Southeast Michigan School Garden Mini-Grant

Greetings all,

 

We are pleased to announce a new garden grant opportunity for school and early care and education sites:

 

Southeast Michigan School Garden Mini-grant is now accepting applications!

 

The Southeast Michigan School Garden Mini-grant program is now accepting applications for the 2019 grant year. With funding from the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, Michigan State University Extension will award approximately 20 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 April 8^th, 2019 – April 7^th, 2020.

 

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

School Garden Mini-Grants www.canr.msu.edu

 

Applications are due on Monday, February 25^th at 5pm.

 

Kristine Hahn

Michigan State University Extension Educator

Community Food Systems

Oakland County Office

1200 Telegraph Rd. #26E

Pontiac, MI 48341

248-802-4590

*Please note my new office location

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"Always be humble and kind." - Tim McGraw

 

Accepting applications for Southeast Michigan School Garden Mini-grants!

Greetings all,

 

We are pleased to announce a new garden grant opportunity for school and early care and education sites:

 

Southeast Michigan School Garden Mini-grant is now accepting applications!

 

The Southeast Michigan School Garden Mini-grant program is now accepting applications for the 2019 grant year. With funding from the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, Michigan State University Extension will award approximately 20 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 April 8^th, 2019 – April 7^th, 2020.

 

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 25^th at 5pm.

 

 

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Kaitlin Koch Wojciak

Michigan State University Extension Educator

Community Food Systems

21885 Dunham, Suite 12

Clinton Township, MI 48036

Work: 586-469-6088

Cell: 313-695-7746

 

MSU is an affirmative-action, equal-opportunity employer.  Michigan State University Extension programs and materials are open to all without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, religion, age, height, weight, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, marital status, family status or veteran status.

 

 

Upcoming Farm to Institution Webinars

 

Michigan Farm to Institution Network Special Presentation: Anchor Institutions in Action

1:00 – 2:00 pm on Friday, February 15, 2019

Register through Zoom

 

What are anchor institutions anyway? In this special presentation, guest speakers will share more about hospitals, in Michigan and beyond, as anchor institutions and some of their strategies for hiring and workforce development, place-based investing, and local purchasing, including food purchasing.

 

Guest speakers:

• David Zuckerman, Director, Healthcare Engagement, and Lead, Healthcare Anchor Network, Democracy Collaborative
• Sarah Chartier, Senior Sustainability Project Manager, Spectrum Health System

 

 

National Farm to Institution Metrics Collaborative Webinar Series: Nourished by New England, A Seasonal Harvest Program for Health Care

3:30 – 4:00 pm on Tuesday, February 19, 2019

Register here

 

In this series, each 30-minute webinar will feature a different Collaborative member and a tool or program they have used to measure farm to institution efforts.

 

In this first webinar in the series, Jen Obadia from Health Care Without Harm will share the design of Nourished by New England, a seasonal harvest program for health care. Program goals, the way in which progress toward those goals is being measured, and lessons learned from the first year of program implementation and data collection will all be discussed, along with aligning metrics from this regional program with local purchasing programs in other regions. For more on Nourished by New England see https://noharm-uscanada.org/nourishedbynewengland.

KVCC ValleyHUB & UVM offer Food Hub Professional Certificate Program

Apologies for the cross-posting…  Only a week left to apply!

 

The Food Hub Management Certificate Program is coming to Michigan in March 2019! Designed for both established and emerging food hub managers, this is a unique opportunity for individuals and organizations to receive comprehensive training on food hub management right here in Michigan. Application deadline is February 1^st, so register soon!   

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View this email in your browser   FOOD HUB MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE PROGRAM TOOLS AND TRAINING    Innovative blend of hands-on, community-based, online and in-person learning.   REGISTER Staff from Kalamazoo Valley's ValleyHUB food hub are partnering with instructors from the University of Vermont to offer the Food Hub Management Professional Certificate program. Launched by UVM five years ago, the program is an innovative blend of hands-on, community-based, online and in-person learning designed to prepare students for managing food hubs. Designed for emergent and established food hub managers, the program provides the tools and training needed to advance in food systems careers. The 2019 program in Michigan is being offered through a partnership between Kalamazoo Valley Community College, the Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems, and the University of Vermont. The residential portion of the program will take place in Kalamazoo with tours of other food hubs in lower Michigan and hands-on training in the ValleyHUB food hub at the Kalamazoo Valley Food Innovation Center on the Bronson Healthy Living Campus in downtown Kalamazoo. Residential session dates for 2019 are set for March 4 – 8 and November 4 – 8. Kalamazoo Valley Community College 6767 West O Avenue PO Box 4070 Kalamazoo, MI 49003-4070

 

 

223 annotated references on structural racism in the U.S. food system and Zotero library update

 

 

Announcing 41 new citations and nine new videos in 6^th edition of annotated bibliography on structural racism in the U.S. food system

 

The MSU Center for Regional Food Systems is pleased to announce An Annotated Bibliography on Structural Racism Present in the U.S. Food System, sixth edition and updates to the companion Zotero library.

