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Friday, March 31, 2017

Report on 10 Cents a Meal Released to Michigan Legislature

Report on 10 Cents a Meal Released to Michigan Legislature

The Michigan Department of Education (MDE) has submitted its 10 Cents a Meal For School Kids & Farms mid-year report to the state Legislature, with data that shows the program helped schools serve 49 different Michigan-grown fruits, vegetables, and legumes to students so far this school year.

The 10 Cents a Meal pilot program is providing schools with match incentive funding up to 10 cents per meal to purchase and serve Michigan-grown produce to an estimated 48,000 students in 16 grant-winning school districts.

According to the MDE report, the incentive program catalyzed sales for 86 different farms in 28 counties and 16 additional businesses such as processors and distributors.

Legislators required the report when it created the pilot last year. Legislators are in the budget process now and considering whether to continue and expand the program.

A full press release is available here.

An online version of the full 18-page report is available here.


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Thursday, March 30, 2017

Michigan School Garden newsletter March 2017

MICHIGAN SCHOOL GARDEN NEWSLETTER

March 2017

 

THANK GOODNESS FOR SPRING School Gardeners !!   The calendar says Spring is here, but I am currently watching snow fly outside my window.  No matter – its melting as soon as it hits the ground –doomed!- and this is Michigan, where weird weather is the norm but Spring Rules!  Hope you are in the process of planning your gardens with your students and getting ready for the big planting day along with all the great educational garden experiences - Woot!!

 

Articles

 

Creating a multicultural school garden program

by Kaitlin Koch

 

School gardens are touted as experiential learning labs for students of all ages. However, it is important to design and implement culturally appropriate garden programming that benefits all students. School gardens can be most impactful for students of all cultures when you intentionally plan an inclusive, multicultural garden program. This is especially important in diverse school districts, and beneficial regardless of the area demographics.

 

To build an authentic multicultural school garden program, try following these recommendations. Understand that some of these recommendations may take some time, and some may need to be revisited as your program and/or student body grows and evolves.

 

  • Work to understand the participants in your school garden program. What are their cultural backgrounds? Do you have any students that have moved from other countries or other parts of the US? These cultural identities have a lot of significance in the lives of your students. One way to talk and learn about culture is through food.
  • If the school garden program is optional, take note of who is participating and who is not with regard to cultural background. Work to build a connection with some of the students that are not participating, with food and the garden as a platform. Offer opportunities for them to connect with the garden, as outlined below.
  • Once you have a sense of the cultural backgrounds and identities of your students, it is time to explore the cultural foods that have significance to your students. This is an excellent opportunity for students to share about foods and food culture that is important to them and their families. Inviting parents and relatives to share more, or perhaps cook and eat food together is a great way to begin or deepen relationships with the family members of your students. It is also an opportunity for students of different cultural backgrounds to learn about the cultural lineage that the family members represent.
  • Explore with your students what foods are possible to grow in your area from the dishes that were featured or discussed. This is a great way to plan a portion of the garden with the students and encourage involvement and buy-in. Again, family members, if they have gardening experience, can be a great resource to assist with planning or explore new gardening techniques.
  • Continue to explore ways to integrate the various cultures that are represented in your school garden program. Honoring the wide array of experiences that students have in relation to food is essential to keeping the garden an inclusive space. Implementing this in an authentic way can be challenging, so reflection on the process and continued effort will be helpful. Experiencing the significance of food from various cultures will be most authentic when it is represented by someone from that culture. Making the space for representative voices from a variety of cultures is a great step towards making your garden program inclusive.

 

For further inspiration see below for a few other examples:

  • Read more about a garden that is working towards equity and inclusion here.
  • Read this article for ideas about activities that aim to increase inclusion and reflection among your students.

This article was published by Michigan State University Extension. For more information, visit http://www.msue.msu.edu. To have a digest of information delivered straight to your email inbox, visit http://www.msue.msu.edu/newsletters. To contact an expert in your area, visit http://expert.msue.msu.edu, or call 888-MSUE4MI (888-678-3464).

                                                                                                                                                                       

Spring Crop Planning for the School Garden

by Kristine Hahn

 

There is a lot of fun and educational mileage in planning a school garden with your students.

