Results

• 2019 Workforce Assessment of Michigan’s Local and Regional Food System - Developing Michigan’s local and regional workforce: challenges and opportunities identified by surveying business owners

  Published on January 31, 2020
  How do employers perceive Michigan's local and regional food system workforce? We surveyed and interviewed them to find out.

• 2019 Workforce Assessment of Michigan’s Local and Regional Food System - A scan of jobs in Michigan’s food systems: employment, wages, the future, and more

  Published on January 24, 2020
  This food systems job scan provides a better understanding of the Michigan labor market and enables us to see the types of jobs in different sectors, what the earnings for those jobs are, where there is projected growth, and where there is unfilled demand.

• An Annotated Bibliography on Structural Racism Present in the U.S. Food System, Seventh Edition

  Published on January 23, 2020
  An annotated bibliography of resources and publications on structural racism in the U.S. food system. Food sovereignty is a theme of many of the new references.

• 2019 Workforce Assessment of Michigan’s Local and Regional Food System: An overview of what we did, what it showed, and why it matters

  Published on January 6, 2020
  What food systems jobs exist in Michigan? How do employers see the local and regional food system workforce? What training opportunities are available to those who want to enter the workforce? Check out this report to find out.

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  Webinar Series: Michigan's 2019 Local and Regional Food System Workforce Assessment

  Published on December 12, 2019
  What does Michigan need in order to develop, train and maintain a workforce that can supply and sustain the market for local and regional food? Watch these webinars to find out.

• Michigan Good Food Infrastructure Map

  Published on November 25, 2019
  Find Michigan local food councils, food hubs, incubator kitchens, and Cultivate Michigan institutions using this interactive map.

• Additional Farm to ECE Resources

  Published on October 11, 2019
  Looking for more resources on farm to ECE? Find additional information from our partners and other organizations.

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  Blending Michigan Beans with Local Meat for Institutional Markets

  Published on October 9, 2019
  Blended bean and meat products can be deployed as a strategy to help small and mid-sized regional producers and their processing partners increase sales to local institutional markets.

• Food Sovereignty and the Role of Extension Webinar: Partnerships that Work

  Published on September 19, 2019
  Learn how partnerships between First Nations communities and Extension can advance food sovereignty.

• Measuring Racial Equity in the Food System Webinar: Established and Suggested Metrics

  Published on July 22, 2019
  Learn how metrics can help you make progress towards racial equity in food systems and beyond.

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  Directory of Michigan Local Food Councils & Food and Health Networks/Associations

  Published on July 5, 2019
  Use this directory to connect with Michigan local food councils and food policy councils, statewide food and health associations, and Michigan State University Extension staff who work with local councils.

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  When Healthy Food is Out of Reach: A Food Access Survey in Northwest Lower Michigan

  Published on June 28, 2019
  A food access survey of Benzie and Antrim counties reveals ways that the food system can better serve community residents.

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  Growing a Local and Regional Meat Industry in Michigan: The Michigan Meat Network as a Case Study of Collective Impact Theory

  Published on June 26, 2019
  This report summarizes the collective impacts of the Michigan Meat Network.

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  Are Michigan's Food Councils Changing Policy or Prepared to Do So?

  Published on June 24, 2019
  How are Michigan food councils are working on food policy change?

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  Striving to Meet Food Needs: Food Access Survey of Oscoda County, MI

  Published on June 14, 2019
  What are the barriers to food access in rural northeast lower Michigan?

• Land-Grant Institutions and Food Systems: Acknowledging historical disparities and exploring present-day equity initiatives

  Published on April 23, 2019
  What are organizations and administrators working with land-grant institutions doing to address inequities present since the inception of these institutions?

• 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.

• 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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  Family Engagement Resources

  Find resources for engaging families in farm to ECE.

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  Additional Resources

  Learn about other resources you can use to grow your farm to ECE program - including Great Start to Quality, evaluation tools, policy and advocacy, and Head Start.