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Exploring Organic Webinar Series resources and recordings available

Published on May 23, 2024
Learn from diverse farmers across Michigan about their experiences with organic certification.
Family Farms Conference workshop recordings highlight sustainable agriculture

Published on May 17, 2024
Videos include farmer SARE grant projects, farmer wellness, farm to school, agritourism, small-scale livestock and more.
Co-ops 101 webinar recordings now available: How cooperatives work and the basic steps of development

Published on May 10, 2024
Three videos cover cooperative principles and co-op examples, steps to development and legal aspects or entities used.
What should I do if I find a swarm of bees?

Published on April 18, 2024
Contact a local beekeeper if you find a swarm of honey bees.
MSU Extension’s free produce safety texting service expands to serve North Central region

Published on April 17, 2024
The free produce safety texting service, which provides farm workers and their employers with one weekly produce safety text, will now be available to many more growers and their employees.
Dig into sustainable farm innovations with a search tool and map of SARE grant projects

Published on April 9, 2024
Find hundreds of SARE grants funded in Michigan and thousands nationally.
Educational session recordings for Beginning Farmers now available from MI Ag Ideas to Grow With

Published on March 26, 2024
Did you miss the live session? Recordings are now available to view!
Grants for training farm educators and graduate student research

Published on March 14, 2024
Grant-writing support is available free of charge for all six North Central SARE grants and for Michigan SARE mini-grants.
MSU survey of Michigan residents aims to understand people’s knowledge and attitudes toward pollinators

Published on March 8, 2024
Please take 10 minutes to give us your thoughts towards pollinators.
Farm Budgets: Growing Your Farm into a Business (2024)

How important is a business mindset and farm profits to your opportunities for growth and success? Join as we discuss how attention to details and effective planning can help your farm continue its growth into a successful business.
Beyond the Farmers Market: Evaluating Direct Market Channel Opportunities

Where are you selling, or planning to sell your products? How do you make these decisions? We’ll talk about perceptions, realities, pros and cons of farmers markets, farm markets, CSAs, restaurant sales, institutional markets and more!
Brainstorming farm goals… & how to make them happen!

Join this interactive workshop to brainstorm goals for your farm, evaluate those goals as SMART goals and/or HEART goals, and think through how to make your goals into a timeline, vision board or reminder to inspire you every day to follow your intention.
Beginning Vegetables

Vegetables are easy to try as a new grower, or as a new crop among other enterprises. Learn the types of vegetables to consider for different markets and some techniques for their production at smaller scales.
Vegetable program at Southwest Michigan Horticultural Days to focus on regional projects and opportunities

Published on January 19, 2024
A full day program has been designed at Michiana’s premier specialty crop conference to incorporate regional research, risk management opportunities and a goal setting period for Southwest Michigan Research and Extension Center’s vegetable program.
Vegetable ‘Ag Ideas’ will focus on pillars of production for 2024

Published on January 4, 2024
Join the Michigan State University Extension vegetable team on a webinar series dedicated to key production factors affecting vegetables.
SARE video series highlights farmer-led sustainable agriculture projects

Published on December 21, 2023
Check out all 18 North Central Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Farming Matters videos.
Farm Policy and Risk Management Series - Vegetable Session

This session of the Farm Policy and Risk Management Series focused on insurance options for Michigan vegetable growers.
Improve your vegetable farm’s profitability by combining financial and production planning

Published on November 30, 2023
MSU Extension releases new budget estimating tools for small and large vegetable growers.
Crop Budget Estimator Vegetables (Detailed)

Published on November 27, 2023
A farm budget decision tool designed for more in-depth decision making on vegetable farms.
Crop Budget Estimator Vegetables (Simple)

Published on November 27, 2023
A farm budget decision tool designed for small or beginning vegetable farmers.