Ready to grow your business? Apply for the EGLE NextCycle Seed Grant by July 31, 2025. This funding opportunity is focused on keeping materials out of landfill. Get the full eligibility and application details:

All aboard! Check out this new Self-Guided Learning Journey for Food and Farm Businesses to prepare for funding. Through these short videos, you can learn fundraising strategies to start, launch, and expand your food or farm business.

Register for this webinar on July 23, 2:30 PM CST | 3:30 PM EST to learn about how tracking your cash flow can help get you ready for funding through the Great Lakes Midwest Regional Food Business Center. Register now: @ChiFoodPolicy @EdibleAlpha

An Annotated Bibliography on Structural Racism Present in the U.S. Food System offers a foundation for learning and communicating about structural racism in the U.S. food system. Access this bibliography here #LocalFood #FoodSystems #StructuralRacism

Farm to ECE fits in childcare centers, family childcare, Head Start, and preschool settings — helping kids learn about food, gardening, and nutrition. Our new resource shows how activities align with early learning standards: #FarmtoECE #LocalFood

"Farmers and food businesses need our support more now than ever. It is my honor working alongside them, getting more resources into the hands of people working hard to strengthen our local communities.". Thanks to Jamie for her business savvy outlook and her kind heart!

Last month, the House Ag Committee passed a sweeping budget reconciliation bill that proposes the total elimination of SNAP-Ed. Read more in MSU Extension’s live educational toolkit to learn key points about proposed legislation. #SNAPEdWorks #SNAPEd

This story, by our friends at Groundwork Center for Resilient Communities, features Josh Miller, Nutrition and Wellness Education Program Supervisor for the Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds Program at Saginaw ISD!. groundwork

Get your ducks in a row with this new resource from MSU Center for Regional Food Systems! Our new pub was created to help farmers understand regulations for poultry: chicken, turkey, ducks, geese, and other fowl, for meat: .#FarmBusiness #MichiganGrown

Make business planning an achievable, approachable, and beneficial endeavor with the Time Management Workbook. This resource provides a roadmap to project management, as well as a daily and weekly planner for food and farm businesses. #FarmBusiness

SNAP-Ed helps families eat healthier, stretch their food budgets, and live more active lives. Through schools, food pantries, community gardens, and local partnerships, it supports lasting changes in health and well-being!. #SNAPEdWorks #msuextension.

We love to see food businesses succeeding at events like the Michigan Good Food Fund Pitch Competition. Learn more about this year's event and winners here:

📢 Know a Early Care and Education provider? Pass June's Farm to ECE newsletter their way! .Check it out here:

This story by FoodTank shares insights from Rachel Kelly, Senior Resource and Research Development Specialist, and Dr. M. Jahi Johnson-Chappell, Director, Center for Regional Food Systems, on our recently updated resource. Read on to learn more:

The Loan Readiness Toolbox for Food and Farm Businesses provides clear, action steps to preparing to apply for financing. Get started: . #FoodBusiness #FarmFinancing #FoodSystems #BusinessAssistance

USDA announced $72.9M in Specialty Crop Block Grant Program funding to support marketing, education, and research that boost specialty crop competitiveness. State ag agencies can apply by July 7, 2025, via Learn more:

Asparagus is a Cultivate Michigan Summer Feature Food! Explore Michigan asparagus sourcing tips, resources, and.recipes and more here: Check out the National Asparagus Festival this weekend in Hart, Michigan!.

🌱 Explore how to connect farm to early care and education practices across Michigan early learning and development standards in this new resource from @MSUCRFS. Check it out: .#FarmtoECE #LocalFood #Michigan #MichiganGrown

From farm to market, this new resource offers a visual flowchart, scenarios, and equipment lists for farmers to consider adding poultry as a value added product to their business. Check it out here: . #PoultryFarming #MichiganFarmers #ValueAddedFarming

Join the MLFCN's meeting on 6/19 at 10am. Through legislative updates and space to forge connections among councils, monthly MLFCN meetings work towards improved food outcomes for communities across MI. #FoodSystem #MichiganFood #MLFCN #FoodPolicy