Center for Regional Food Systems

• 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.

• Food Hub Benchmarking Study 2014 Webinar and Presentation

  Published on December 2, 2014
  This webinar describes financial and operational lessons learned from the National Good Food Network 2014 food hub benchmarking study.

• Business Assessment Toolkit and Whole Foods Partnership Webinar

  Published on July 8, 2014
  This two-part Michigan Food Hub Network webinar is led by Darrow Isaacman-VanWertz and MaryAnn Nisley.

• Is Anyone Better Off? A Conversation about Food System Outcomes, Indicators & Metrics Webinar

  Published on April 2, 2014
  This webinar addressed ways to effectively measure, track and communicate the community and economic development gains realized through local and regional food systems.

• Understanding Challenges and Opportunities in Minnesota's Local Meat Industry Webinar

  Published on December 5, 2013
  The CRFS Livestock Work Group hosted a webinar with Jan Joannides, co-founder and executive director of Renewing the Countryside, a non-profit that works to strengthen rural communities.

• Michigan Food Hub Network Webinar: Colorado & Iowa

  Published on December 2, 2013
  This Michigan Food Hub Network webinar featured presentations on food hub efforts to supply institutional markets in Colorado and Iowa.

• State of the Food Hub - National Survey Results Webinar

  Published on September 19, 2013
  The Wallace Center hosted a webinar to explain and answer questions on the 2013 National Food Hub Survey findings.

• Grass Run Farms Webinar

  Published on June 25, 2013
  This presentation outlines the challenges any group of producers will need to overcome: consistency of finished product, workable production protocol, and year-round supply logistics.

• Food Hub Zoning and Michigan Growth Initiative Webinar

  Published on June 13, 2013
  This webinar examines zoning and land use issues in identifying and developing sites for food hubs.

• Economic Analysis of Local and Regional Food Systems Webinar

  Published on May 20, 2013
  CRFS and the Union of Concerned Scientists’ Food & Environment Program convened a meeting of a group of economists and local food researchers in early 2013.

• Native American Food & Agriculture Speaker Series Webinar: Dr. Martin Reinhardt

  Published on May 8, 2013
  In this webinar, Dr. Martin Reinhardt, professor of Native American Studies at Northern Michigan University and co-owner and education division director of First Nations, LLC, presents on the Decolonizing Diet Project.

• Native American Food & Agriculture Speaker Series Webinar: Dan Cornelius

  Published on May 1, 2013
  In this webinar, Dan Cornelius, the Technical Assistance Specialist for the Great Lakes Region of the Intertribal Agriculture Council, presented on Food Systems and American Indian Agriculture.

• Native American Food & Agriculture Speaker Series Webinar: Valerie Segrest

  Published on April 24, 2013
  In this webinar, Valerie Segrest, a native nutrition educator specializing in local and traditional foods, presents "Traditional Foods, Nutrition, and Health."

• Succeeding with Food Hubs: Financial Planning and Food Safety Webinar

  Published on March 14, 2013
  The Michigan Food Hub Network hosted a webinar on financial planning and food safety for food hubs.

• Michigan Food Hub Network 12/13/12 Webinar

  Published on December 14, 2012
  This webinar provided an overview and news from the Michigan Food Hub Learning and Innovation Network, along with brief presentations about five Michigan food hubs.

• Native American Sustainable Agriculture Speaker Series Webinar: Darren Ranco

  Published on March 30, 2012
  This webinar, "Sustainability Science in Protecting Maine from the Emerald Ash Borer: Wabanaki Basket Makers and Research Partnership," was presented by Darren Ranco.

• Native American Sustainable Agriculture Speaker Series Webinar: Jeff Metoxen

  Published on February 28, 2012
  This webinar, "Oneida Tsyunhehkwa, Community Integrated Food Systems," was presented by Jeff Metoxen.

• Native American Sustainable Agriculture Speaker Series: Winona LaDuke

  Published on January 17, 2012
  This webinar, "White Earth Land Recovery Project," was presented by Winona LaDuke.