Greetings,
Here’s the latest news of interest…
EVENTS
Farms Selling Foods to Schools Workshop
10-3 pm at April 29th at Mid-Michigan Community College
For questions and to RSVP, contact Kable Thurlow, MSU Extension at thurlowk@msu.edu
Michigan Junior Iron Chef Competition
Recipe contest entries from high school teams are due May 8th, 2009.
For more information and to download forms, click here.
NEWS
Manistee Area Schools are accepting bids until April 27th, 2009 from area farmers for fresh, local fruits and vegetables for the 2009/10 school year.
Please see the attached request for bids for contact information and to learn more.
The Michigan Farmers Market Association (MIFMA) membership drive is underway! Check out their website for more information.
GRANT OPPORTUNITIES
The Michigan Department of Education will soon release applications for the equipment grants for school food authorities. In advance of this, I here’s a list of kitchen equipment suggestions for schools that are interested in farm to school programs or simply purchasing, preparing, and serving more fresh, whole fruits and vegetables. Thanks to our friends at Wisconsin Homegrown Lunch for passing this along!
If you’re interested in school gardens, check out Garden ABCs, a handy website which has a list of grant opportunities, media, research, up-coming events and much, much more!
Happy Earth Day,
Colleen Matts
Farm to School Specialist
CS Mott Group for Sustainable Food Systems
Michigan State University
303 Natural Resources Building
East Lansing, MI 48824-1222
517.432.0310
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8 comments:
Great blog post! I love learning about this online as gardening/landscaping are not only hobbies of mine but I actually do a little bit of work like that during the summer months as a second job. I appreciate your content in your blog and wish that you would keep up the good work :)
Thanks for the updates.I am interested in school gardens.Thanks.
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