Discovering Resilience: A legal workshop for farmers and ranchers

Hi Folks,

We wanted to be sure you knew about our online workshop on farm law for farmers and ranchers nationwide. Consider signing up- class begins the week of March 1!

Discovering Resilience: A legal workshop for farmers and ranchers (Held Online)

Farmers and ranchers: Do legal questions keep you up at night? Do you wish you knew where to turn for the answers? Those answers aren't always easy to come by — especially for the most innovative, direct-to-consumer farmers.

Discovering Resilience is a legal workshop designed just for you. The workshop empowers farmers and ranchers with the legal knowledge and skills they need to resolve legal vulnerability in 5 core areas of farm law: business structures, insurance, employment law, land leasing and purchasing, and diversification (value-added and agritourism).

"I absolutely loved my time in the course and greatly appreciated the groups questions. The topics were so clearly discussed. Extremely helpful in clarifying risks and helping me better articulate how we manage our risk to consumers."

 

Michelle Week, Good Rain Farm

This isn't a boring, powerpoint-driven impractical legal class. This is the most hands-on farm law workshop you'll find. You'll create your own farm law action plan, unique to your operation, with support from peers and legal experts along the way. This five week highly interactive and producer-focused workshop is framed around the 10 legal best practices every farmer and rancher need to take to build resilience.

Cost is $49. Plus, this includes a one-year membership to Farm Commons where you'll have full access to our curated set of guides, webinars, resource library, and more (launching March 1)!

Get more details and sign up here. discoveringresilience.eventbrite.com

We have two Discovering Resilience sessions available:

All Tuesdays in March: Meet at 2pm Eastern, 1pm Central, Noon Mountain, 11am Pacific for two hours.

All Wednesdays in March: Meet at 3pm Eastern, 2pm Central, 1pm Mountain, Noon Pacific for two hours.

Choose your meeting session when you select your ticket type. After you reserve your ticket, you will receive additional information about how to get access to the workshop platform. We are excited to see you there!

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free farm law resource!

Hello Everyone!

I wanted to be sure you knew about a new resource now available from Farm Commons: Farmers' Guide to In-Kind Wages. Download it for free at this link until March 1. https://farmcommons.org/resources/farmers-guide-kind-wages

Small, diversified farms may not always have abundant cash available to pay workers, but boy, do they have broccoli! This guide will provide readers with a comprehensive understanding of the rules and regulations that apply when paying farm workers "in kind" wages. In-kind wages includes paying farm employees with meals, farm products like meat and vegetables, lodging/housing and other non-cash items of value. From understanding when in-kind wages are allowed, to how to value them, to the tax implications of paying in broccoli, we explore it all. The Appendices provide detailed information about specific issues including the OSHA, migrant/seasonal worker law implications, and tax rulings. The Appendices also provide selected state-specific information. (77 pages)

Farm Commons is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering the agricultural community to reduce legal risk and leverage legal opportunity within an ecosystem of support. Through education, leadership development and community-based problem solving around business law, agricultural communities become stronger and more resilient. The result is a legacy of sustainable farms and a community-based food system for everyone. At Farm Commons, paperwork is powerful.

- Rachel @ Farm Commons

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.

Corrected link: Seeking childcare providers, farmers, and families for farm to ECE focus groups

Good morning, MIFARMTOSCHOOL,

 

I'm resending the message below, as we noticed an error in our registration form. If you registered to participate already, please register again as the form was corrected to address the error. https://j.mp/3tAXmE4

Apologies for the inconvenience!

 

 

Good afternoon, MIFARMTOSCHOOL! 

 

See below for a focus group opportunity you or your networks may be interested in. Please feel free to share.

 

Best,

Lindsay

 

 

You are invited to participate in a focus group discussion about farm to early care and education (farm to ECE) with the Michigan Farm to ECE Network. Participants will be compensated for their participation.

 

We're asking childcare providers, farmers, and families to join us for virtual on the topics of local food, nutrition education, and gardening with children between the ages of 0-5 in childcare settings. We are interested in talking with people who have experience with farm to ECE as well as those who have not had a chance to use farm to ECE.

