Tricky farm law questions? Farm Commons is here for you.

Hi Folks,

As agricultural professionals, you shape the future of farming. You empower your community by responding to real-life issues in real-time and providing practical advice and resources because improving lives is not just what you do; it's who you are.

But sometimes, even the most knowledgeable and understanding agricultural professional needs support. This spring, as you respond to the ongoing HPAI outbreak, enduring pandemic crises, and supply-chain issues, are farmers and ranchers in your community asking you tough legal questions? Not sure how to respond?

Don't worry-- find solutions, reassurance, and community at Farm Commons.

This June, learn how to help your producers avoid legal stress, and join your peers on Wednesday, June 1, 2022, for Guiding Resilience – our popular, five-week, highly-interactive, in-depth legal workshop designed specifically for you as an agricultural professional.

Guiding Resilience will teach you the ten best legal practices you can share with producers without overstepping due bounds. Along the way, you'll be able to network with fellow service providers and educators to keep each other on track.

In the past year, over 100 agricultural and service providers have taken Guiding Resilience, and here is what your peers are saying:

"This was one of the best built and most clearly delivered workshops I've ever attended. It gave me immediately applicable tools and also helped me consider ways that I want to stretch and grow to improve my knowledge toolkit and instincts as a farm support provider."

"Thank you for hosting the Guiding Resilience course. It has truly been a valuable class. You have done a great job at keeping virtual (adult) education exciting, engaging, and easy to follow. I have especially enjoyed the way you walk through scenarios to keep us analytical and working through problems/solutions." 

Interested? Limited spots are available, so be sure to register here today. This workshop is free for Institutional Members. Not a member yet? Sign up here. BIPOC Scholarships are also available. And don't forget - with membership, you will also have access to our robust library of resources, get answers to your individual questions on the Commons, and receive discounts on memberships for the producers you work with and other free workshops.

Thank you for your time. We can't wait to meet you. 

-Rachel

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Upcoming 10 Cents a Meal Network Meeting and #SLHD22

We are two weeks away from our next 10 Cents a Meal Network Meeting and wanted to make sure you got an invitation! Register for the virtual network meeting. Zoom Registration: http://ow.ly/zgES50IYahx   We will be hearing from 10 Cents a Meal grantee Detroit Public Schools Community District (DPSCD) about their farm to school initiatives including the Detroit School Garden Collaborative with almost 90 school gardens, and Drew Farm, their production focused farm within the district. You'll hear how the district grows and utilizes produce in school meals and even how they preserve the harvest during summer months for use during the year. Then hear from Wendy Crowley from the Michigan Department of Education who will share a new pricing guide for 10 Cents a Meal grantees to help them invoice products from gardens such as school gardens and those run by 4-H or Future Farmers of America, school farms, and other programs that may be connected to grantees. We welcome others to share their experiences using produce from their gardens or farms in their food service operations, both for education and for meal service. We hope you can join us!    By the way... Happy School Lunch Hero Day! School nutrition professionals dedicate their time and energy to make sure students across Michigan and our nation are fed nutritious, healthy meals! Without their hard work programs like 10 Cents a Meal would not be possible. After all, it's not enough to just buy Michigan-grown food, it needs to be prepared and served by none other than our school lunch heroes! To all of the school nutrition professionals out there —thank you for your hard work and cheers to you! #SLHD22 Ten Cents A Meal http://www.tencentsmichigan.org/

Melanie Wong MA, RDN Farm to ECE Specialist/Program Communications Manager

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MIFARMTOSCHOOL is a listserv that links farm-to-school stakeholders and practitioners in Michigan, from school food service directors and school administrators to growers and distributors. Content posted to MIFARMTOSCHOOL does not necessarily reflect the views of Michigan State University or the Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems.

Michigan Awardees for High Quality Summer Meals

Meet USDA's 2021 Turnip the Beet Awardees!

Turnip the summer! Congratulations to the Michigan awardees of the 2021 Turnip the Beet Award! Through this program, the USDA Food and Nutrition Service awards sponsors that provide nutritious summer meals that look delicious and appeal to kids. Of the 84 sponsors across the country recognized with this award for excellence in summer meals, seven are right here in Michigan! Four awardees are Food Bank of Eastern Michigan, Food Gatherers, Fenton Area Public Schools, and Monroe Family YMCA. Three award recipients – YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit, Freeland Community Schools, and Mattawan Consolidated Schools – also participate in the 10 Cents a Meal program. See all the awardees Additional Resources Summer is right around the corner! Learn more about the USDA Summer Food Service Program and how to participate in Michigan. About Michigan Farm to School Farm to School centers around efforts to serve local foods in school and early care and education settings. We share ideas, tools and resources to support a range of efforts, from school garden programming to farmer visits and field trips. Visit mifarmtoschool.msu.edu >> FOODSYSTEMS.MSU.EDU ‌ ‌ ‌ You are receiving this email because you are subscribed to the MIFARMTOSCHOOL listserv. Please note that if you unsubscribe from this mailing, you will be removed from the listserv.

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