Webinars
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Webinar - Building Trust and Fostering Sustainable Collaboration Across Higher Education Institutions: Examples from Michigan and Texas
Published on July 21, 2021
This webinar features examples of collaboration in higher education that are pluralistic in nature and built on trust and shared values. -
Webinar - State Food System Plans: Are they worth it?
Published on July 19, 2021
This webinar reflects on statewide food system plans as a strategy for food systems change. -
On-Farm Food Safety Webinar: Michigan Farm to Institution Network Virtual Network Meeting
Published on June 4, 2021
This webinar recording features presentations and discussions that focus on essential produce safety practices for farm to institution programs. -
10 Cents a Meal Info Session for Farms and Food Distributors
Published on April 8, 2021
Farmers and food distributors can watch this info session recording to learn more about 10 Cents a Meal, including who it reaches, how it works, and results it has produced. -
Buying Local: A 10 Cents a Meal Training for 2020-2021 Grantees
Published on March 12, 2021
This training for 10 Cents Grantees in 2020-2021 school year includes a primer on procurement, sources and resources for purchasing local foods, and testimonials from school food service directors about their farm to school experiences . -
Webinar Series: Loan Preparation for New and Beginning Farmers
Published on March 8, 2021
Loans are an important tool for growing any business and if approached with the right groundwork, can be a beneficial part of your farm business development. -
Webinar - Building Relationships Across Higher Education Institutions to Address Racism in the Food System
Published on February 15, 2021
This webinar provides an overview of the history and policy that helped land-grant institutions develop and reimagines a model of collaborative research and outreach across these institutions to advance food system sustainability and resiliency. -
Webinar - Encouraging Collaborations with Indigenous Communities: Experiences of Extension Educators
Published on February 8, 2021
Katie Hartmann of Colorado State University shares her research on inequitable access to Extension resources and land-grant education in the Western U.S. -
Webinar - Building food council networks that support health, local economies and equity
Published on December 21, 2020
Local food council networks from Kansas, Michigan, and North Carolina discuss responses to COVID-19 in their work, the importance of using an equity lens, lessons learned, and where their work is going next. -
Webinar - Delivering More Than Food: Understanding and Operationalizing Racial Equity in Food Hubs
Published on August 25, 2020
This webinar shares results from a qualitative study led by a racially diverse group of food system practitioners as to how U.S. based food hubs understand and operationalize engagement in racial equity work. -
Webinar - Racial Equity in the Food System: Perceptions, Reality, and the Road Ahead
Published on April 16, 2020
In this webinar, members of the Racial Equity in the Food System workgroup share findings from a national survey of REFS webinar registrants and discuss how organizations are reaching their equity goals. -
Webinar Series: Food and Farm Business Sales Channel Deep Dives
Published on April 10, 2020
Learn about selling through CSAs, farmers markets, and retail grocery. These webinars provide food and farm businesses with insight into industry adjustments to novel coronavirus and considerations for selling through that venue. -
Webinars: Sustaining Your Food Business During the Novel Coronavirus Outbreak
Published on March 30, 2020
These webinars from the Michigan Good Food Fund overview strategies and tips for sustaining your food business and assessing your cash flow in this rapidly changing environment. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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.
