Resources
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Funding Sources for Food-Related Businesses: Fourth Edition
Published on January 3, 2019
The fourth edition of this directory provides an overview of various financing sources available to food-related businesses in Michigan and across the United States.
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Building Racial Equity Within Cooperative Extension: Tools, Takeaways, and National Strategies Webinar
Published on December 17, 2018
A webinar highlighting tools, strategies, and takeaways to help professionals understand racial equity issues within their own organizations and include racial equity into programs they conduct within communities.
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How do institutional food service professionals know that food from their suppliers is safe?
Published on December 17, 2018
Results from a brief survey asking institutional food service buyers how they know that their suppliers have followed safe food production and handling practices.
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Michigan MarketMaker
Published on December 10, 2018
MarketMaker connects producers, markets, and food lovers.
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"Put Your Own Mask on Before Helping Someone Else": The Capacity of Food Hubs to Build Equitable Food Access
Published on December 7, 2018
Examining 11 Michigan food hubs, this paper asks about the extent to which and under what conditions food hubs can successfully achieve their dual social and economic goals.
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Beyond Grants: Entrepreneurial Strategies for Funding Beginning Farmer Initiatives
Published on November 5, 2018
This report explores self-sustaining entrepreneurial fundraising strategies and activities and offers a creative pathway for evaluating strategies to fund Michigan's beginning farmer initiatives.
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Local Food for Little Eaters: A Migrant & Seasonal Head Start Guide to Local Food Purchasing
Published on November 1, 2018
Using the step-by-step instructions and interactive tools, Migrant and Seasonal Head Start programs can learn how to purchase and use more local foods in their programs serving children of migrant and seasonal farmworkers.
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Farm to Migrant and Seasonal Head Start In Action
Published on November 1, 2018
This guide profiles Farm to Migrant and Season Head Start programs nationwide who are purchasing and serving local food.
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2018 Michigan Good Food Report Card Summary
Published on October 22, 2018
This summary overview of the 2018 Michigan Good Food Report Card shares progress made toward the six goals of the Michigan Good Food Charter over the past two years.
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2018 Michigan Good Food Report Card
Published on October 22, 2018
The 2018 report card details efforts from across the state in the past two years to meet the goals of the Michigan Good Food Charter.
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2018 Charter Summary
Published on October 19, 2018
This summary reports on progress made toward achieving the 2020 goals set by the Michigan Good Food Charter.
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Michigan Guide to What's in Season Now - Mobile Version
Published on October 3, 2018
Save this guide to your mobile phone. Check it when you’re at the store, farmer’s market, or eating out so that you can support Michigan farmers all year long.
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Michigan Guide to What's in Season Now - Print-at-Home
Published on October 3, 2018
Print, fold, and carry this guide somewhere handy. Check it when you're at the store, farmer’s market, or eating out so that you can enjoy Michigan-grown produce all year long!
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Making Local Sourcing Standard Practice: Lessons From Michigan
Published on September 11, 2018
This chapter examines three arenas that have advanced farm-to-institution activity in the Michigan: state government policy, non-profit and agriculture extension agency facilitation, and supply chain partnerships.
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2018 National Farm to Early Care and Education Survey
Published on September 11, 2018
The results of the 2018 National Farm to Early Care and Education Survey are available for partners and supporters to use and share in their networks.
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Taking Root: Hoophouses for Health + MI Farm to School Video Series
Published on August 30, 2018
This series of five short videos shows how the innovative combination of Hoophouses for Health and MI Farm to School works from every angle.
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Achieving Food Systems Visions - Past, Present and Future (Webinar Series)
Published on August 1, 2018
This three-part series features guest speakers from states that, like Michigan, have visionary plans that guide their local food systems progress.
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Michigan Farm to School: Kids in the Kitchen
Published on July 2, 2018
Chef Sean Gartland prepares three healthy recipes that include locally grown products. Each video shows how easy it is to prepare local, healthy, and affordable foods with children of different ages in the kitchen.
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Cultivate Michigan 2017 Data Brief
Published on May 29, 2018
This brief summarizes progress to date of the Cultivate Michigan institutional local food purchasing campaign since launching in 2014.
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Tracking Shows Increase in Local Food Purchasing at Michigan Schools
Published on May 29, 2018
This short report shares data that shows that food purchasing is increasing in Michigan K-12 schools.
