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Have you ever considered selling your fresh fruit and/or vegetables to schools, hospitals or other area institutions? Well here is your chance to learn what it takes to do so and meet others invested or considering this type of food market. The greatness of this type of market is it’s variety in type of sales, with various expectations, volumes, delivery approaches, so hopefully you can find a system that works for your farm. Below is a list of meetings around the state for you to learn what is on offer and what are the expectations. Vicki Morrone Organic farming specialist Center For Regional Food Systems at MSU 480 Wilson Rd Rm 303 East Lansing, MI 48824 517-353-3542/517-282-3557 (cell) Www.MichiganOrganic.Msu.edu Sign up for one of them by the 19th!! Friday the 19th of September is the deadline to register for MI Farm to School trainings! Hope to see you there. Sincerely, Julia We are excited to inform you that the MI Farm to School Trainings are getting ready! These trainings are a great opportunity for schools, early childcare programs, farmers, and other organizations interested in learning about farm to school or farm to early childcare and preschool. Below is a list of the locations and times for the trainings across the state. There is also a link for you to register for the location in which you would like to attend. Just click on the link to register. Please share with those who may be interested and contact me if you have any questions. Look forward to seeing you at the trainings! http://msucarrs.az1.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_cuyItmOnkgUXMCp MI Farm to School Training Locations Saginaw MSU Extension Office 1 Tuscola Street Saginaw 48607 September 22nd, 12:30 to 4:30 in the main conference room Saint Ignace Little Bear East Arena and Conference Center 275 Marquette Street St. Ignace 49781 September 23rd, 12:30 to 4:30 in the conference room in the community center Detroit Catherine Ferguson Academy 2750 Selden Street Detroit 48208 September 26th, 9:30 to 3:30 training will be held in the gymnasium Lunch will be provided Guest speakers include Vanessa Zajfen, Farm to School Regional Lead, Midwest of the USDA Food and Nutrition Service, Amy Rosenthal of School Food FOCUS and Ashley Atkinson of Keep Growing Detroit Muskegon Hilt Building 427 W Western Frauenthal Center 49440 September 30th, 9:30 to 3:00 in Johnson Hall Lunch will be provided An additional presentation on Cultivate Michigan<http://www.cultivatemichigan.org/>, a local food purchasing campaign of the Michigan Farm to Institution Network, will be provided. [cid:89EF7D1A-74E7-4206-BAE5-743F1F171D18] Photo Courtesy of Detroit Food Warriors Julia Smith, PhD Farm to School Specialist Center for Regional Food Systems Department of Community Sustainability Michigan State University 480 Wilson Rd, Rm 309 East Lansing, MI 48824 517-432-4525 To unsubscribe from this list, send an email with "SIGNOFF FOODSPEAK" in the email body to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>. 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