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*
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
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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