 

The annotated bibliography offers a foundation for learning and communicating about structural racism in the U.S. food system. It includes publications and videos that explore structural racism both across the national system and in specific food system sectors. 

 

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. 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, sixth edition
• Zotero group library

 

For more information, contact Rich Pirog, Center for Regional Food Systems, rspirog@msu.edu.

 

 

Please help spread the word! Suggested social media posts are below. Click here for images to include in your posts.

 

41 new citations and 9 new videos in latest Annotated Bibliography on #StructuralRacism Present in the U.S. Food System by@MSUCRFS foodsystems.msu.edu/annotatedbib

 

223 references on #StructuralRacism in the U.S. food system in 6th ed. annotated bibliography and Zotero library by @MSUCRFS foodsystems.msu.edu/annotatedbib

 

Just-updated publication & Zotero library offers a foundation for learning and communicating about #structuralracism in the U.S. food system. @MSUCRFS foodsystems.msu.edu/annotatedbib

 

Learn more about #structuralracism in the U.S. food system with just-released @MSUCRFS annotated bibliography 6^th edition foodsystems.msu.edu/annotatedbib

 

 

This work was supported by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and the C.S. Mott Professor of Sustainable Agriculture at Michigan State University.

 

 

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Andrea Weiss

Communications Director

Center for Regional Food Systems | Michigan State University

480 Wilson Road, Room 309 | Natural Resources Building | East Lansing, MI 48824

(517) 432-0283

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KVCC ValleyHUB & UVM offer Food Hub Professional Certificate Program

 

The Food Hub Management Certificate Program is coming to Michigan in March 2019! Designed for both established and emerging food hub managers, this is a unique opportunity for individuals and organizations to receive comprehensive training on food hub management right here in Michigan. Application deadline is February 1^st, so register soon!   

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View this email in your browser   FOOD HUB MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE PROGRAM TOOLS AND TRAINING    Innovative blend of hands-on, community-based, online and in-person learning.   REGISTER Staff from Kalamazoo Valley's ValleyHUB food hub are partnering with instructors from the University of Vermont to offer the Food Hub Management Professional Certificate program. Launched by UVM five years ago, the program is an innovative blend of hands-on, community-based, online and in-person learning designed to prepare students for managing food hubs. Designed for emergent and established food hub managers, the program provides the tools and training needed to advance in food systems careers. The 2019 program in Michigan is being offered through a partnership between Kalamazoo Valley Community College, the Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems, and the University of Vermont. The residential portion of the program will take place in Kalamazoo with tours of other food hubs in lower Michigan and hands-on training in the ValleyHUB food hub at the Kalamazoo Valley Food Innovation Center on the Bronson Healthy Living Campus in downtown Kalamazoo. Residential session dates for 2019 are set for March 4 – 8 and November 4 – 8. Kalamazoo Valley Community College 6767 West O Avenue PO Box 4070 Kalamazoo, MI 49003-4070

 

 

Sign up to show Michiganders your support for 10 Cents a Meal!

Friends,

Please help us raise awareness about Michigan's 10 Cents a Meal for School Kids & Farms program by signing your name or the name of your organization to a list of supporters.

10 Cents a Meal provides schools with match incentive funds to purchase and serve Michigan-grown fruits, vegetables, and dry beans. Funded by the state Legislature since 2016, 10 Cents is a pilot program that so far has been expanded financially and geographically each year and now is available in more than half of our counties. 10 Cents has been praised nationally as a leading, innovative model. Let Michiganders everywhere know that you support investing in local food for kids in schools as part of Michigan's identity!

Other ways that you can help: Spread the word about 10 Cents and support your schools in obtaining and using funds. 

Learn more and sign up here. 

And please forward this email to others who may be interested!

All best,

Diane

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