Webinars
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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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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.