Reports
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Celebrating, Networking, and Gathering Feedback: 2019 Michigan Farm to Institution Network Gathering Evaluation Report
Published on June 23, 2020
The 2019 Michigan Farm to Institution Network Gathering aimed to celebrate farm to institution successes, to facilitate peer networking, and to gather feedback to inform the direction of MFIN beyond 2020. -
Workforce education and training opportunities in Michigan's local and regional food system
Published on May 21, 2020
There are key opportunities to expand training and education for Michigan's local and regional food system workforce. -
Cultivating Social-Emotional Health with Farm to Early Care and Education
Published on April 16, 2020
Developing strong social-emotional skills early in life is important for lifelong emotional health. How can educators and caretakers can use farm to ECE activities to encourage children's positive social-emotional development? -
Cultivate Michigan 2018 Data Brief
Published on February 21, 2020
What progress did Cultivate Michigan members make toward the goal of sourcing 20% Michigan foods by 2020? -
Developing Michigan’s local and regional workforce: challenges and opportunities identified by surveying business owners
Published on January 31, 2020
How do employers perceive Michigan's local and regional food system workforce? We surveyed and interviewed them to find out. -
A scan of jobs in Michigan’s food systems: employment, wages, the future, and more
Published on January 24, 2020
This food system job scan provides a better understanding of the Michigan labor market and enables us to see the types of jobs in different sectors, what the earnings for those jobs are, where there is projected growth, and where there is unfilled demand. -
2019 Workforce Assessment of Michigan’s Local and Regional Food System: An overview of what we did, what it showed, and why it matters
Published on January 6, 2020
What food systems jobs exist in Michigan? How do employers see the local and regional food system workforce? What training opportunities are available to those who want to enter the workforce? Check out this report to find out. -
Blending Michigan Beans with Local Meat for Institutional Markets
Published on October 9, 2019
Blended bean and meat products can be deployed as a strategy to help small and mid-sized regional producers and their processing partners increase sales to local institutional markets. -
When Healthy Food is Out of Reach: A Food Access Survey in Northwest Lower Michigan
Published on June 28, 2019
A food access survey of Benzie and Antrim counties reveals ways that the food system can better serve community residents. -
Growing a Local and Regional Meat Industry in Michigan: The Michigan Meat Network as a Case Study of Collective Impact Theory
Published on June 26, 2019
This report summarizes the collective impacts of the Michigan Meat Network. -
Are Michigan's Food Councils Changing Policy or Prepared to Do So?
Published on June 24, 2019
How are Michigan food councils are working on food policy change? -
Detroit Community Markets Rapid Market Assessment Report
Published on June 17, 2019
How do customers feel about Detroit farmers markets? -
Striving to Meet Food Needs: Food Access Survey of Oscoda County, MI
Published on June 14, 2019
What are the barriers to food access in rural northeast lower Michigan? -
10 Cents a Meal for School Kids and Farms 2018-2019 Legislative Report
Published on March 21, 2019
How did Michigan benefit from 10 Cents a Meal for School Kids and Farms? Read about the impacts in the Michigan Department of Education's 2018-2019 Legislative Report. -
10 Cents a Meal Pilot: 2017-2018 Evaluation Results
Published on February 27, 2019
What were the impacts of 10 Cents a Meal in 2017-18? View the survey results of the program's second year! The full report and the executive summary are available here. -
Beyond Grants: Entrepreneurial Strategies for Funding Beginning Farmer Initiatives
Published on November 4, 2018
This report explores self-sustaining entrepreneurial fundraising strategies and activities and offers a creative pathway for evaluating strategies to fund Michigan's beginning farmer initiatives. -
Food Systems in 2050: Visions for food systems that sustain people and planet
Published on October 25, 2018
This report summarizes the findings of a survey distributed globally to a diverse set of food system actors to share their visions for a better food system. -
2018 Michigan Good Food Report Card
Published on October 22, 2018
The 2018 report card details efforts from across the state in the past two years to meet the goals of the Michigan Good Food Charter. -
2018 Michigan Good Food Report Card Summary
Published on October 22, 2018
This summary overview of the 2018 Michigan Good Food Report Card shares progress made toward the six goals of the Michigan Good Food Charter over the past two years. -
2018 National Farm to Early Care and Education Survey
Published on September 11, 2018
The results of the 2018 National Farm to Early Care and Education Survey are available for partners and supporters to use and share in their networks.