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Resources

Brief/Fact Sheets

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  Who Was in the Room and How Were They Impacted? The Reach and Value of CRFS Events 2016-2018

  Published on March 21, 2019

  What motivates people to attend CRFS network convenings? How are summits and network meetings impacting participants? This report uses 586 evaluations collected from 2016 to 2018 to begin to answer such questions.

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  How do institutional food service professionals know that food from their suppliers is safe?

  Published on December 17, 2018

  Results from a brief survey asking institutional food service buyers how they know that their suppliers have followed safe food production and handling practices.

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  Cultivate Michigan 2017 Data Brief

  Published on May 29, 2018

  This brief summarizes progress to date of the Cultivate Michigan institutional local food purchasing campaign since launching in 2014.

Guides

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  Beyond the Numbers, Food Business Decision Making Series: Buying or Leasing a Food Hub Truck

  Published on August 9, 2017

  This guide presents the pros and cons of a food hub buying or leasing a truck for distribution.

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  Local Food for Little Eaters: A Purchasing Toolbox for the Child and Adult Care Food Program

  Published on June 8, 2017

  This toolbox supports early childhood programs in starting local food purchasing initiatives to help meet Child and Adult Care Food Program guidelines for healthy meals.

• Garden to Cafeteria: A Step-by-Step Guide

  Published on January 7, 2016

  This Garden to Cafeteria Guide provides an approach for school garden educators and stakeholders, both experienced and newcomer, to successfully source products from school gardens for use in the cafeteria or food program.

Journal & Trade Magazine Articles

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Presentations

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Reports

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  10 Cents a Meal for School Kids and Farms 2018-2019 Legislative Report

  Published on March 21, 2019

  How did Michigan benefit from 10 Cents a Meal for School Kids and Farms? Read about the impacts in the Michigan Department of Education's 2018-2019 Legislative Report.

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  10 Cents a Meal Pilot: 2017-2018 Evaluation Results

  Published on February 27, 2019

  What were the impacts of 10 Cents a Meal in 2017-18? View the survey results of the program's second year! The full report and the executive summary are available here.

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  10 Cents a Meal for School Kids and Farms 2017-2018 Legislative Report

  Published on March 20, 2018

  The Michigan Department of Education 2017-2018 Legislative Report on the 10 Cents a Meal for School Kids & Farms pilot program.

Videos

• Michigan Farm to School: Calumet Center and Sharkar Farms

  Published on October 6, 2016

  The Calumet Center, a juvenile center in Highland Park, Michigan, is partnering with Sharkar Farms through Hoophouses for Health.

• A Cultivate Michigan Local Food Distribution Tour

  Published on January 18, 2016

  Offered in conjunction with the Michigan Green Healthcare Conference, this Cultivate Michigan tour highlights a local food distribution facility. Cherry Capital Foods provides only Michigan foods to Michigan customers, including institutions.

• Blueberries Tour 2014: A Cultivate Michigan Video

  Published on December 10, 2015

  In this Cultivate Michigan tour Barbara Norman’s Farm and True Blue Farms Processing Plant describe how their farms operate with a special kind of local connection that Cultivate Michigan strives to make more common.

Webinars

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  Anchor Institutions in Action Webinar

  Published on February 28, 2019

  In this special presentation, the Michigan Farm to Institution Network shares information about hospitals as anchor institutions and some of their strategies for workforce development, place-based investing, and local food purchasing.

• Michigan Cherry Slurp: Event Overview Webinar

  Published on January 20, 2017

  This webinar provides an overview of the Cherry Slurp, introduces resources to support planning your own Slurp, and provides creative ideas to make your Slurp unique. There is also a recorded question and answer session.

• Seasonal Menu Planning for Farm to School: Making Michigan Recipes Work

  Published on January 20, 2017

  This webinar introduces the new Making Michigan Recipes Work resources that can help in planning a menu that matches Michigan’s growing seasons.