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  • Wellbeing and Employee Retention

    Published on November 10, 2023
    Midland County Administrator/Controller Bridgette Gransden discusses Midland County's efforts to support employee well-being and the impact of those efforts on county staff.

  • Dealing with the Challenge of Economic Uncertainty

    Published on April 20, 2023
    Dr. Eric Scorsone discusses the impact of inflation and economic challenges, what direction the economy might be heading in, and steps local governments can take to prepare for a variety of scenarios.

  • State Preemption of Local Authority in Michigan

    Published on February 8, 2022
    In this webinar, Dr. Keith Boeckelman, from Western Illinois University, and Dr. Eric Scorsone, with the MSU, present on recently published research into trends in state preemption as well as discuss examples of preemption here in Michigan.

  • Supplier Diversity Programs for Institutions: Michigan Farm to Institution Network Virtual Network Meeting

    Published on February 8, 2022
    This first MFIN Virtual Network Meeting of 2022 focuses on supplier diversity programs for institutional food procurement.

  • Sustainability Efforts in Local Government

    Published on January 20, 2022
    City of Holland Sustainability Manager, Dan Broersma shares their success stories and provide first-step suggestions on what local governments can do to recognize and move sustainability forward.

  • Michigan Farm to School Track: School Nutrition Association of Michigan 2020 Virtual Conference

    Published on November 15, 2021
    The Michigan Farm to Institution Network management team compiled a farm to school track for the 2020 School Nutrition Association of Michigan Annual Conference. Here we offer that set of short how-to and reporting sessions from the virtual conference.

  • Democracy at the Local Level: Resident Engagement

    Published on May 20, 2021
    A webinar featuring presentations on local leaders' views on the role their residents should play in decision-making processes and a recently launched resident engagement initiative in Michigan.

  • Redistricting and Communities of Interest

    Published on March 26, 2021
    A webinar about Michigan's new Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission and the role communities of interest play in Michigan's redistricting process.

  • Local Government Codes of Conduct: Q&A

    Published on March 2, 2021
    Participant questions and answers from the webinar Codes of Conduct: Going Beyond the Minimum

  • Local Government Codes of Conduct: Going Beyond the Minimum

    Published on March 2, 2021
    Codes of Conduct are useful tools for government boards. They clarify a person's role and expectations for member conduct. This webinar uses the planning commission as an example of how a code of conduct can be valuable and how other bodies can use them.

  • Managing Corn Silage for Quality

    Published on September 3, 2020
    The MSU Extension Field Crops Virtual Breakfast weekly discussion for September 3, 2020, focuses on managing corn silage for quality, presented by Manni Singh, MSU cropping systems agronomist.

  • Planting Wheat, Building High Yield Potential

    Published on August 27, 2020
    The MSU Extension Field Crops Virtual Breakfast weekly discussion for August 27, 2020, focuses on planting wheat and building high yield potential, presented by Dennis Pennington, MSU wheat specialist.

  • Grain Marketing

    Published on August 20, 2020
    The MSU Extension Field Crops Virtual Breakfast weekly discussion for August 20, 2020, focuses on grain marketing, presented by Dr. Aleks Schaefer, MSU Agricultural and Food Policy.

  • Irrigation and Plant Diseases

    Published on August 6, 2020
    The MSU Extension Field Crops Virtual Breakfast weekly discussion for Aug. 6, 2020, focuses irrigation and plant diseases, presented by Lyndon Kelley, MSU Extension irrigation educator, and Martin Chilvers, plant pathology specialist.

  • Tar Spot and White Mold

    Published on July 23, 2020
    The MSU Extension Field Crops Virtual Breakfast weekly discussion for July 23, 2020, focuses on tar spot in corn and white mold in soybean, presented by Martin Chilvers, MSU Extension plant pathologist.

  • Insects Taking Flight

    Published on July 16, 2020
    The MSU Extension Field Crops Virtual Breakfast weekly discussion for July 16, 2020, focuses on mid-season insect update, presented by Christina DiFonzo, MSU field crop entomologist.

  • Roadmap to a Virtual Program

    Published on July 13, 2020
    Virtual learning experiences are opportunities for engagement when face-to-face meetings are not possible. They also can supplement face-to-face programming. When planning a virtual program, consider the following questions and best practices.

  • Assessing Farm Stress

    Published on July 2, 2020
    The MSU Extension Field Crops Virtual Breakfast weekly discussion for July 2, 2020, focuses on assessing farm stress, presented by Eric Karbowski, MSU Extension behavior health educator.

  • Assessing Sugarbeet Cercospora

    Published on June 18, 2020
    The MSU Extension Field Crops Virtual Breakfast weekly discussion for June 18, 2020, focuses on assessing sugarbeet Cercospora, presented by Daniel Bublitz, MSU sugarbeet specialist.

  • Equitable Inclusion in Virtual Community Engagement Webinar

    Published on June 16, 2020
    This webinar explores how virtual platforms and tools can, along with other methods, bring the voices and perspectives of all groups affected into the decision-making process.