The 5th Annual Farm Route to Prosperity Summit on March 12 was a great success! Web page under development - watch here for content starting March 20.
Resilience or death: Preparing our farms for the end of agriculture (…as we know it)
News of Note
Food Hub Grant -- A $200,000 grant is bringing a proposed regional food hub in Traverse City one giant step closer. Read more here...
Passing on the Farm: Farm Succession resources. Click here for information on farm succession, presentations from a workshop, links to other resources.
Wholesale Success: resources and links from the February 11 workshop are online here.
Find information on the Michigan Good Food Charter, including links to the short Executive Summary and Full Charter, here...
Working Group reports: Farm Viability and Development, Youth Engagement and Opportunity, Institutional Food Purchasing, Food System Infrastructure, Good Food Access
Monthly Newsletters and Agenda Briefs
The Farm Bill expired at the end of September 2012. What does that mean? Read more here...
Network Partners
Food Farming & Network
NETWORK GOAL:
By 2020, the region’s food and farming systems are more resilient
and provide at least 20% of our region’s food.