Center for Regional Food Systems

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  Webinar Series: Michigan's 2019 Local and Regional Food System Workforce Assessment

  Published on December 12, 2019
  What does Michigan need in order to develop, train and maintain a workforce that can supply and sustain the market for local and regional food? Watch these webinars to find out.

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  Webinar - Building Partnerships to Support Food Sovereignty in African American Communities

  Published on December 5, 2019
  Learn about how and why African American communities are working together to enhance their food sovereignty.

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  Michigan Farm to School: Serving Up Local Foods

  Published on November 5, 2019
  What does farm to school mean in Michigan, and how can you participate? Inside you'll find resources to help you get started and contacts that can help you grow your farm to school program.

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  Farm to Early Care and Education: Growing Healthy Eaters

  Published on November 5, 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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  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.