MSU Extension Community Food Systems

News

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  Great Lakes Tinned Fish wins MSU Product Center’s 2025 Young Innovator Award

  Published on May 7, 2025
  The Grand Rapids-based company is the first Midwest-based tinned fish company to source exclusively from the Great Lakes region.

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  Doodle's Sugarbush honored with 2025 Value-Added Agriculture Award from MSU Product Center

  Published on May 7, 2025
  The Blanchard-based maple syrup company is recognized for their product variety and expansive wholesale market.

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  MSU Product Center honors Furniture City Creamery with the 2025 Barrier Buster Award

  Published on May 7, 2025
  The Grand Rapids-based ice cream company is recognized for their recent expansion.

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  Founder of drench LLC, recognized as the MSU Product Center’s 2025 Entrepreneur of the Year

  Published on May 7, 2025
  Karen Akouri of drench LLC, a Detroit-based salad dressing company, was recognized at the 2025 Making It In Michigan event for achieving entrepreneurial business success.

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  Charlevoix Cheese Company recognized with 2025 Start-Up to Watch Award at Making It In Michigan Conference

  Published on May 7, 2025
  Persistence pays off for farmstead cheese entrepreneurs.

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  North Central SARE offering sustainable agriculture research grants to graduate students

  Published on May 6, 2025
  Applications for Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Graduate student grants are due May 29.

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  Congratulations to Michigan’s SARE grant recipients

  Published on May 1, 2025
  Learn more about the 10 new Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) projects funded for 2025.

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  Category 4 sites under the Right to Farm Act Site Selection GAAMP

  Published on April 25, 2025
  Site Selection GAAMP provides local authority to permit livestock keeping in primarily residential areas

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  Nurturing Roots of Justice: New resources for K-12 food systems education in Michigan 

  Published on April 23, 2025
  Michigan educators can now access the Nurturing Roots of Justice food systems education resource hub and MI Food Stories Facilitator Guide.  

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  Free trainings for educators working with beginning farmers offered this spring and summer

  Published on April 23, 2025
  Join us for an engaging, hands-on train-the-trainer workshop designed for educators working with beginning farmers!