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Friday, May 31, 2019

June 18 Cultivate Michigan Farm Tour: Food Safety and Season Extension


Register now!

Cultivate Michigan Farm Tour: Food Safety and Season Extension

9:00 AM to 04:00 PM

Tuesday, June 18, 2019

Bellaire, Ellsworth, Petoskey, MI

 

The Michigan Farm to Institution Network (MFIN) and MSU Extension are offering a Cultivate Michigan Farm Tour focusing on food safety and season extension on Tuesday, June 18, 2019 from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm. Learn about on-farm food safety and the steps growers take to keep food safe from the field to distribution at Friske Orchards in Ellsworth and Bear Creek Organic Farm in Petoskey. Lunch will be provided. Space is limited to 56 individuals, so register early!

This tour is an optional pre-conference opportunity of the 2019 Michigan Department of Education and the School Nutrition Association of Michigan Nutrition Conference at Shanty Creek in Bellaire, MI. More information and registration are available at the conference website. To register for this tour, please follow the "register now" button on the 2019 MDE-SNAM Nutrition Conference webpage and add "Pre-Conference: MSU Center for Regional Food Systems Tour" to your ticket selection. The tour cost is $35.

 

Colleen Matts

Farm to Institution Specialist | Core Partner, National Farm to School Network

Center for Regional Food Systems | Michigan State University

480 Wilson Rd | Rm 302B Natural Resources Building | East Lansing, MI 48824

(p) 517.432.0310

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

Make sure your response is included! Food system workforce survey closes tonight

Help us learn how Michigan can grow its local and regional
food system workforce!
Please take the 15-20 minute voluntary survey by midnight.
We are studying workforce needs where food is grown, processed, distributed, sold, and consumed in Michigan markets - as well as the organizations that support this system.

We need to connect with employers, workers, educators, training providers, and other stakeholders in Michigan’s local and regional food system.

We are studying:
  • the types and wage ranges of existing and future jobs
  • employer demand for these jobs
  • what skills, education, and training is needed to perform these jobs

The voluntary survey closes tonight, May 31, at midnight. Se ofrece la encuesta en Español.

If you are curious to learn more, please visit: foodsystems.msu.edu/MiFoodWorkforce

If you have already taken or shared the survey, thank you very much!
Share the study on social media!

How can Michigan grow its local and regional food #workforce? Take the survey by midnight to tell us what you know. foodsystems.msu.edu/MiFoodWorkforce

People are vital to Michigan’s food system. Please help us understand how Michigan’s local and regional food system workforce is working and what it needs to grow. foodsystems.msu.edu/MiFoodWorkforce

Visit our media kit for social media images and more suggested posts.
EMAIL CRFS@msu.edu
CALL 517-353-3535
FOLLOW @MSUCRFS
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Tuesday, May 28, 2019

Can you help? 15-20 minute survey on food system workforce in Michigan

What will it take to grow Michigan's local and regional
food system workforce?
Please take the 15-20 minute voluntary survey.
We are studying workforce needs where food is grown, processed, distributed, sold, and consumed in Michigan markets - as well as the organizations that support this system.

We need to connect with employers, workers, educators, training providers, and other stakeholders in Michigan’s local and regional food system.

We are studying:
  • the types and wage ranges of existing and future jobs
  • employer demand for these jobs
  • what skills, education, and training is needed to perform these jobs

The voluntary survey and interviews are happening now through midnight, May 31. Se ofrece la encuesta en Español.

Here are 5 ways to help:
  1. Share your data and information
  2. Take the survey
  3. Let others know to contact us
  4. Send ideas for who to contact or data to include
  5. Volunteer to participate in an interview

If you can do any of the above, or are curious to learn more, please visit: http://foodsystems.msu.edu/MiFoodWorkforce

If you have already taken or shared the survey, thank you very much!
Share the study on social media!

How can Michigan grow its local and regional food #workforce? A workforce assessment is underway to find out. Please participate and spread the word. foodsystems.msu.edu/MiFoodWorkforce

People are vital to Michigan’s food system. Please help us understand how Michigan’s local and regional food system workforce is working and what it needs to grow. foodsystems.msu.edu/MiFoodWorkforce

Visit our media kit for social media images and more suggested posts.
EMAIL CRFS@msu.edu
CALL 517-353-3535
FOLLOW @MSUCRFS
You are receiving this email because you are subscribed to one or more of the following listservs: CRFS-ALL, CRFS-STAFF, FOODSPEAK, MIDMICHIGANFOOD, MIFARMTOSCHOOL, MIFOODHUB, MIFOODCOUNCIL. Please note that if you unsubscribe from this mailing, you will be removed from the listserv(s).