Events

  • Oct 29

    Safe Food Handling for Food Donations: Basic Training - October 29 2025

    October 29, 2025 11:00AM – 12:30PM online zoom webinar

    Safe Food Handling for Food Donations: Basic Training is designed for food banks, pantries, drives, and other organizations that distribute food to alleviate food insecurity.

  • Oct 29

    Safe Food Handling for Food Donations: ADVANCED Training - October 29 2025

    October 29, 2025 1:00PM – 2:30PM online zoom webinar

    Safe Food Handling for Food Donations: ADVANCED Training is designed for food banks, pantries, drives, and other organizations that distribute food to alleviate food insecurity.

  • Oct 30

    Nutrient Management for Organic Farms Webinar - Part 2

    October 30, 2025 12:00PM – 1:00PM Zoom Webinar

    Join us for a two-part webinar series discussing nutrient risk management for organic farms.

  • Nov 4

    Webinar: How to Make Money in Organic Farming

    November 4, 2025 12:00PM – 1:00PM Zoom Webinar

    Curious about making money in organic farming? Join us for this webinar.

  • Nov 6

    Organic Pesticide Management Webinar

    November 6, 2025 12:00PM – 1:00PM Zoom Webinar

    Learn wise ways to use organic pesticides with Galen Dively, Professor Emeritus with the University of Maryland and an IPM Consultant. After Galen's talk, we'll have a group discussion about organic pesticides and non-pesticide control options for pests.

  • Dec 4

    Safe Food Handling for Food Donations: Basic Training - December 4 2025

    December 4, 2025 1:00PM – 2:30PM online zoom webinar

    Safe Food Handling for Food Donations: Basic Training is designed for food banks, pantries, drives, and other organizations that distribute food to alleviate food insecurity.

  • Dec 4

    Safe Food Handling for Food Donations: ADVANCED Training - December 4 2025

    December 4, 2025 3:00PM – 4:30PM online zoom webinar

    Safe Food Handling for Food Donations: ADVANCED Training is designed for food banks, pantries, drives, and other organizations that distribute food to alleviate food insecurity.

  • Dec 9

    Great Lakes Fruit, Vegetable & Farm Market EXPO

    December 9, 2025 – December 11, 2025 DeVos Place, 303 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503

    The Great Lakes Fruit, Vegetable & Farm Market EXPO and Michigan Greenhouse Growers EXPO (GLEXPO) is an annual event that draws thousands of farmers from Michigan and beyond to Grand Rapids, Michigan each December.

  • Dec 9

    Organic Transition Sessions at GLEXPO

    December 9, 2025 – December 11, 2025 Devos Place, 303 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503

    Join the organic farming and transitioning to organic sessions at the Great Lakes Fruit & Vegetable EXPO to learn from a 4-farmer panel on Organic Transition, speakers on Managing Pests, Diseases and Soil Health Using Organic Practices and much more!

  • Dec 9

    Guidance for Food Handlers and the Management of Halal Food dec 2025

    December 9, 2025 3:00PM – 4:30PM online zoom webinar

    Participants will gain knowledge and confidence in handling halal food safely for consumers while integrating key food safety practices.