Southeast MI School Garden Mini-grants accepting applications

The Southeast Michigan School Garden Mini-grant program is now accepting applications for the 2020 grant year. With funding from the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, Michigan State University Extension will award approximately 15 grants for schools or early care and education sites that are planning or implementing school garden programming. Grant awards will range from $500 - $1,500. In addition to funding, grantees will receive technical assistance, training and connection to a network of peers. The grant year is from March 30, 2020 – March 29, 2021.

 

The Southeast Michigan School Garden Mini-grant program offers planning and implementation grants to schools or early care and education sites located in Macomb, Oakland and Wayne counties. The application must be submitted by an employee of the school or ECE site affiliated with the garden.

 

Note: For schools located in Detroit, we are partnering with local organizations which currently provide support to school gardens, including the Detroit Public School Community District's Office of Nutrition and Keep Growing Detroit to avoid duplicative efforts and maximize resources available to schools. We encourage schools to connect with these organizations (links below) and consider the resources offered before applying for this grant. We hope this grant will offer opportunities to complement these resources and contribute to sustainability of the network of resources available in the City.

• Detroit Public School Community District's Office of Nutrition
• Keep Growing Detroit

 

Planning grants help schools and early care and education sites that are in the beginning phases of creating a school garden. Planning grantees will create a school garden action plan and form a school garden team by the end of the grant period.

 

Implementation grants help schools and early care and education sites that are ready to establish a school garden or will expand their school garden program. Expansion can include expanding the physical garden, curriculum implemented, students reached or other program additions. Having a school garden team is a prerequisite to apply for an implementation grant. Implementation grantees will create a school garden sustainability plan to maintain the garden and activities beyond the grant period.  

 

Please visit the Southeast Michigan School Garden Mini-grant page for more details regarding the grant program, eligibility, and requirements.

https://www.canr.msu.edu/community_food_systems/school-gardens/school-garden-mini-grants

 

Applications are due on Monday, February 24 at 5pm.

 

Applications and a promotional flyer are attached. Feel free to share with interested and eligible people in your network! Please be in touch with me, or Kristine Hahn (hahnk@msu.edu) if you have any questions.

 

 

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Kaitlin Koch Wojciak

(she/her/hers)

Michigan State University Extension Educator

Community Food Systems

21885 Dunham, Suite 12

Clinton Township, MI 48036

Work: 586-469-6088 | Cell: 313-695-7746

 

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279 sources for learning about structural racism in the U.S. food system: 250 to read and 29 to watch

Many new references on food sovereignty in the latest edition of Annotated Bibliography on Structural Racism Present in the U.S. Food System.

Explore 56 new annotated references in the seventh edition! The annotated bibliography offers a foundation for learning and communicating about structural racism in the U.S. food system. The seventh edition includes 250 publications and 29 videos that explore structural racism both across the national system and in specific food system sectors. Food sovereignty is a theme of many of the new references. The references are also compiled in a Zotero group library to make it easier for users to access and cite the annotated bibliography sources. Zotero is a free citation management software. This annotated format is useful for food systems practitioners, policymakers, researchers, educators, scholars, and students. Most references were crowd-sourced – collected via a nationwide request sent through food systems networks. Explore and share the bibliography with your networks! An Annotated Bibliography on Structural Racism Present in the U.S. Food System, Seventh Edition Zotero group library For more information, contact Rich Pirog, Center for Regional Food Systems, rspirog@msu.edu. This work was supported by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. Please help spread the word! Forward this message and share on social media. You may use these graphics in your posts. 279 references are available in the latest Annotated Bibliography on #StructuralRacism Present in the U.S. Food System by @MSUCRFS. foodsystems.msu.edu/annotatedbib Learn more about #StructuralRacism in the food system with 7th edition @MSUCRFS annotated bibliography. Find the references at foodsystems.msu.edu/annotatedbib. EXPLORE foodsystems.msu.edu EMAIL CRFS@msu.edu CALL 517-353-3535 FOLLOW @MSUCRFS ‌ ‌ ‌ FOODSYSTEMS.MSU.EDU You are receiving this email because you are subscribed to the FOODSPEAK, MIDMICHIGANFOOD, EQUITYFOOD, MIFARMTOSCHOOL, MIFOODHUB, MIFOODCOUNCIL, CRFS-STAFF, and/or CRFS-ALL listserv(s). Please note that if you unsubscribe from this mailing, you will be removed from the listserv(s).

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10 Cents a Meal media

Greetings all,

Here is a column that the Traverse City Record-Eagle just published on its agriculture page about the status of 10 Cents a Meal in the state budget and impacts the stall in funding is having.

Here also is a blog written about the recent revenue estimating report by the Michigan League for Public Policy, which at the end includes the League's hopes that there still will be another supplemental that includes 10 Cents.

And, finally, I am getting media inquiries wondering about the impact of the delay in 10 Cents funding this year, hopes for a supplemental, and hopes for continued expansion. If you are someone who would like to be quoted, or if you would like assistance in media for your own home-town media — like writing a column or cultivating a story — please don't hesitate to contact me at diane@groundworkcenter.org.

Thanks!

Diane

P.S. - We've been sharing out quotes and stories at the 10 Cents Facebook site. If you could "follow" or "like" the 10 Cents site that will help us to increase the program's visibilty across the state. It's a positive way to share inspiring stories and resources.

*Please note my email address has changed to diane@groundworkcenter.org. 

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January 2020 Michigan School Garden newsletter

MICHIGAN SCHOOL GARDEN NEWSLETTER

January 2020

Happy New Year School Gardeners!  We have a new decade full of wonderful school garden opportunities!