 

Farm to ECE is a group of strategies and activities that childcare providers can use to increase children's access to healthy local foods, gardening opportunities, and education about food, nutrition, and agriculture. Classroom taste tests, farm field trips, and including local foods in menus are some examples of farm to ECE that you may be familiar with.

 

The Michigan Farm to ECE Network is a collaboration between organizations, ECE providers, farmers, and families that seeks to improve access to healthy food, increase nutritional awareness and health outcomes, and support ECE providers as they work to improve children's learning environments.

 

Would you be interested in joining us? Visit https://j.mp/3tAXmE4 for more information, including dates and times for discussions, as well as a brief questionnaire to help us learn more about potential participants.

 

If you have any questions, please contact Meagan Shedd at mshedd@msu.edu.

 

 

--

Lindsay Mensch (she/her)

Outreach and Communications Specialist

Michigan State University

Center for Regional Food Systems

Department of Community Sustainability

Natural Resources Building

480 Wilson Road

East Lansing, MI 48824

email: menschli@msu.edu

phone: 517-432-0264

 

CSUS Office Hours (Room 147C):

Monday 2-5 p.m.

Wednesday 1-5 p.m.

Friday 2-5 p.m.

 

In response to the seriousness of the COVID-19 pandemic, our Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems team members are working remotely and refraining from travel or attending in-person meetings. Our response time may be a bit slower than normal due to family and community responsibilities.

Seeking childcare providers, farmers, and families for farm to ECE focus groups

Good afternoon, MIFARMTOSCHOOL! 

 

See below for a focus group opportunity you or your networks may be interested in. Please feel free to share.

 

Best,

Lindsay

 

 

You are invited to participate in a focus group discussion about farm to early care and education (farm to ECE) with the Michigan Farm to ECE Network. Participants will be compensated for their participation.

 

We're asking childcare providers, farmers, and families to join us for virtual on the topics of local food, nutrition education, and gardening with children between the ages of 0-5 in childcare settings. We are interested in talking with people who have experience with farm to ECE as well as those who have not had a chance to use farm to ECE.

 

Farm to ECE is a group of strategies and activities that childcare providers can use to increase children's access to healthy local foods, gardening opportunities, and education about food, nutrition, and agriculture. Classroom taste tests, farm field trips, and including local foods in menus are some examples of farm to ECE that you may be familiar with.

 

The Michigan Farm to ECE Network is a collaboration between organizations, ECE providers, farmers, and families that seeks to improve access to healthy food, increase nutritional awareness and health outcomes, and support ECE providers as they work to improve children's learning environments.

 

Would you be interested in joining us? Visit https://j.mp/3tAXmE4 for more information, including dates and times for discussions, as well as a brief questionnaire to help us learn more about potential participants.

 

If you have any questions, please contact Meagan Shedd at mshedd@msu.edu.

 

 

--

Lindsay Mensch (she/her)

Outreach and Communications Specialist

Michigan State University

Center for Regional Food Systems

Department of Community Sustainability

Natural Resources Building

480 Wilson Road

East Lansing, MI 48824

email: menschli@msu.edu

phone: 517-432-0264

 

CSUS Office Hours (Room 147C):

Monday 2-5 p.m.

Wednesday 1-5 p.m.

Friday 2-5 p.m.

 

In response to the seriousness of the COVID-19 pandemic, our Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems team members are working remotely and refraining from travel or attending in-person meetings. Our response time may be a bit slower than normal due to family and community responsibilities.

MIFFS is hiring!

Hello!

MIFFS is hiring to fill two positions on our team!

MIFFS Veterans in Ag Network Coordinator position description can be found at https://bit.ly/VETScoord

Michigan Family Farms Conference Coordinator position description can be found at https://bit.ly/MFFCcoord

Applications are due by COB March 1st.

Email any questions to info@miffs.org

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.

10 Cents a Meal Grants Reopen and Winter Farm to School Learning Opportunities

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