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Wednesday, August 26, 2026

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Tuesday, August 25, 2026

CORRECTION! Fw: Follow up from August State-Lead/Whitehall Innovation Hub Call

Listservs are a wonderful thing - except for the human error component... 
Iin that vein, I would be grateful if you would disregard and delete the message just sent. 

But please stay tuned for helpful MI Farm to School content in the future. And perhaps a best practices email - for some of us here! - sooner rather than later... 

Julie Lehman (she/her)

Farm to Youth Network Coordinator

Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems 

Michigan Farm to ECE
Michigan Farm to School
Lake Michigan School Food System Innovation Hub

My personal Zoom room link is below. 

Online for drop-in hours every Tuesday from 10:30-11:30am

Zoom link: https://msu.zoom.us/j/5658155119 

Meeting ID:  565 815 5119 
Passcode: lovelocal 


From: Lehman, Julie <lehmanju@MSU.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2026 3:53 PM
To: MIFARMTOSCHOOL@LIST.MSU.EDU <MIFARMTOSCHOOL@LIST.MSU.EDU>
Subject: Follow up from August State-Lead/Whitehall Innovation Hub Call
 
Thanks for your time this afternoon. 
Great job launching into the school year all!! 

I will send meeting invites after this for the rest of 2026. My apologies, my Tuesday 3pm time did not allow for a consistent meeting time after all so these are a bit of a grab bag, including a couple Thursdays and the Tuesday before Thanksgiving so please let me know if you need anything moved. Mondays are very open for me and Weds too, to some extent 
  • 9/15
  • Convening (or 10/29 if that doesn't happen)
  • 11/24
  • 12/17

Elissa, here is the MI FTS listserv email address: mifarmtoschool@list.msu.edu

These meeting times are set aside so we can have a regular chance to connect but please don't hesitate to reach out anytime with questions.

Warmly, 


Julie Lehman (she/her)

Farm to Youth Network Coordinator

Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems 


My personal Zoom room link is below. 

Online for drop-in hours every Tuesday from 10:30-11:30am

Zoom link: https://msu.zoom.us/j/5658155119 

Meeting ID:  565 815 5119 
Passcode: lovelocal 


Your gift will help us support communities to realize their own food system visions.
Michigan State University occupies the ancestral, traditional, and contemporary Lands of the Anishinaabeg–Three Fires Confederacy of Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi peoples. The University resides on Land ceded in the 1819 Treaty of Saginaw. Learn whose land we live on: native-land.ca and go beyond acknowledging.
MIFARMTOSCHOOL is a listserv that links farm-to-school stakeholders and practitioners in Michigan, from school food service directors and school administrators to growers and distributors. Content posted to MIFARMTOSCHOOL does not necessarily reflect the views of Michigan State University or the Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems.
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Follow up from August State-Lead/Whitehall Innovation Hub Call

Thanks for your time this afternoon. 
Great job launching into the school year all!! 
Meeting notes are updated here.

I will send meeting invites after this for the rest of 2026. My apologies, my Tuesday 3pm time did not allow for a consistent meeting time after all so these are a bit of a grab bag, including a couple Thursdays and the Tuesday before Thanksgiving so please let me know if you need anything moved. Mondays are very open for me and Weds too, to some extent 

Elissa, here is the MI FTS listserv email address: mifarmtoschool@list.msu.edu

These meeting times are set aside so we can have a regular chance to connect but please don't hesitate to reach out anytime with questions. Email is always good and my cell is 616-260-0771.

Warmly, 


Julie Lehman (she/her)

Farm to Youth Network Coordinator

Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems 

Michigan Farm to ECE
Michigan Farm to School
Lake Michigan School Food System Innovation Hub

My personal Zoom room link is below. 

Online for drop-in hours every Tuesday from 10:30-11:30am

Zoom link: https://msu.zoom.us/j/5658155119 

Meeting ID:  565 815 5119 
Passcode: lovelocal 


Your gift will help us support communities to realize their own food system visions.
Michigan State University occupies the ancestral, traditional, and contemporary Lands of the Anishinaabeg–Three Fires Confederacy of Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi peoples. The University resides on Land ceded in the 1819 Treaty of Saginaw. Learn whose land we live on: native-land.ca and go beyond acknowledging.
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Friday, August 21, 2026

The future of food with Forner Sen. Stabenow

Greetings,

Our brilliant MSU Colleague David Ortega invites you all:

"The Future of Food and Farm Policy"
Former U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow
Wednesday, September 23, 2026
5:30 p.m. — Registration and light refreshments
6:00–7:00 p.m. — Welcome and remarks from MSU and CANR leadership, followed by the lecture
Kellogg Center Auditorium

Senator Stabenow will reflect on the evolving landscape of American food and agricultural policy and the challenges ahead. Drawing on her public service career and her tenure as Chair of the US Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, she'll discuss how policy, funding, research, and markets can work together to strengthen the nation's food economy and build a more resilient future for producers, consumers, and rural communities.

The event is free and open to the public, but registration is required: https://events.anr.msu.edu/stuckman26/



May Tsupros  (they/them)

Director, Farm to Institution Programs 

Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems 

College of Agriculture and Natural Resources

Natural Resources Building, Room 312A

480 Wilson Rd., East Lansing MI


Michigan State University occupies the ancestral, traditional, and contemporary Lands of the Anishinaabeg–Three Fires Confederacy of Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi peoples. The University resides on Land ceded in the 1819 Treaty of Saginaw. Read here by land acknowledgements are not enough. 


Personal zoom meeting room: https://msu.zoom.us/my/maytsupros
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MDARD listening sessions coming up!

Hi Friends-- Just sharing this opportunity to hear from MDARD after their full year of listening sessions all over the state:

Farm to Family Listening Tour: What You’ve Taught Us | August 28 (10-11:30 AM) | Join Online via Zoom
The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development's (MDARD) Farm to Family Program supports Michigan's local food system by offering different grants, networking opportunities, and marketing consultations to farmers and food businesses. This winter, the program held a statewide farmer listening session tour to better understand the greatest challenges and opportunities facing Michigan producers, and to help shape future programming. 

On Friday, August 28th at 10 AM EST, the Farm to Family team will share highlights and key takeaways from the 2025-2026 listening session tour in a public Zoom webinar. The session will cover insights on long term food system goals, major barriers, and top funding interests identified by participants.

Resource providers, farmers, and anyone interested in learning more about Michigan's local food system are encouraged to attend. No registration is required, and participants can join directly using this link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81562938473.


May Tsupros  (they/them)

Director, Farm to Institution Programs 

Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems 

College of Agriculture and Natural Resources

Natural Resources Building, Room 312A

480 Wilson Rd., East Lansing MI


Michigan State University occupies the ancestral, traditional, and contemporary Lands of the Anishinaabeg–Three Fires Confederacy of Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi peoples. The University resides on Land ceded in the 1819 Treaty of Saginaw. Read here by land acknowledgements are not enough. 


Personal zoom meeting room: https://msu.zoom.us/my/maytsupros
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