Center for Regional Food Systems

Webinars

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  What you Need to Know: Grants 101 Webinar

  Published on August 30, 2024
  Through this webinar from the Great Lakes Midwest Regional Food Business Center, viewers can learn about preparing for grant applications, including considerations and tips for writing grants that get funded.

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  What You Need to Know: Get a jump on grant applications across the Great Lakes Midwest Webinar

  Published on June 21, 2024
  This webinar presents information about how to obtain a Unique Entity Identifier for federal grant applications as well as information on upcoming assistance and funding opportunities.

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  Envisioning Farmer-Focused Local Food Purchasing Incentive Programs

  Published on October 16, 2023
  State-level local food purchasing incentives typically provide funding to schools to purchase local foods—but what if we flipped the narrative?

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  Local Food Incentive Programs - State Program Flash Talks

  Published on August 24, 2023
  The MSU Center for Regional Food Systems and National Farm to School Network hosted a two-part webinar series that explored ten different local food purchasing incentives (LFPIs) across the nation on August 9 and 14.

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  Using Michigan MarketMaker to Make Farm to Institution Connections

  Published on July 26, 2023
  These Michigan Farm to Institution Network resources will help buyers and suppliers to connect via MarketMaker.

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  MFIN Virtual Network Meeting: Michigan MarketMaker Cultivate Michigan Affiliation

  Published on July 17, 2023
  Michigan MarketMaker can be a useful tool for farm to institution connections.

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  Farmer Workshop: Bringing the Farm to Early Care and Education

  Published on April 21, 2023
  This training offers practical tools and relevant information to farmers and process to help plan and sell to nearby early care and education centers by providing information about ECE nutrition programs, requirements, and recommended action steps.

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  10 Cents Evaluation Report Mini-Webinar Series

  Published on February 2, 2023
  Learn about how the 10 Cents a Meal program works and its impacts through this webinar series! This series of five mini webinars will highlight key findings from evaluation of the 10 Cents a Meal program for the 2020-2021 year.

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  Building More Equitable SNAP-Ed Collaborations Among Land-grant Universities and State & Community Partners, Part 3

  Published on January 31, 2023
  Learn how land grant universities and state and community partners can operate SNAP-Ed with equity approaches and structures and innovative models of collaboration in this national webinar.

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  Local Sourcing: It is Easier Than You Think

  Published on July 1, 2022
  Learn strategies to source more locally produced foods in your business.

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  Looking Back and to the Future: Michigan Farm to Institution Network Virtual Network Meeting

  Published on March 8, 2022
  In this meeting, we learn about the history of the Michigan Farm to Institution Network and how we changed the culture of local food procurement in Michigan.

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  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.

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  Webinar - Networks and systems that support success for educators, students, and researchers at Native American, Historically Black, and Hispanic-Serving Higher Education Institutions

  Published on November 19, 2021
  Learn how Native American, Historically Black, and Hispanic-Serving higher education Institutions support success for their educators, students, and researchers.

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  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.

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  Seasonal Menu Planning: Michigan Farm to Institution Network Virtual Network Meeting

  Published on October 21, 2021
  In this meeting, you’ll learn about seasonality guides and recipes, tips from Making Michigan Recipes Work and creative culinary techniques.

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  Voices of Sustainable Agriculture: Speaker Series

  Published on September 23, 2021
  Voices of Sustainable Agriculture explores a range of topics and perspectives on sustainable agriculture. Hear from farmers, educators, and researchers in these recorded virtual sessions.

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  Webinar - Building Trust and Fostering Sustainable Collaboration Across Higher Education Institutions: Examples from Michigan and Texas

  Published on July 21, 2021
  This webinar features examples of collaboration in higher education that are pluralistic in nature and built on trust and shared values.

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  Webinar - State Food System Plans: Are they worth it?

  Published on July 19, 2021
  This webinar reflects on statewide food system plans as a strategy for food systems change.

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  On-Farm Food Safety Webinar: Michigan Farm to Institution Network Virtual Network Meeting

  Published on June 4, 2021
  This webinar recording features presentations and discussions that focus on essential produce safety practices for farm to institution programs.

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  10 Cents a Meal Info Session for Farms and Food Distributors

  Published on April 8, 2021
  Farmers and food distributors can watch this info session recording to learn more about 10 Cents a Meal, including who it reaches, how it works, and results it has produced.