Resources
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Striving to Meet Food Needs: Food Access Survey of Oscoda County, MI
Published on June 14, 2019
What are the barriers to food access in rural northeast lower Michigan?
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Special Presentation: National Farm to School Network's Racial and Social Equity Assessment Tool for Farm to School Programs and Policy
Published on June 6, 2019
Learn more about a tool to assess and advance equity in farm to school programs and policies.
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Granja para los migrantes y de temporada Head Start en acción
Published on May 20, 2019
Esta guía demuestra programas de granja para Migrant and Seasonal Head Start por toda la nación, los cuales compran y sirven alimentos locales.
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Alimentos Locales para Pequeños Comensales: Una Guía de Migrant & Seasonal Head Start para la Compra de Alimentos Locales
Published on May 20, 2019
Programas de Head Start Migrante y Estacional pueden aprender a comprar y usar más alimentos cultivados localmente en sus programas que sirven niños de trabajadores agrícolas migrantes y estacionales.
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National Farm to Institution Metrics Collaborative Webinar Series
Published on May 7, 2019
Each 30-minute webinar in this series features a different Collaborative member and a tool or program they have used to measure farm to institution efforts.
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Measuring Racial Equity in the Food System: Established and Suggested Metrics
Published on May 6, 2019
This tool contains 86 metrics to help hold ourselves accountable for progress towards a more equitable food system.
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Good Food Storytelling Night 2019
Published on May 2, 2019
Learn what five food system trailblazers are doing to make good food happen in Detroit.
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Land-Grant Institutions and Food Systems: Acknowledging historical disparities and exploring present-day equity initiatives
Published on April 23, 2019
What are organizations and administrators working with land-grant institutions doing to address inequities present since the inception of these institutions?
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10 Cents a Meal for School Kids and Farms 2018-2019 Legislative Report
Published on March 21, 2019
How did Michigan benefit from 10 Cents a Meal for School Kids and Farms? Read about the impacts in the Michigan Department of Education's 2018-2019 Legislative Report.
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Who Was in the Room and How Were They Impacted? The Reach and Value of CRFS Events 2016-2018
Published on March 21, 2019
What motivates people to attend CRFS network convenings? How are summits and network meetings impacting participants? This report uses 586 evaluations collected from 2016 to 2018 to begin to answer such questions.
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Anchor Institutions in Action Webinar
Published on February 28, 2019
In this special presentation, the Michigan Farm to Institution Network shares information about hospitals as anchor institutions and some of their strategies for workforce development, place-based investing, and local food purchasing.
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10 Cents a Meal Pilot: 2017-2018 Evaluation Results
Published on February 27, 2019
What were the impacts of 10 Cents a Meal in 2017-18? View the survey results of the program's second year! The full report and the executive summary are available here.
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Farming for Change: Developing a Participatory Curriculum on Agroecology, Nutrition, Climate Change and Social Equity in Malawi and Tanzania
Published on January 28, 2019
This article describes the process of developing an innovative curriculum across 2 weeks of training for smallholder farmers with limited formal education.
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An Annotated Bibliography on Structural Racism Present in the U.S. Food System, Sixth Edition
Published on January 21, 2019
An annotated bibliography of resources and publications on structural racism in the U.S. food system.
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External Resources Recommended by the Racial Equity in the Food System Workgroup
Published on January 16, 2019
Check out these resources to grow your knowledge of racial equity in the food system.
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Hoophouse Production and Marketing Guide
Published on January 7, 2019
This guide provides suggestions and parameters for hoophouse planting, crop spacing, realistic yields, common cultivars, and direct market and wholesale pack sizes and pricing.
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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.
