USDA Value Added Producer Grant workshops

Hi all,

I'm forwarding the announcement below on behalf of MSUE about their Value Added Producer Grant workshops. Please see the details below and contact Wendy Wieland (wieland5@msu.edu) with any questions.

Best,

Megan

Megan McManus 

(she/her/hers)

Farm to Institution Fellow

MSU Center for Regional Food Systems

e: mcmanu60@msu.edu

w: https://www.canr.msu.edu/foodsystems/​

 

From: Wieland, Wendolyn <wieland5@msu.edu>

Subject: USDA Value Added Producer Grant workshops

Hi Folks,

 

If you could share this announcement in your communications, on your social media platforms, etc., it would be greatly appreciated. Text, Unsplash photo, and flyer follows/ is attached for your reference.

Event flyer, which has registration link embedded,  can be directly linked from: https://events.anr.msu.edu/admin/eventdata/2023USDAVAPGWKSP/2023_VAPG_flyer_URL_1.pdf

Note: USDA considers local food production/ marketing a value-added strategy appropriate for this grant.

 

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The MSU Product Center is hosting a series of free, statewide workshops on the USDA Value-Added Producer Grant. For specific dates, times, and to register, please see: https://events.anr.msu.edu/VAPG

Thanks,

Wendy

Wendy Wieland (she, her, hers)

MSU Product Center Innovation Counselor &

MSU Extension Community, Food and Environment Institute

Emmet County MSU Extension

3434 Harbor-Petoskey Road

Harbor Springs, MI 49740

Office: 231-439-8987

Cell: 231-881-6918

F: 231-439-8933

msue.emmet@county.msu.edu

wieland5@msu.edu

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