 

Spring is imminent and everybody is excited to get out in the garden.  One of the best activities you can do with your students at this time is to make a plan on paper of which crops you are going to grow and where to locate them in the bed.  This is a great activity that can teach many transferable skills such as measurement, calculation of area and long range planning. A distinct advantage to mapping a plan out on paper is that it becomes a record of past activities and becomes a resource for future garden planning.  

 

Another advantage is that it can help you in your lesson planning.  For example, if you and your students decide to see how a layer of mulch affects the growth rate of beans in the spring, you can allocate the appropriate space for that experiment.

 

First and foremost, you and the students need to decide what crops you will plant.  It helps to know whether you will be planting cool weather crops or warm weather crops, if you want to harvest before school is done in June, or if the garden will be maintained over the summer.  For example, we do not have summer maintenance in the school garden where I participate.  So, we only plant cool weather crops that we will be able to harvest in June just before the summer break.

 

An early spring garden with cool weather crops is often an educational experience for all.  Many people are only familiar with the summer favorite crops that flourish during the warm summer months such as corn, peppers, tomatoes and beans.  Growing cool weather crops exposes students (and adults!) to different crops that grow better in our cooler spring temperatures such as spinach, peas, and leafy greens.  And research shows that if students grow vegetables, they are much more likely to try them. 

 

When choosing which crops to plant, I would highly encourage you to get as much student input as possible. I ask students what vegetables they like to eat, and they vote on which cool season crops to grow.  I also encourage them to plant things they might like to try.  Just for kicks, I always exert my executive privilege to insist on planting peas.  I love fresh peas, and despite all the students' objections about how nasty peas taste, I generally have a few converts come harvest time when they get to experience fresh peas – not canned or frozen.

 

It is always a good idea to have your students measure the perimeter and calculate the area of the beds to determine the total amount of space available.  Next you can decide on the format of your garden – will you have the traditional straight rows or maybe a square foot garden layout?  Square foot garden planting is a method popularized by the Square Foot Gardening book by Mel Bartholomew where you mark off each square foot in the garden with string and each crop will fit so many plants per square foot.  This is a good method for students to learn what area really means when they see that 16 radishes can grow in one square foot, but only 1 cabbage will fit in the same space.  Mistakes can be made into learning opportunities and students can easily see the consequences of planting seeds too close together. 

 

At this point in the planning process it is important to determine with your students which direction is north and the mature height of your crops.  The tallest plants will need to be planted at the north end of the garden bed so that they will not shade out the shorter plants.  Vining crops such as peas will need to be placed next to a trellis that, again, should be placed in the north end of the bed.

 

Most of the specific information needed to correctly plant, grow and harvest a vegetable crop is printed on the back of the seed packet.  An excellent learning experience is to have students read the information on the back of the seed packets to make sure that this crop can grow in the garden.  Will there be enough sun, do you have the correct soil type, do you have enough space? 

 

Another good exercise is to have the students create a harvest plan according to the days to maturity listed on the seed packet.  They can use calendar to count forward to see when their crops may be ready to harvest.  Another very important point is for students to learn the proper harvesting method.  Novice gardeners often harvest by pulling the entire plant out of the ground, when they could have removed the lower leaves and doubled their yield – and tasty meals!  They can also calculate the potential yield, or how much edible plant material they can expect.  Many students will be amazed at how much food they can grow in such a small space and in such a short time. And your students can get all this hands-on education before they start digging in the soil!

 

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School Garden Grant Information

