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Events
3. Lansing Localvore Events Challenge Week!
Sept. 8-15
Sat. Sept. 8 Kick-off Pancake Breakfast at Gone Wired Cafe ! 9:00 to
11:00 a.m.
Enjoy pancakes, sausage, and maple syrup--all local! $6 for
adults and $4 for children. Gone Wired is located at 2021 E. Michigan Ave
in Lansing. Tel. 517/853-0550. Advance tickets available at Gone Wired
Cafe, Everybody Reads Bookstore, and East Lansing Food Coop.
Sat. Sept. 8 Tour of City Market. 11:30
a.m. City Market is located at the corner of Shiawassee and Cedar.
The market is shaped like an "H" and your tour guide will meet you at
the crossbar of the "H". There is ample parking.
Thurs. Sept. 13 Local First Reception
Local First is a new organization promoting not only local food, but all things
local. Learn more at their inaugural reception at the Dublin Square
Restaurant in East Lansing 327 Abbott Rd. featuring all local foods. Plus local
beer and wine samples. 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. Suggested $10 donation.
VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED!
Help us make the Localvore Challenge a Success--If you
would like to send us menus or recipes, or help at the pancake breakfast or in
any other way, send us an email: [log in to unmask]
4. Thursday, September 20, 2007 Tri State Organic Video Conference Series-Organic
Poultry Production. Held in Gratiot, Ingham and Gladwin counties
(teleconference).6:00-8:30 pm. Call for reservations and information. Vicki
517-353-3542 or email [log in to unmask]
5. Thursday, November 15, 2007 Tri State
Organic Video Conference Series-Organic Farming and Certification. Held in
Gratiot, Ingham and Gladwin counties (teleconference).6:00-8:30 pm. Call for
reservations and information contact Vicki 517-353-3542 or email
[log in to unmask]
6. Compost barn seminar
Composting bedded
pack versus conventional bedded pack, facility design, bedding, management and
economics will be the topics covered at this event. The event will be held
Thursday, September 20, from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM at the Zeeland Township
Hall. Contact Charles Gould to register, 616-846-8250.
7. Open
house for the new Animal Air Quality Research Facility and MSU Dairy Cattle
Teaching and Research Center
Topics covered
include: the MSU Farms CNMP, handling storm water runoff using intensive
management, innovative biological and physical treatment strategies for milking
center wash water, and the Animal Air Quality Research Facility. This event will
be held Saturday, October 13, from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM at the MSU south campus
dairy farms. A news release suitable for county newsletters is available at www.animalagteam.msu.edu
8. Three-day
CNMP provider training
For private
consultants, industry and agency personnel that want to either begin the
required training for becoming a certified plan provider or just want the
overall background on CNMP development. This event will take place November 13
through the 15, from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM each day in Bluffton, Ohio.
Advanced registration required, visit www.animalagteam.msu.edu
for details.
9. Balancing
animal agriculture and communities
Experts from across
the country will share information about the benefits and trade-offs of various
animal agriculture systems and how they interact with communities. This
conference will create a basis for constructive dialog by sharing the best
available information and giving a realistic portrayal of all dimensions of the
subject. We encourage state, township and county government officials, MSUE
faculty and staff as well as all interested Michigan residents to attend. This
event will be help on Friday, February 29, 2008, from 8:20 AM until 4:00 PM at
the Kellogg Center on MSU’s campus. Save the date for now, details as
they develop at www.animalagteam.msu.edu.
Vicki Morrone
Organic Vegetable and Crop Outreach Specialist
Michigan State University
C.S. Mott Sustainable Food Systems
303 Natural Resources Bldg.
East Lansing, MI 48824
517-353-3542
517-282-3557 (cell)
517-353-3834 (fax)
http://www.MichiganOrganic.msu.edu/
http://www.mottgroup.msu.edu/
