Greetings All,
Please share and if it apply to you, complete, the National Food Hub survey!
Thanks to everyone who support with the distribution of this important survey!
May Tsupros (they/them)
Director, Farm to Institution Programs
Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems
College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Natural Resources Building, Room 312A
480 Wilson Rd., East Lansing MI
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From: Kelly, Rachel <kellyra2@MSU.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, February 5, 2025 3:00 PM
To: MIFOODCOUNCIL@LIST.MSU.EDU <MIFOODCOUNCIL@LIST.MSU.EDU>
Subject: Take the 2025 National Food Hub Survey!
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| Take the 2025 National Food Hub Survey! | | The Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems, in partnership with the University of Michigan Program Evaluation Group is excited to launch the 2025 National Food Hub Survey! This is the sixth national survey to seek data on the economic growth, activities, opportunities and challenges of food hubs and similar businesses across the United States. You don't have to call yourself a food hub to participate. If your business or organization aggregates food products from multiple producers and distributes them locally/regionally, we want to hear from you! | | | | |
| How long is this going to take? | | | As few as 20 minutes, if you have ready access to financial and employee records. The 2025 National Food Hub Survey is both comprehensive AND significantly shorter than in previous years. Want to preview the questions before responding? Simply click here, to download a printable version. Sharing your voice in the National Food Hub Survey is time well spent. Your participation is voluntary, and your answers will be kept confidential to the extent of the law. Only aggregated information from this survey will be shared ─ we will not share any information identifiable to you or your organization. Survey respondents will have access to survey data and figures through a data dashboard to support their business decisions, grant writing, and program evaluation. The more responses received, the more robust and statistically representative data will be for all food hub types, ages, and sizes. Every response helps you and your colleagues nationwide. No longer in operation? Please follow this link to a very short survey and help us keep the national directory up to date. | | | The Food Supply Chain Post-COVID | | | The COVID-19 pandemic illustrated the instability of the food supply chain that paired with larger social, political and labor changes have left a huge impact on the market for local/regional foods. By participating in the 2025 National Food Hub Survey, you can help tell the story of how your organization continues to adapt to this changing market and increased demand from the community for healthy, local food. When combined with the stories of other food hubs across the country, this survey becomes a powerful tool that shapes how resources are distributed by funders, investors and government decision makers. (Click here to see resources developed from the 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, and 2021 surveys. ) Begin the survey now to help build a more resilient regional food system! | | If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to CRFS survey coordinator and Food & Farm Business Outreach Specialist, Sam Stokes, stokess4@msu.edu. Thank you for your participation in this effort to gather the information we need to build a more resilient regional food system! | | | | |
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| | Your gift will support a thriving economy, equity, and sustainability for Michigan, the nation, and the planet by advancing systems that produce food that is healthy, green, fair, and affordable. | | Forward this message to your networks! If someone forwarded you this message, subscribe to receive updates and keep in touch. You can update your email preferences at any time. | | | | |
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