  • American Honda Foundation - Due dates three times per year, next one is August 1
    • Schools, nonprofits classified as 501(c) (3) s and private or public schools (elementary and secondary) are eligible.
    • Award range: $20,000 - $75,000 for one year
  • Carton 2 Garden ContestDue April 12, 2017
    • All K-12 public and private schools in the United States are eligible to apply.
    • Contest winners will be selected based on their implementation of an innovative garden creating featuring creative and sustainable uses for repurposed milk and juice cartons.
    • Get started by collecting at least 100 empty cartons.
    • Awards up to $5,000
    • To learn more, follow this link for more information.
  • The Home Depot FoundationCommunity Impact Grants currently open
    • Schools and 501(c) (3) organizations are eligible.
    • Awards are up to $5,000
    • The Home Depot also has opportunities to match donations from local stores with nonprofits. Follow this link for more information on how to request a match. 
  • Lowe's Charitable and Educational Foundation
    • Public schools are eligible
    • Awards from $5,000 - $25,000
    • Visit this link to answer preliminary questions and learn more.
  • Project Produce Fruit and Veggie Grants for Schoolsdistributed on a rolling basis
    • Any district or independent school participating in the National School Lunch Program is eligible.
    • Must be submitted by district food service director.
    • These grants are $2,500 and can assist with offering educational activities in the lunchroom, encouraging students to try new veggies and fruits.
  • Salad Bars to School Grant
    • Any district or independent school participating in the National School Lunch Program is eligible to apply. To qualify for a Let's Move Salad Bars to Schools grant, applicants must offer the salad bar as part of the reimbursable meal served in your district.
    • Schools use the award (approximately $2,955 value) to implement salad bars as part of their daily meal program
    • For more information and to apply, follow this link.
  • Youth Micro-grants through Karma for Cara FoundationRolling deadline
    • Youth under age 18 who are working on a community service project (including school and community gardens).
    • Awards are between $250 - $1,000.

                                                                                                                                                                       

School Garden Educational Opportunities

 

  • STARTING AND SUSTAINING A SCHOOL GARDEN happens on Thursday, April 13, 2017 (the day before Good Friday) at Charles L Bowers School Farm located at 1219 E Square Lake Rd, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304.  Online registration is available at  Payment can be made by credit card or check. http://msue.anr.msu.edu/events/starting_and_sustaining_a_school_garden_bowers    Registration deadline is Friday, April 7, 2017 Questions?  Contact Kristine Hahn at 248-802-4590 or hahnk@anr.msu.edu
  • Lawn Care: Learn about proper care and maintenance of our lawns. Date: April 4, 2017  Location: 21885 Dunham Road, Entrance E, Clinton Township, MI 48036

·         The Spring Garden:  Learn what plants will grow in the cooler weather of spring and fall.  Date: April 4, 2017
Location: Max Thompson Family Resource Center, 11370 Hupp, Warren, MI 48089

 Junior Master Gardener - Teacher and Volunteer Training Come ready to learn about how gardens and plant science can enhance what you are already doing. Kids, dirt and fun. We will focus on the Learn Grow Eat and Go curriculum.  Date: April 5, 2017 - April 6, 2017
Location: Michigan State University Extension, Alger County Office, E9526 Prospect Street, Munising, MI 49862

Location: Ruth Butler Building, UP State Fairgrounds, 2401 12th Ave. N, Escanaba, MI 49829

·         2017 Kent Pruning Workshop  Master the science of pruning through this hands-on workshop.   Date: April 15, 2017
Location: Kent/MSU Extension, 775 Ball Avenue, NE, Grand Rapids 49503

  • Southeast Michigan Stewardship Coalition Professional Development:  Partners in place-based education  http://semiscoalition.org/professional-development/
  • Slow Food USA's "Growing Leaders in the Garden" is a Professional Development series that brings Slow Food staff and curriculum leaders to schools to help connect the school garden to classroom subject areas. For more information, please contact Andrew Nowak, Director, National School Garden Program: Andrew@slowfoodusa.org

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

 

 

 



Kristine Hahn

Michigan State University Extension Educator

Community Food Systems

Eastern Market Office

1445 Adelaide

Detroit, MI 48207

313-567-9701

248-802-4590 (CELL)

313-567-8726 (FAX)


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Monday, March 27, 2017

Reminder: Farm to ECE Webinar

The next in the MI Farm to ECE Mini Webinar Series is this Wednesday, March 29 at 1:00 pm!

 

Seasonal Menu Planning

Adapting menus to locally available products is an important part of farm to ECE. In this webinar, chef Becky Kwasteniet of Baxter Child Development Center, will share their approaches to developing menus seasonally according to Michigan production. This is the eighth webinar in the Farm to ECE webinar series. Register for this webinar here.

 

Abby Harper

Farm to School Specialist

MSU Center for Regional Food Systems

480 Wilson Rd Rm 309 | East Lansing, MI 48824

(p) 517-432-4525 (f) 517-353-3834

www.foodsystems.msu.edu | www.mifarmtoschool.msu.edu

Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Time Sensitive Garden Grant Opportunity

Hi all –

 

Please see below for a great financial opportunity to support your garden grant program! Four Grand Prizes of roughly $25,000 and 20 secondary grants of $10,000 each are available, so this could be a great opportunity to start a new garden! Deadline is March 28, 2017 – so act now!

