From: Larry Dyer [mailto:ldyer3913@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Larry Dyer
The ISLAND Farmer Residency Program is searching for smart, talented journeyman farmers to participate in a farm incubator project in Northwest Lower Michigan. ISLAND's Farmer Residency Program provides land and a supportive environment to get started.
The program site is located at the heart of a food region described by Mario Batali as 'exploding', amidst a thriving nexus of markets in Traverse City, Petoskey and the Leelanau Peninsula.
Resident farmers are provided with three years' access to land, equipment and a network of technical and business advice. This is not an internship opportunity—it is a chance for experienced but landless farmers to manage their own business on the Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy's Maple Bay Farm, just south of Elk Rapids, Michigan.
Eager to learn more? Here's a recent article on this program.
Applications for the 2015 growing season are due on October 1, 2014. Successful applications received before September 15 will be offered a seed garlic bonus. Applications will be accepted each fall to bring new residents to the farm.
For more information, or to apply to the program, go the ISLAND Farmer Residency Program website, or contact Larry Dyer at larry@artmeetsearth.org.
Larry Dyer
"Farm to school" applies to a variety of initiatives in Michigan, including efforts to offer local foods in school cafeterias, school garden programs, fundraisers that take advantage of local products, farmer visits to school classrooms and cafeterias, and field trips to nearby farms. Michigan Farm to School is a portal for information and a venue for sharing ideas, tools, and resources to support these and other efforts to link schools with local agriculture in Michigan.
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