Center for Regional Food Systems

• Increasing Local Food Purchasing through Forward Contracting

  Published on April 22, 2016
  This webinar discusses the different ways schools can use a forward contract when purchasing local foods, how to get started, and the benefits for both farmers and K-12 schools and early childhood programs.

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  MI Farm to School Grant Program Information Webinar

  Published on April 15, 2016
  This webinar was an information session for prospective applicants for the 2016/2017 MI Farm to School Grant Program. Covering key information like eligibility, expectations, and the grant calendar as well as examples of previous grantee activities.

• Encouraging Local Food Enterprise Through Zoning and Planning

  Published on April 13, 2016
  This webinar provides tips and guidance for food businesses and entrepreneurs on how to navigate existing zoning rules and regulations.

• MLFCN Membership & Leadership Development Webinar

  Published on March 18, 2016
  Andrea Brown, Executive Director of the Michigan Association of Planning, led a presentation and discussion on how to transform the occasional event attendee into a dynamic leader and how to grow council membership beyond the usual participants.

• Introducing a Healthy Food Access Survey Webinar

  Published on March 17, 2016
  This webinar presents a new draft survey tool for measuring food access and summarizes the process for applying to pilot the survey.

• Garden to Cafeteria: Using On-Site Gardens to Supply Meal Programs Webinar

  Published on February 17, 2016
  This webinar is meant as a companion to the resource Garden to Cafeteria: A step-by-step guide, which provides a framework for sourcing products from school gardens for use in food programs.

• Sourcing Local Foods: Understanding Procurement Rules and Regulations Webinar

  Published on February 17, 2016
  This webinar on proper procurement procedures for sourcing local food for school and early childhood food programs includes strategies for successfully navigating the process.

• Shared Measurement Project Update Webinar

  Published on January 19, 2016
  This webinar summarizes findings from both key informant interviews and surveys, and it discusses emerging areas of focus for the Michigan Good Food Charter Shared Measurement project.

• Creating a Statewide Information Technology Platform for Food Hubs: Lessons from Michigan Webinar

  Published on January 15, 2016
  Recording of January 8th 2016 webinar and pdf of presentation slides - Creating a Statewide Technology Platform for Food Hub: Lessons from Michigan

• Evaluating the Economic Impacts of Local and Regional Food Systems: Best Practices Webinar

  Published on January 4, 2016
  This webinar is an overview of the local food economic impact toolkit funded by USDA AMS.

• Overview of Program Evaluation Webinar

  Published on December 22, 2015
  This webinar provides an overview of program evaluation. The training covers a common definition of program evaluation, steps in the process, evaluation questions, evaluation types and feasible methods to consider.

• Overview of the Research Process Webinar

  Published on December 21, 2015
  This webinar provides an overview of the research process with a focus on community-based participatory research (CBPR). Topics covered include designing research, data collection methods, protecting research subjects..

• Characterizing Rural NE Michigan Food Retail: Opportunities to Improve Healthy Food Access Webinar

  Published on November 24, 2015
  This webinar provides an overview of the Characterizing Food Retail in Rural Northeast Michigan: Opportunities for Healthy Food Webinar.

• National Food Hub Survey 2015 Results Webinar

  Published on November 19, 2015
  This webinar is an overview of the results from the 2015 National Food Hub Survey, one of the most comprehensive longitudinal data sets on food hub operations to date.

• Muskegon Food Hub Operation Feasibility Study Webinar

  Published on November 10, 2015
  This webinar provides an overview of the Muskegon Food Hub Operation Feasibility Study process and findings.

• Food Safety Certification & Standard Operating Procedures for Your Hub Webinar

  Published on March 4, 2015
  Hannah Mellion is the Program Director for Food System Enterprise at Farm Fresh RI, a non-profit growing the local food system in Rhode Island. She works with Farm Fresh’s aggregation and distribution programs, including Market Mobile and Veggie Box.

• Scaling Up! Benchmarking for Success Webinar

  Published on March 4, 2015
  This webinar features Jessica Smith of This Old Farm. It also includes Michigan Food Hub Network program updates and information on funding opportunities.

• Corbin Hill Food Project: MI Food Hub Network Meeting, Battle Creek Webinar

  Published on March 4, 2015
  This is a recording of Francis Carter’s presentation on the Corbin Hill Food Project, originally delivered at the Michigan Food Hub Network Meeting at Burnham Brook Community Center, Battle Creek, MI.

• La Red de Food Hubs en Míchigan Webinar

  Published on February 12, 2015
  Esta presentación contiene información importante explicando que es un food hub, y a la vez, contiene los recursos disponibles para agricultores y propietarios de empresas alimentarias detrás de la Red de Míchigan Food Hubs.

• Farm to School Sales Webinar

  Published on February 10, 2015
  Michigan farmers and food service directors talk about their experiences with Farm to School sales as part of the Hoophouses for Health program.