Center for Regional Food Systems

Resources

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  Farm to Early Care and Education: Growing Healthy Eaters

  Published on November 4, 2019
  This document provides an overview of farm to early care and education, steps to successfully purchase local food, and highlights available resources.

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  Additional Farm to ECE Resources

  Published on October 11, 2019
  Looking for more resources on farm to ECE? Find additional information from our partners and other organizations.

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  Blending Michigan Beans with Local Meat for Institutional Markets

  Published on October 9, 2019
  Blended bean and meat products can be deployed as a strategy to help small and mid-sized regional producers and their processing partners increase sales to local institutional markets.

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  Webinar - Food Sovereignty and the Role of Extension: Partnerships that Work

  Published on September 19, 2019
  Learn how partnerships between First Nations communities and Extension can advance food sovereignty.

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  Bulletin E-3407: How to Motivate Your Lender to Say, “Yes”

  Published on July 31, 2019
  A bulletin by MSU Extension's Beginning Farmer DEMaND Series with suggestions to help beginning farmer understand the lending process in order to obtain farm financing.

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  Webinar - Measuring Racial Equity in the Food System: Established and Suggested Metrics

  Published on July 22, 2019
  Learn how metrics can help you make progress towards racial equity in food systems and beyond.

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  When Healthy Food is Out of Reach: A Food Access Survey in Northwest Lower Michigan

  Published on June 28, 2019
  A food access survey of Benzie and Antrim counties reveals ways that the food system can better serve community residents.

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  Growing a Local and Regional Meat Industry in Michigan: The Michigan Meat Network as a Case Study of Collective Impact Theory

  Published on June 26, 2019
  This report summarizes the collective impacts of the Michigan Meat Network.

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  Are Michigan's Food Councils Changing Policy or Prepared to Do So?

  Published on June 24, 2019
  How are Michigan food councils are working on food policy change?

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  Fund Development Webinars for Michigan Local Food Councils

  Published on June 18, 2019
  This webinar series covers the basics and requirements for successful fund development to build your food council.

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  Detroit Community Markets Rapid Market Assessment Report

  Published on June 17, 2019
  How do customers feel about Detroit farmers markets?

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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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  MFIN Research Update: Local Food Purchasing in Michigan Public Universities

  Published on June 10, 2019
  Preliminary insights from research about food service operations at publicly-funded universities in Michigan are shared in this webinar.

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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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  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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  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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  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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  Webinar - 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?