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Are you thinking of a cottage food business?
Published on March 6, 2017
Consider taking a Cottage Food Law class through MSU Extension. -
Put Michigan dried and frozen cherries on the menu year-round
Published on February 8, 2017
Source Michigan cherries all year with Cultivate Michigan’s latest product guide. -
Upper Peninsula Meat Processing Feasibility Study results released
Published on January 24, 2017
Strategies for growth in the Upper Peninsula’s meat value chain. -
A new economic age and playing field part 1
Published on January 19, 2017
A very fundamental structural shift has occurred with economic development. In this new economic age, how one conducts business, governs and promotes economic development has changed. -
People count: Population growth causes basic economic growth part 3
Published on January 19, 2017
Population growth is economic growth. Taking steps to attract people to move to a community is an important strategy. -
Local government’s economic development role: placemaking and regions part 4
Published on January 19, 2017
It takes a region to provide the places, variety, resources and attributes to attract people. Attraction of people is attraction of new businesses and needs to be done at a multi-county regional level. -
Prosperity comes from a focus on people, policy and place on a regional scale part 5
Published on January 19, 2017
It takes a region to provide the places, variety, resources and attributes to attract people. Economic development also needs to be coordinated among state, regional, educational, local government and private sectors. -
Michigan smoked fish processors need HACCP plans
Published on December 30, 2016
State regulations require a HACCP with several critical control points. -
Finding the story in your farm's history: Part 2
Published on December 29, 2016
Historical background can provide a strong draw for your agritourism operation. -
New year, new potential clientele
Published on December 29, 2016
Want a piece of nearly $100 billion in sales? Selling to the federal government gives you that chance.