Center for Regional Food Systems

Resources

• Michigan Good Food Charter Shared Measurement Project Webinar

  Published on January 27, 2015
  This webinar shares the findings of key informant interviews and discusses next steps of the Michigan Good Food Charter Shared Measurement project.

• Farm to Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Trainings Information Sheet

  Published on January 12, 2015
  This document provides information about the Farm to Migrant and Seasonal Head Start trainings.

• Farmer Perspectives of Farm to Institution in Michigan: 2012 Survey Results of Vegetable Farmers

  Published on January 12, 2015
  Local food purchasing programs at institutions offer benefits including supporting farms and local economies, encouraging more healthful eating habits of patrons and fostering closer connections between farmers and consumers.

• Detroit Public Schools Garden to Cafeteria Program Video

  Published on January 5, 2015
  This video features Drew Farms, a school for cognitively impaired adults. It is one in a series highlighting Farm to School best practices and innovations in Michigan, for use by Farm to School practitioners and community stakeholders.

• Meet Up and Eat Up with the Detroit Lions Video

  Published on January 5, 2015
  Students from Detroit Public Schools shop at Detroit Eastern Market with the Detroit Lions. This Meet Up and Eat Up event was co-hosted by Fair Food Network and the United Way of Southeast Michigan.

• Affiliates Meeting Presentation: Phil Howard, "Visualizing Food & Agricultural Data"

  Published on December 22, 2014
  Dr. Philip Howard, MSU Department of Community Sustainability, talks about creating visualizations from food and agriculture data.

• Michigan Good Food Charter Shared Measurement Project 2014-2015 Overview

  Published on December 22, 2014
  This document provides an overview of the Michigan Good Food Charter Shared Measurement Project's direction for 2014-2015.

• Advancing a Local Food Council Network in Michigan Webinar

  Published on December 17, 2014
  This webinar delves deep into the collective assets and strengths present in Michigan’s local food councils and explores what the gaps and needs are as we begin to form a statewide food council network.

• Advancing a Local Food Council Network in Michigan: An Assessment

  Published on December 16, 2014
  This report examines local food councils in the state of Michigan and the potential for developing a statewide network of local food policy councils and similar groups.

• New Ways of Approaching Meat Plant Management

  Published on December 11, 2014
  This business-oriented talk focuses on identifying constraints and new ways to think about managing meat plants.

• Tomatoes Tour 2014: A Cultivate Michigan Video

  Published on December 10, 2014
  Farmers on the Move, the only cooperative of Hispanic farmers in Michigan that is on a mission to provide locally grown, sustainable produce, hosted a Cultivate Michigan Tomato tour.

• Food Hub Startup: What We've Learned in Iowa

  Published on December 2, 2014
  Nick McCann talks about his experiences as Iowa State University’s Food System Value Chain Coordinator in Northeast Iowa and the successes and challenges of starting up a small food hub in rural Iowa.

• Food Hub Benchmarking Study 2014 Webinar and Presentation

  Published on December 2, 2014
  This webinar describes financial and operational lessons learned from the National Good Food Network 2014 food hub benchmarking study.

• The Michigan Food Hub Network: A Case Study in Building Effective Networks for Food System Change

  Published on December 1, 2014
  This publication provides an overview of the Michigan Food Hub Network’s creation, implementation, short-term outcomes, and lessons learned in the first 30 months of operation.

• Growing and Buying Good Food Keynote - 2014 Michigan Good Food Summit

  Published on November 24, 2014
  Betti Wiggins, Executive Director of DPS Office of School Nutrition and Barbara Norman, owner/operator of Barbara's Blueberry Batch discuss challenges and opportunities within Michigan's food system.

• The Vision and Goals of the 2010 Michigan Good Food Charter

  Published on November 14, 2014
  These videos were created for the 2014 Michigan Good Food Summit to share progress on the six original Charter goals and highlight stories from around Michigan.

• Strengthening Relationships between Lenders and Farmers of Color

  Published on November 2, 2014
  This document shares the proceedings of a first-of-its-kind roundtable event attended by farm and financing advocates pursuing fair access to farm financing.

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  2014 Michigan Good Food Report Card

  Published on October 1, 2014
  The 2014 report card documents the increase in the number of activities and collaborations working towards the goals of the Michigan Good Food Charter since 2012 years.

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  2014 Resumen de la Carta

  Published on October 1, 2014
  Este resumen se refiere a La Carta de Buena Alimentación de Michigan, escrita en 2010. Planeamos traducir la Carta actualizada, que se actualizó en 2022. Nosotros tenemos la visión de una economía próspera con equidad y para todo Michigan y su gente.

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  2014 Charter Summary

  Published on October 1, 2014
  This summary reports on progress made toward achieving the 2020 goals set by the Michigan Good Food Charter.