*Farms Selling Food to Schools*
April 29, 2009
10 am - 3 pm
Mid Michigan Community College
Houghton Room
10:00 *Program Introduction:*
Kable Thurlow/Melody Wentworth
10:10 *The Farm To School Initiative
* Colleen Matts; CS Mott Group for Sustainable Food Systems at
Michigan State University
11:15 *Schools' Expectations of Vendors*
Janet Nettleton; Gladwin Community Schools
11:30 *Food Safety and Sanitation*
Jason Travis; Health Department
12:00 *Business Information for Producers
* Dennis Stein; MSU Extension
*Lunch*
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1:00 *Insurance Considerations*
Jay Kleinhardt/Duane Simpkins;
Farm Bureau Insurance
1:30 *Farmers Panel and Q & A
* Hear from those who are successfully
selling to schools
3:00 *Next Steps Evaluations, Networking,
Resources*
*can be purchased at the cafeteria or brown-bagged
*RSVP by April 27, 2009
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Kable Thurlow; MSU Extension
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Melody Wentworth; MTEC
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989.386.6614
(leave a message with Tina Avery; Interim Secretary)
We are a collaborative of local producers, schools and community agencies
who are dedicating resources, time and talent to introduce and incorporate
local, fresh food into the existing school food service programs; assisting
our region in sustaining healthy farms, schools and children.
It is our intention to support regional economic development, by providing
an easy-to-use system enabling local producers to provide school systems
with fresh foods.
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