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Seeking new approaches to institutional food purchasing. Growing Michigan institutions’ capacity to serve local food. Expanding markets for food grown, raised and processed in Michigan.

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The Michigan Farm to Institution Network Past, Present, and Future

Michigan Farm to Institution Network

The Michigan Farm to Institution Network (MFIN) helps people across the farm to institution supply chain learn, connect, and collaborate. Since 2014, we have provided a space for learning, sharing, and working together to help farm to institution programs grow in Michigan.  

MFIN supports:

  • Institutions that are responsible food buyers and community members, and 
  • Local and regional food supply chains. 

We work in the space that connects the values of: 

  • Diversity, equity, integrity and 
  • Local food, environmental sustainability, and business viability. 

Learn more about these values and priorities in the Michigan Farm to Institution Network’s Framework for 2022 and Beyond. MFIN’s work contributes to the Michigan Good Food Charter, and we are a member of the National Farm to Institution Metrics Collaborative.  

Become a Member

Network membership is free and open to institutional food service professionals and buyers, farmers, food vendors and suppliers, advocates, supporters, and researchers. 

Join the Network to use your skills and knowledge to shape farm to institution programs in Michigan; network and learn; and be part of a larger movement to help take local food purchasing at Michigan institutions to the next level!

Membership Benefits

  • Receive invitations to network events 
  • Stay up to date with periodic e-news with network and farm to institution news and updates 
  • Participate in regular network meetings (primarily virtual) 
  • Contribute to network stories and projects  

Network Projects

This work is driven by our members! The activities of the network are coordinated by leaders across Michigan. Bring your expertise and help shape the direction of the network by joining one or more subcommittees of your choice.

Tours and Educational Events
  • Promote Michigan featured foods and recipes
  • Feature your work in webinars, trainings, tours and events
Research
  • Help identify and shape partnerships and funding sources for farm to institution research
Stories
  • Share the story of the network with current and future members from across different sectors of the food system
Outreach
  • Serve as an ambassador for farm to institution efforts in Michigan
  • Help secure institutional commitments to Cultivate Michigan
  • Discover new and valuable partnerships among growers, suppliers, and processors
Data Tracking
  • Create tools and strategies for institutions to track their local food purchasing and share successes

 

Become a member of the Michigan Farm to Institution Network here.

If you have questions about the Michigan Farm to Institution Network, contact info@cultivatemichigan.org. To learn more about Cultivate Michigan, go to www.cultivatemichigan.org.  

The Michigan Farm to Institution Network is coordinated by the MSU Center for Regional Food Systems with support from MSU Extension and guidance from a leadership team and advisory committee. See the 2022 MFIN Team here. 

MFIN and Cultivate Michigan activities, and related farm to institution projects, have been funded over the years by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the Kresge Foundation, the MDARD Specialty Crop Block Grant Program, the USDA Farm to School Grant Program, and the Americana Foundation. 


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  • Noel Bielaczyc

    Value Chain Specialist
    bielacz1@msu.edu
    517-432-0093

  • Mariel Borgman

    Community Food Systems
    mborgm@msu.edu
    989-506-3922

  • Colleen Matts

    Director, Farm to Institution Programs
    matts@msu.edu
    517-432-0310

  • Megan McManus

    Farm to Institution Specialist
    mcmanu60@msu.edu

  • Abbey Palmer

    MSU Extension Educator
    palmerab@msu.edu

  • Garrett Ziegler

    Community Food Systems Educator
    zieglerg@msu.edu
    616-608-7436

Michigan Farm to School

Sharing ideas, tools and resources to support a range of efforts to serve local foods in schools and early care and education settings.

Michigan Farm to ECE

Farm to early care and education helps children and families eat more local foods.

Cultivate Michigan

Cultivate Michigan is a statewide campaign designed to help ramp up farm to institution programs and track progress.

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