Center for Regional Food Systems

News

• Michigan's Emerging Farmers - Matching Funds Program Application

  Published on January 21, 2016
  Through a USDA Beginning Farmer & Rancher Development Grant the MSU Center for Regional Food Systems, Michigan Food and Farming Systems and MSU Student Organic Farm will provide a limited number of $2,000 stipends to beginning farmers in Michigan.

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  Rich Pirog Succeeds Mike Hamm as Director of MSU Center for Regional Food Systems

  Published on January 18, 2016
  Pirog will guide CRFS as it continues to engage partners across Michigan, the United States and the world in developing regionally integrated sustainable food systems through applied research, education and outreach.

• It's Quite Natural for States to Regulate Labeling

  Published on January 15, 2016
  In this post, CRFS affiliate Michaela Oldfield explores ways that state laws could impact federal food policy.

• Farm to Institution was on the menu at the SNAM annual conference

  Published on December 16, 2015
  Highlights from "Michigan Farm to School Marketplace" at the SNAM conference, where MFIN and Michigan Farm to School staff and partners enjoyed networking with school food service professionals and each other.

• Cultivating Collective Action: The Ecology of a Statewide Food Network

  Published on November 24, 2015
  The Center for Regional Food Systems was highlighted in a report published in November 2015 by the University of Minnesota.

• Local Foods Group to hold Iowa Regional Meeting

  Published on November 10, 2015
  Senior associate director, Rich Pirog, expressed how his two decades with the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State University prepared him for his work in the Michigan local foods movement.

• Agricultural Education Programs Face Consistent Teacher Shortages, in Michigan and Nationwide

  Published on October 21, 2015
  There is a shortage of agricultural education teachers - in Michigan and nationwide - which means that these programs are in danger of shutting down.

• Managing Hoophouses and High Tunnels for Year-Round Farming Success

  Published on September 28, 2015
  The Managing Hoophouses and High Tunnels for Year-Round Farming Success course is focused on year-round production and covers topics such as site selection, construction recommendations, crop planning, crop scheduling, soil management, and more.

• MSU Farmer Field School Launched to Improve Farm Viability for New and Beginning Farmers

  Published on September 14, 2015
  Michigan State University Student Organic Farm in collaboration with MSU Center for Regional Food Systems rolled out the first workshop of the newly established Farmer Field School series.

• HoopHouse Radio Interview

  Published on September 3, 2015
  Tyler Vuillemot, Hoophouses for Health Program Manager was interviewed by anchor/reporter Julie Harker at Brownfield Ag News Radio.