Tribal Food Producer Information Session: Tracking expenses and sales – June 11, 2025
June 26, 2025 Jamie Rahrig
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EmailPlease note that this resource now includes out-of-date information. Per the USDA announcement on July 15, 2025, the Regional Food Business Centers program was terminated, prior to its original end date of July 2028. Because of this, the Great Lakes Midwest Regional Food Business Center halted operations on September 15, 2025 and was unable to responsibly launch the Business Builder Subaward and assistances programs. Please see our related press release. Resources intended to help food and farm businesses will remain freely available on this website and additional resources can be found at foodsystems.msu.edu/resources.
This virtual Tribal Producers meeting was hosted on June 11, 2025 and focused on sharing a resource for producers to track expenses and sales. In the meeting, Jen Falck guided meeting attendees through this expense and sales tracking sheet which is available for copy or download, allowing producers to use the spreadsheet within their own farm business.
Resources discussed during this session:
- Great Lakes Intertribal Food Coalition
- About the schedule F, Internal Revenue Service
- Schedule F: Profit or Loss from Farming, Farmers.gov
- Expense and sales spreadsheet available for copy or download
These quarterly sessions, hosted by partners in the Great Lakes Midwest Regional Food Business Center including Jen Falck (Oneida Nation) Menominee Tribe’s Department of Agriculture and Food Systems, Marc Grignon (Menominee Nation) Menominee Tribe’s Department of Agriculture and Food Systems, Dan Cornelius (Oneida Nation) University of Wisconsin Law School’s Great Lakes Indigenous Law Center, Jamie Rahrig, Julie Jesmer, Bekah Galang, and John McCarthy, all of the MSU Center for Regional Food Systems, along with invited guest speakers, are for co-learning and connecting on topics including taxes, business development, financial readiness, and funding for Tribal producers.
About the Great Lakes Intertribal Food Coalition
The Great Lakes Intertribal Food Coalition works to heal communities by strengthening Indigenous food networks. Their Tribal Elder Food Box Program provides nutritious, culturally meaningful foods for Tribal members over 55 years old. In 2022, the program reached all 11 tribes in Wisconsin, delivering over 24,400 food boxes. Learn more at https://greatlakesintertribalfood.org/
About the Great Lakes Midwest Regional Food Business Center
The Great Lakes Midwest Regional Food Business Center was dedicated to offering coordination, technical assistance, and capacity building opportunities for farmers, producers, and other food business owners in support of a more resilient and competitive food system. Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems (MI) coordinated the Great Lakes Midwest Regional Food Business Center comprised of network coordinators – Chicago Food Policy Action Council (IL), Northwest Indiana Food Council (IN), Food Finance Institute of the University of Wisconsin System (WI), and the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin Department of Agriculture and Food Systems – who sought to take a transformational, rather than transactional, approach. Learn more at glm-rfbc.msu.edu.
Support for the Great Lakes Midwest Regional Food Business Center came from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service Regional Food Business Centers Program. The 12 USDA Regional Food Business Centers supported all 50 U.S. States and Territories, and were inclusive of all types of agricultural products produced locally or regionally.
