length of Macrobiotic Practice	20 Years
Community Functions	Owner of Lenore's Natural Cuisine, a natural bakery. She has authored "Natural Cuisine Cookbook."
Macrobiotic Study	Completed Levels I, II, and III at the Kushi Institute (KI).
Alternative Healing Modes	None
Rose Parker
Length of Macrobiotic Practice	15 years
Community Functions	Rose gives health consultations, cooking lessons, and lectures.
Macrobiotic Study	Levels I, II and III at the KI. She has also completed the KI advanced training course given after the summer conference at Wakefield, MA this past August.
Alternative Healing Modes	None

Support System
Paid or Potluck Dinners	None
Education Centers	None
Seminars	None
Newsletter	None
Support Groups	Rose Parker is trying to develop a support group.
Work Study Program	None
Publications, Books, Cassettes	At local health food stores
Web Sites	http://lenoresnatural.com/ http://edenfoods.com/

Natural Food Sources
Macrobiotic Restaurants	Cosmic Café advertises macrobiotic dishes; there are 13 other restaurants with vegan dishes in Detroit, a relatively low number in such a large metropolis.
Natural Food Chain Stores	Whole Foods.
Independent Natural Food Stores	Vic's World Class Market, Health Foods of Rochester, Hiller's Markets, Better Health Store, Natural Food Patch, Sprout House, Arbor Farms, Zerbo's, JP's Health Food, Good Foods West, Busch's, Main Party Store, Fertile Crescent Market, Healthy Solutions, Better Health, Betty's Natural Food Co, Rainbow Health Foods, Holiday Market, Healy's Health Nut, Good n' Plenty.
Natural Food Coops	Hartlands Nutrition Connection Co-Op, Cass Corridor Food Co-Op, People's Food Co-Op, Ypsillanti Food Co-Op, Good Food Co-Op East.
Mail Order Buying Clubs	None
Cottage Industries	None