 

3. Seeds of Change: Garden Grant Program
Seeds of Change® is awarding grants to 24 garden project around the country. Four Grand Prize grants (totaling $110,000) and twenty Secondary grants (totaling $200,000) will be awarded. To be eligible, entries must be received by March 28, 2017. 
Learn more here

 

 

Abby Harper

Farm to School Specialist

MSU Center for Regional Food Systems

480 Wilson Rd Rm 309 | East Lansing, MI 48824

(p) 517-432-4525 (f) 517-353-3834

www.foodsystems.msu.edu | www.mifarmtoschool.msu.edu

Monday, March 20, 2017

Grant Opportunity to Support Farm to School

Hi all –

 

See below for a grant opportunity for Michigan k-12 schools!

 

Abby Harper

Farm to School Specialist

MSU Center for Regional Food Systems

480 Wilson Rd Rm 309 | East Lansing, MI 48824

(p) 517-432-4525 (f) 517-353-3834

www.foodsystems.msu.edu | www.mifarmtoschool.msu.edu

 

From: "Grischke, Deborah" <dgrischke@actionforhealthykids.org>
Date: Friday, March 17, 2017 at 4:13 PM
To: Abby Harper <harperab@anr.msu.edu>
Subject: Re: MI Farm to School News

 

Any Michigan K-12 school can apply for the AFHK Game On grants to support a school garden or Farm to School project. Grants average $1,000. Applications are now open through April 7, please feel free to share this excellent opportunity with your partners:

 

Action for Healthy Kids: Every Kid Healthy Grants (Applications now open)

  • Game On grants to support physical activity and nutrition initiatives are available, thanks to support from CSX, GoGo squeeZ, Saputo and Target.
  • Parents for Healthy Kids grants are available that focus on implementing Game On, thanks to support from ALDI and our promotional partner, National PTA. Programs with a parent engagement component will be given priority, and parent-led groups are encouraged to apply (e.g. PTAs, PTOs and school wellness teams with parent members). Select Game On grants on our school grants portal and complete the parent-specific questions to get priority points.  

Visit ActionforHealthyKids.org/Grants to learn more and apply for a grant. Deadline is Friday, April 7. Access our archived webinars to help you with grant applications.

 

Visit Michigan's Action for Healthy Kids website for local and state updates and available resources.

Friday, March 17, 2017

MI Farm to School News

Hello all –

 

Happy Friday! Fun fact, this is technically the last MI Farm to School news of winter, but you wouldn't know that by stepping outside. I'm itching for warmer weather and fresh berries, so I caved this week and made a pie with last summer's blueberries in honor of my favorite holiday – Pi Day! It temporarily made me forget that it was below zero outside, but soon enough we'll be bringing Michigan grown crunchy asparagus, tender lettuce, and snappy peas to school and early childhood program menus. Get excited, and celebrate with the latest in MI Farm to School News!

 

P.S. Before we enter Michigan's peak growing season, it's a great time to sign up for Cultivate Michigan! If you sign up today, you might be in time to receive our next round of egg-cellent featured food promotional materials and purchasing guides. And if you have an egg-ceptional egg-centric recipe, be sure to share it through our Cultivate Michigan Call for Recipes.

 

Best,

Abby

 

News

Celebrate CACFP with Farm to Early Care and Education 

National Farm to School Network

Its National CACFP Week! CACFP provides approximately 1.9 billion meals and snacks to over 3.3 million children each day, and each one is an opportunity to bring good, local food to young eaters.

 

The International Foodservice Manufacturers Association Announces the 2017 Silver Plate Class 

PR Newswire 

Recipients of the 2017 Silver Plate Awards are in - Congratulations to our own Michigander Betti Wiggins for receiving an award! 

 

Events

Slow Food Huron Valley Presents the 2017 Local Food Summit 

 March 20th, 2017 9:00 am-4:00 pm, Ann Arbor

Join community members to discuss what innovative models, ideas, and policies are ensuring local food accessibility to everyone. The Farm to Institution track is a particularly great opportunity to learn what Washtenaw County is doing. 

