Michigan Family Farms Conference 2023! Back in Person!

You're invited! Michigan Family Farms Conference - Feb 25 - Kalamazoo, MI

Join us at Kalamazoo Valley Community College on Saturday, February 25, 2023 for this can't-miss conference for beginning farmers, small scale farmers, family farmers and culturally diverse farmers. This will be an excellent opportunity to network, learn and build sustainable farms. Register at https://bit.ly/mffc2023registration

With almost 30 workshops to choose from, you can learn about topics including beginning bee keeping, permaculture, finance & lending, grant brainstorming & collaboration, the Farm Bill, farm to school, selling to food hubs, increasing revenue streams through food assistance programs, soil health, farming with a disability, branding & content marketing and much more! We will also have a lunchtime discussion for CSA farmers.

The conference is fun for the whole family with youth sessions available for ages 5+.

Roundtrip, discounted fare bus transportation is available to the conference from Detroit, Flint, Lansing and Battle Creek Buses are wheelchair accessible. You can find information about the bus transportation here: https://www.miffs.org/transportation

There is also carpool signup here: https://bit.ly/mffc2023carpool

The schedule, workshops, registration link, and all other information can be found here: https://www.miffs.org/mffc2023

Please email info@miffs.org or call 517-709-8271 with any questions.

We hope to see you there!

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