Center for Regional Food Systems 10 Cents a Meal

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  10 Cents a Meal for Michigan's Kids and Farms 2021-2022 Legislative Report

  Published on April 1, 2023
  How did 10 Cents a Meal benefit Michigan in 2021-2022? The Michigan Department of Education submits a report every year to the state legislature about 10 Cents a Meal, to which 10 Cents partners contribute.

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  10 Cents Evaluation Report Mini-Webinar Series

  Published on February 2, 2023
  Learn about how the 10 Cents a Meal program works and its impacts through this webinar series! This series of five mini webinars will highlight key findings from evaluation of the 10 Cents a Meal program for the 2020-2021 year.

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  Recommendations - 10 Cents a Meal Evaluation Results 2020-2021

  Published on January 11, 2023
  Following our evaluation of the 10 Cents data from the 2020-2021 school year, we have 8 main recommendations for the program, both in practice and in evaluation.

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  What Foods are Served through 10 Cents? - 10 Cents a Meal Evaluation Results 2020-2021

  Published on January 11, 2023
  What's on the menu of schools participating in the 10 Cents a Meal program? Learn more in these summary briefs highlighting data from the 2020-2021 school year.

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  Overview- 10 Cents a Meal Evaluation Results 2020-2021

  Published on January 11, 2023
  Who was involved and how was the 10 Cents a Meal program evaluated during the 2020-2021 school year? Explore the executive summary and evaluation activities.

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  Who is Engaged in 10 Cents Grants - 10 Cents a Meal Evaluation Results 2020-2021

  Published on January 11, 2023
  During the 2021-2022 school year, more schools participated in 10 Cents a Meal than ever before. Check out their experiences and motivators to serving local food in these summary briefs.

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  Appendix - 10 Cents a Meal Evaluation Results 2020-2021

  Published on January 11, 2023
  To understand how have Michigan kids, farmers, and food businesses benefited from 10 Cents a Meal in 2020-2021, four evaluation surveys were conducted. See the technical definitions and results here.

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  The Big Picture: Does 10 Cents Work? - 10 Cents a Meal Evaluation Results 2020-2021

  Published on January 11, 2023
  Most grantees agreed that their food service operation was positively impacted through participating in 10 Cents. Explore the big picture of the impact of the program!

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  10 Cents Grantees Across all Years of the Program

  Published on January 11, 2023
  See this table of 10 Cents a Meal program grantees across all years of the program.

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  2020–2021 Grantees and Their Counties by MASA Region

  Published on January 11, 2023
  See this table of 2020–2021 10 Cents a Meal Grantees and their Counties by MASA Region.

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  How Foods Move Through 10 Cents Supply Chain - 10 Cents a Meal Evaluation Results 2020-2021

  Published on January 11, 2023
  How do foods move through the 10 Cents a Meal supply chain? Learn more in these summary briefs of 10 Cents data from the 2020-2021 school year.

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  A Closer Look at Public School Grantees - 10 Cents a Meal Evaluation Results 2020-2021

  Published on January 11, 2023
  Who participated in the 10 Cents program during the 2020-2021 school year? Explore how key characteristics of public school district grantees may influence their use of the funding and participation.

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  Expanded Eligibility, Increased Impacts: 10 Cents a Meal 2020-2021 Evaluation Results

  Published on January 11, 2023
  How have Michigan kids, farmers, and food businesses benefited from 10 Cents a Meal? This series of summaries presents findings from 10 Cents data from the 2020-2021 school year.

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  Student Engagement: Michigan Farm to Institution Network Virtual Network Meeting

  Published on November 2, 2022
  Explore approaches for engaging students with learning about, and influencing, their food options.

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  10 Cents Farm to School Video

  Published on August 11, 2022
  10 Cents a Meal for Michigan's Kids and Farms benefits school children and supports Michigan farmers.

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  All About Beans: A Summary of Legumes in the 2020-2021 Year of 10 Cents a Meal for Michigan's Kids and Farms Program

  Published on July 11, 2022
  This report uses 10 Cents data from SY2020-21 to describe the purchase and use of legumes by grantees.

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  Michigan Farm to School Track: School Nutrition Association of Michigan 2020 Virtual Conference

  Published on November 15, 2021
  The Michigan Farm to Institution Network management team compiled a farm to school track for the 2020 School Nutrition Association of Michigan Annual Conference. Here we offer that set of short how-to and reporting sessions from the virtual conference.

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  10 Cents a Meal for Michigan's Kids and Farms 2020-2021 Legislative Report

  Published on November 12, 2021
  How did Michigan benefit from 10 Cents a Meal in 2020-2021? The Michigan Department of Education submits a report every year to the state legislature about 10 Cents a Meal, to which 10 Cents partners contribute.

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  What a Dime Can Do: Impacts of Michigan’s 10 Cents a Meal Program - Michigan Farm to Institution Network Virtual Network Meeting

  Published on September 30, 2021
  In this meeting, you’ll learn about the impacts of 10 Cents a Meal in its pilot years (2016-2019) as speakers share results from the new What a Dime Can Do evaluation report.

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  What a Dime Can Do: An Evaluation of the 10 Cents a Meal Pilot

  Published on September 27, 2021
  How have Michigan kids, farmers, and food businesses benefited from 10 Cents a Meal? These nine topic-specific summaries present findings from 10 Cents pilot data collected between 2017 and 2020.