MSU Extension Community Food Systems

News

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  Farmer’s market managers: Find vendors with online MarketMaker

  Published on May 2, 2014
  Farmer’s market managers can identify local farmers and food producers by using online MarketMaker.

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  First Lady and FoodCorps plant sixth annual White House Kitchen Garden in April

  Published on May 1, 2014
  Mrs. Obama invited the founders of the national service program FoodCorps and six FoodCorps service members from across the country to join her at the garden planting.

• Bringing barley back to the Michigan agricultural economy

  Published on April 28, 2014
  Due to the increasing demand for locally-sourced products in everything from the salads we eat to the beer we drink, barley, produced for malt, is being revisited as a potential crop for Michigan agriculture.

• Continuous communication is essential in collaborative partnerships: Part 4

  Published on April 28, 2014
  Using continuous communication to sustain collective impact.

• This summer you might be paying more for your summer brats and hotdogs

  Published on April 28, 2014
  A virus infecting swine herds could result in a smaller supply of pork this summer.

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  Farmers markets now accepting small winery applications

  Published on April 25, 2014
  Because of the growing number of wineries in Michigan, many markets have embraced the PA 100, and are excited to work with small wineries and cideries.

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  Flint, Michigan area urban agriculture report - April 25, 2014

  Published on April 25, 2014
  Spring weather has arrived, retreated, then returned in the past few weeks yet the indoor growing season is well underway in urban and rural hoop-houses.

• LEED credit for growing food: Part 2

  Published on April 24, 2014
  Local food Credit options 2 and 3 give greater options for supporting local food through monetary and volunteer support pledges.

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  Local food network in Flint celebrates at its first Annual Meeting

  Published on April 24, 2014
  Evaluation results from the Annual Meeting indicated that participants consider the overall value of the network to be excellent.

• Michigan well represented at the national food hub conference

  Published on April 24, 2014
  Innovative local food supply chain work on display at the 2nd annual national food hub conference in Raleigh, North Carolina.