Center for Regional Food Systems

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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?

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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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  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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  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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  Webinar - Building Racial Equity Within Cooperative Extension: Tools, Takeaways, and National Strategies

  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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  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.