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Meet the 2022 Michigan Grow More Award Recipients

Published on October 19, 2022
We are pleased to announce the recipients of the Michigan Grow More Award.
Farm Business Record Keeping Series Launches Second Year

Published on October 18, 2022
Learning series will support Black, Indigenous, Latinx, New Immigrant and Persons of Color who farm in Michigan on keeping good financial records and understanding historical inequities in agriculture and financial systems.
Farm carbon for profit

Published on October 7, 2022
New opportunities are emerging to improve farm profitability through carbon sequestration: northwest Michigan farmers can get started through the new Carbon Farming program from Crosshatch Center for Art and Ecology.
Grants available for sustainable agriculture research and education

Published on September 6, 2022
SARE annual grant request issued.
MSU Releases New Michigan Good Food Charter

Published on August 17, 2022
The newly released 2022 Michigan Good Food Charter is a guide for creating and sustaining good food systems rooted in local communities.
CRFS welcomes new director, Dr. M. Jahi Chappell

Published on August 16, 2022
Dr. M. Jahi Chappell will be the next director of the MSU Center for Regional Food Systems and W.K. Kellogg Foundation Endowed Chair in Food and Society.
Nominate a childcare provider or farmer for the Michigan Grow More Award

Published on August 8, 2022
The Michigan Grow More Award is intended to acknowledge early care and education providers and farmers and food producers doing extraordinary work in farm to ECE. Nominate a farm to ECE champion by Friday, September 9.
Michigan Good Food Charter informs recommendations to the White House Conference on Nutrition

Published on August 2, 2022
See CRFS's recommendations for the national strategy to end hunger and reduce diet-related diseases and disparities.
Michigan seafood processors are eligible for additional COVID-19 funds through MDARD

Published on July 19, 2022
Grant funding can be used to cover the activities associated with workplace safety measures, market pivots, retrofitting facilities, transportation, worker housing, and medical costs.
Today’s Great Lakes commercial fishing and fish processing industries look to future

Published on June 27, 2022
Sea Grant survey reveals need for place-based job training opportunities that include cultural and regulatory contexts specific to the region.