 

Webinar: Farm to School in the Every Student Succeeds Act 

March 21st, 2017 3:00 pm-4:00 pm EDT

Learn about various funding opportunities and policy levers that you can utilize to move farm to school forward in your communities. Register at the link above.

 

Webinar: NFSN Farm to Early Care and Education Webinar: Statewide Farm to ECE Network Building 

April 12th, 2017 3:30 pm-4:30 pm EDT

ECE network building is a key approach to institutionalizing farm to ECE and increasing opportunities for all. Register today and be a step closer to obtaining key tips to success in building a statewide farm to ECE network. 

 

Resources

MI Farm to ECE Webinar Series – Early Childhood Gardens for Experiential Learning

Watch the most recent of the Farm to ECE webinars – Kristin Salem presented on how Adventures Learning Center uses on-site gardens to enhance learning experiences for their children. Be sure to catch this 7th segment of our Farm to ECE mini-webinar series!

 

Reducing Food Waste In Out-Of-School Time: Best Practices Guide 

Public Health Law Center

Students discard 26 percent of the total food budget annually, and serving high-quality meals and snacks that are less likely to be discarded can improve your program participation rates, reach and overall impact.

 

Funding

Request for Applications: Native Communities with Farm to School

National Farm to School Network – Due March 22

The project will provide five Native schools mini-grants in the amount of $5,900 to expand and promote farm to school.

 

Head Start Garden Grants

National Head Start Association

I learned about this opportunity while at the Michigan Head Start Association Annual Conference yesterday. Grants up to $250 are available for Head Start programs to build gardens.  

 

Smart from the Start Award

Smart from the Start

Awards of up to $20,000 for preschool teachers to create practical, long-term improvements in nutrition and physical activity at their preschool.

 

Opportunities 

Job: Development Director

National Farm to School Network – Remote

NFSN is seeking a Development Director to lead the organization towards strategic growth and diversification of its funding base. Apply by March 20, 2017.

 

 Job: Growers/Producers Network Coordinator

Edible Flint

This position will build capacity of existing growers to produce for sales by providing them with access to equipment, training and technical assistance and securing resources.

 

Policy and Grassroots Internships

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

NSAC is hiring for two summer internship positions, see attached position descriptions for more information.

 

Gardening tips and more at this year's Starting and Sustaining a School Garden Conference

MSU Extension

Join MSU and fellow educators in exploring all the ways school gardens contribute to a healthier school environment. Gain knowledge and skills to start and maintain an effective school garden. Register today!

 

 

 

 

Abby Harper

Farm to School Specialist

MSU Center for Regional Food Systems

480 Wilson Rd Rm 309 | East Lansing, MI 48824

(p) 517-432-4525 (f) 517-353-3834

www.foodsystems.msu.edu | www.mifarmtoschool.msu.edu

Thursday, March 9, 2017

Early Childhood Gardens Webinar - TODAY at 1 pm

Don't miss out on the next 15 minute segment in the MI Farm to ECE Webinar Series, today!

 

MI Farm to ECE Webinar Series – Early Childhood Gardens for Experiential Learning

Thursday March 9 1:00 pm

Kristin Salem of Adventures Learning Center will be leading today's webinar. Adventures Learning Center is a multi-site daycare center in western Michigan. She will be presenting on one of the center's farm to ECE components – using on-site gardens to enhance childhood learning experiences and bring local food into all aspects of their programming. Be sure to catch this 7th segment of our Farm to ECE mini-webinar series!

Register here.

 

Best,

 

Abby Harper

Farm to School Specialist

MSU Center for Regional Food Systems

480 Wilson Rd Rm 309 | East Lansing, MI 48824

(p) 517-432-4525 (f) 517-353-3834

www.foodsystems.msu.edu | www.mifarmtoschool.msu.edu

Monday, March 6, 2017

Farm to Early Childhood Survey on Local Food Interest

Please share with your networks!

 

Our partners at Detroit Eastern Market are conducting a quick, 4-question survey to better understand the needs of Early Childhood Providers in serving local foods.

 

The purpose of this survey is to gauge interest in a program that would help provide Michigan fruits and vegetables to early childhood programs through meal kits.

 

Take the survey here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScZjI23RanuXhN3Lc5WEg9Kk8QQDWHhare_ROuhTmn36rOGDg/viewform?c=0&w=1

 

 

Thanks in advance for helping inform this work!