 

Articles

Developing County Associations for School and Community Gardens

By John Diaz, Susan Tyler Webb and Catherine Campbell

 

Go to: https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/WC/WC27900.pdf

Garden Mini-Grant Opportunity for SE Michigan Schools

By Kaitlin Wojciak

 

Oakland, Wayne and Macomb county schools have until Feb. 24 to apply for a Southeast Michigan School Garden mini-grant that could provide up to $1,500 for schools and early care and education sites to support garden programming during the 2020 grant year.

 

With funding provided by the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, Michigan State University Extension will award approximately 15 grants for schools or early care and education sites that are planning or implementing school garden programming. Grant awards will range from $500 - $1,500. In addition to funding, grantees will receive training, technical assistance, and connection to a network of peers. The grant year is from March 30, 2020 – March 29, 2021.

 

The mini-grant program offers planning and implementation grants to schools or early care and education sites located in Oakland, Macomb and Wayne counties. The application must be submitted by an employee of the school or early education site affiliated with the garden.

 

Planning grants help schools and early care and education sites that are in the beginning phases of creating a school garden. Planning grantees will create a school garden action plan and form a school garden team by the end of the grant period. Implementation grants help schools and early care and education sites that are ready to establish a school garden or will expand their school garden program. Implementation applicants must have a school garden team. Implementation grantees will create a school garden sustainability plan to maintain the garden and activities beyond the grant period.

 

Visit the Southeast Michigan School Garden Mini-grant page for more details regarding

the grant program, eligibility, and requirements. Applications are due Feb. 24 at 5 p.m.

https://www.canr.msu.edu/community_food_systems/school-gardens/school-garden-mini-grants

 

For schools located in Detroit, MSU Extension is partnering with local organizations, which currently provide support to school gardens, including the Detroit Public School Community District's Office of Nutrition and Keep Growing Detroit to avoid duplicative efforts and maximize resources available to schools. We encourage schools to connect with these organizations (links below) and consider the resources offered before applying for this grant. We hope this grant will offer opportunities to complement these resources and contribute to sustainability of the network of resources available in the City.

• Detroit Public School Community District's Office of Nutrition
  
  
• Keep Growing Detroit
  
  
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School Garden Grant Information

• Southeast Michigan School Garden Mini-grant – Due Feb. 24, 2020
• Applications are available at: https://www.canr.msu.edu/community_food_systems/school-gardens/school-garden-mini-grants
  
• With funding provided by the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, Michigan State University Extension will award approximately 15 grants for schools or early care and education sites that are planning or implementing school garden programming in Macomb, Oakland and Wayne Counties.
  
• American Honda Foundation - Due dates three times per year current cycle due on Feb 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
• Captain Planet Foundation ecoSolution Grant – Current cycle open from Sept 15 - Jan 15
• Schools, nonprofits and other organizations classified as 501(c) (3) are eligible
• Projects must: support solution-oriented, youth-led projects that result in real environmental outcomes; be based in the United States; only support direct project costs.
• Award range is between $500 - $2500.
• The Home Depot Foundation – Community 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.
• 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 $3,147 value) to implement salad bars as part of their daily meal program
• For more information and to apply, follow this link.
• The top five program awards will be a grant package worth $2,100. An additional 20 grant packages worth $500 will be awarded.
• Learn more and apply here
• Youth Micro-grants through Karma for Cara Foundation – Rolling 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

• SAVE THE DATE !!  Starting and Sustaining a School Garden will be held on Friday,  May 1, 2020 at the MSU Tollgate Education Center – stay tuned for registration information.

 

• Community Groundworks Workshops & Courses  http://www.communitygroundworks.org/resources/workshops-and-courses

 

• Chicago Botanic Gardens Teacher Programs https://www.chicagobotanic.org/education/teacher_programs

 

• Michigan Organic Food and Farming Allliance (MOFFA) Intensives
• For more information and Register at:  moffa.net/oi-2020.html
• Saturday, January 11th, 2020 for a one-day in-depth learning experience. Registration begins at 8 am and sessions begin at 9 @ Plant and Soil Sciences Building, Michigan State University, 1066 Bogue Street, East Lansing, MI 
• $85 for MOFFA members and $115 for non-members.  The registration fee covers six hours of learning, lunch, breaks, all printed materials, and a great chance to network with fellow farmers and gardeners from across Michigan.  Parking is free at the Plant and Soil Sciences Building. 
  

• MSU Extension Master Gardener Programs
  
  • MSU Extension Master Gardener Training Courses are typically offered starting in January, March and August in several locations around the state.
  https://www.canr.msu.edu/master_gardener_volunteer_program/join-us/upcoming-extension-master-gardener-trainings

• MOFFA (Michigan Organic Food and Farm Alliance) Educational Opportunities
• http://www.moffa.net/educational-opportunities.html  LOTS of organic farming workshops and conferences in Michigan
• National Farm to Cafeteria Conference April 21-23, 2020 in Albuquerque, NM
• For more information visit http://www.farmtoschool.org/our-work/farm-to-school-cafeteria-conference

• North American Association of Environmental Educators Professional Development
• http://naturalstart.org/resources/professional-development

• National School Garden Network Best Practices Webinar series – usually FREE https://sites.google.com/site/nationalschoolgardennetwork/networking
  

• Southeast Michigan Stewardship Coalition Professional Development:  Partners in place-based education  http://semiscoalition.org/professional-development/

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

 

Kristine Hahn

Michigan State University Extension Educator

Community Food Systems

Oakland County Office

1200 Telegraph Rd. #26E

Pontiac, MI 48341

248-802-4590

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