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Hello Farmers, Please take 5 minutes to help the MIFFS Ag Stewardship Committee identify policy priorities by clicking on the survey link below. You are also welcome to participate in a farms tour on Aug. 28, 2009--see the link below for details. My apologies for cross postings and thanks for taking the time to complete the survey. Elaine Brown MIFFS Executive Director ________________________________ From: Emily R. Beutel <mailto:[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 7:41 AM Subject: Farmer Policy Priorities Survey for MIFFS Ag Stewardship Comm Hi All, The Michigan Food & Farming Systems (MIFFS) Ag Stewardship Committee is gearing up with the attached survey link to learn what priorities are important to small and mid size farmers in MI. There are only 4 questions on this survey. It is confidential unless you choose to give us contact information, and it will only take 5 minutes, really!! Please go directly to this link and complete the survey now. Your responses will be tallied to help the Ag Stewardship Comm develop its policy direction. Your help distributing the survey to farmers who are not on this list is also appreciated. The survey is only on line through Saturday, August 15, 2009, so please complete it today!! Here is the Ag Stewardship Committee survey link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=WJC_2fQPi3Lq81gWgXkIkdtg_3d_3d The Committee is also hosting a farms tour on Friday, August 28, 2009, from noon to 5 PM to help farmers learn about innovative and sustainable practices by visiting two Lansing area farms: Triple H Farms near St. Johns and AppleSchram Orchards near Grand Ledge. Call 517-432-0712 or email the MIFFS office at [log in to unmask] for details or see the flyer at http://www.miffs.org/media/Farm Tour 082809.pdf <http://www.miffs.org/media/Farm%20Tour%20082809.pdf> to register to attend this no-cost event. Thanks for your participation in the survey and your interest in learning more about innovative farming operations. Have a great weekend, Elaine Brown MIFFS Executive Director To remove yourself from this list, email to: [log in to unmask] and include the following in the text of the message: UNSUBSCRIBE FARMMKTMI. If this method does not work, then please email [log in to unmask] in order to be removed from the list. If you would like to access previous postings to the Mich-Organic listserv you can copy and paste the following URL into your browser address bar http://list.msu.edu/archives/mich-organic.html