 

Abby Harper

Farm to School Specialist

MSU Center for Regional Food Systems

480 Wilson Rd Rm 309 | East Lansing, MI 48824

(p) 517-432-4525 (f) 517-353-3834

www.foodsystems.msu.edu | www.mifarmtoschool.msu.edu

Friday, March 3, 2017

MI Farm to School News

Hello Network!

 

Hope you're getting ready for a restful weekend. It was great to meet many of our early childhood subscribers at the Campfire West Michigan 4c Conference last Saturday and the Michigan Head Start Association Conference yesterday! If you're one of our newer subscribers, welcome! Hope you glean lots of useful tips and resources from these newsletters.

 

Lots of opportunities and news to report this week, including a couple exciting survey opportunities! Be sure to chime in if you're an early childhood program interested in local food sourcing or have some great recipes to share with Cultivate Michigan!

 

Learning Opportunities

MI Farm to ECE Webinar Series – Early Childhood Gardens for Experiential Learning

Thursday March 9 1:00 pm

I am super excited to have Kristin Salem of Adventures Learning Center talk about how they use on-site gardens to enhance learning experiences for their children. Be sure to catch this 7th segment of our Farm to ECE mini-webinar series! Register here.

 

Webinar: Promising Partnerships: Extension and Farm to ECE

March 14 2 pm

This webinar will feature diverse efforts lead by Cooperative Extension programs to support farm to ECE efforts. Read more about these promising partnerships on the NFSN blog.

 

Action Opportunities

 

Call for Recipes: Cultivate Michigan Recipe Box

Cultivate Michigan

We need to hear from you! Got a favorite recipe that features local food? Share it with us, so we can share it with Michigan!

 

Mitten Meals Survey

Early childhood programs interested in local food purchasing, please take this four-question survey on interest in local food purchasing practices.

 

High School Garden Programs Survey

University of Nevada Las Vegas

This study aims to describe educators' perspectives about high school gardening programs across the nation, including benefits associated with having a school garden.

 

Funding

 

Head Start Garden Grants

National Head Start Association

I learned about this opportunity while at the Michigan Head Start Association Annual Conference yesterday. Grants up to $250 are available for Head Start programs to build gardens.  

 

Smart from the Start Award

Smart from the Start

Awards of up to $20,000 for preschool teachers to create practical, long-term improvements in nutrition and physical activity at their preschool.

 

News

 

Montague and Whitehall schools meals include locally-grown potatoes - MSU Extension

A story of innovation on the West Coast, this MI Farm to School Grantee is blending local sourcing with classroom education.

 

Seasonal gardening in school gardens - MSU Extension

A study has shown that students who take part in growing their food are more likely to eat it. Learn tips for maintaining your school gardens in the summer.

 

Resources

 

USDA Standardized Recipes

USDA FNS

These recipes are standardized to provide updated crediting information, including the vegetable subgroups. LOTS of the vegetables featured are grown in Michigan, so these can be a great tool for getting innovative with locally produced foods! They've also got some good legume recipes. Did you know Michigan is the second largest producer of dry beans in the states?

 

Creating Childhood Production Centers

NC Cooperative Extension

Publication that includes basic garden design and layout to help childcare centers get started in year-round gardening activities. One of eight publications about childcare center production gardens

 

Jobs

 

FoodCorps Service Member

Deadline March 15

FoodCorps is recruiting talented leaders for a year of paid public service building healthy school food environments in limited-resource communities.

 

Job: Development Director

National Farm to School Network, Remote

NFSN seeks a Development Director to lead the organization is strategic growth and diversification of its funding base. Apply by March 20, 2017

 

Job: Growers/Producers Network Coordinator

Edible Flint

This position will build capacity of existing growers to produce for sales by providing them with access to equipment, training and technical assistance and securing resources.

 

Policy and Grassroots Internships

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

NSAC is hiring for two summer internship positions, see attached position descriptions for more information.

 

Best,

 

Abby Harper

Farm to School Specialist

MSU Center for Regional Food Systems

480 Wilson Rd Rm 309 | East Lansing, MI 48824

(p) 517-432-4525 (f) 517-353-3834

www.foodsystems.msu.edu | www.mifarmtoschool.msu.edu