Michele Van Haecke

Writer, Editor, Designer, Teacher

Based in Arizona and Montana

Portfolio

General Features

Zene Magazine
Shape Shifters: Native American Leaders Shaping the Future

Arizona boasts the third largest Native American population in the country – and one of the largest in the world. Northern AZ Zene shines a spotlight on a few of the individuals shaping the future of indigenous peoples and culture in a changing world. (Collaborative piece written with Susan DeFreitas)

Food, Wine, Belly Writing

Restaurateur of Arizona
Goodbye Gluten

Why is gluten the new bulls-eye of health-conscious diners, and those who feed them?

Restaurateur of Arizona
The Horseman Way

On a 10-acre Flagstaff spread beneath Arizona’s highest peaks, Horsemen Lodge stakes a claim chains can’t imitate. This northern Arizona landmark accomplishes more than serving great food in an Old West atmosphere. It authentically represents a way of life that’s become legend.

Yavapai Wester
Om Cooking:

Culinary workshop brings yoga into the kitchen

Restaurateur of Arizona
Healthcare Foodservice Q&A

Each summer for the past decade, Arizona Chef Robert DeSantis has cleared three weeks in his calendar to journey to a small Minnesota town just south of the Canadian border. He doesn’t go for the peace and quiet or the great Walleye fishing.

Restaurateur of Arizona
Surf or Turf

Pros and cons of wild and farm-raised seafood.

Home & Garden

Architecture & Construction

Engineering News-Record
Indian Tribes Put $3 Billion In Stimulus Funds To Work

While the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has buoyed high-profile sectors such as transportation and energy, in Indian Country—the sovereign lands of 562 American Indian tribes across the United States—$3 billion in stimulus funding quietly has moved into development backlogged road improvements, hospitals, correctional facilities and schools. Many of the projects were planned but remained unfunded for years, in some cases for more than a decade. The ARRA windfall gave cash-strapped...

Phoenix Business Journal
Green Pioneer: Philip Beere

Philip Beere believes the best way to have a big impact on sustainability is to start small. It’s a scale that’s worked for him.

Business

Phoenix Business Journal
Green Pioneers: Green chemicals form Laura Roberts' foundation in environmental work

When Laura Roberts went looking for funds in 1997 to solidify Pantheon Chemical, a Phoenix-based manufacturer of consumer-safe, environmentally sensitive cleaning and metal-treatment products, not many people were looking at the sustainable market. "The biggest struggle we had was being a company that promoted green," said Roberts, the company's president and CEO.