Taste the Local Difference

Get Farming!
Helps growers and other
food entrepreneurs with
business tools and land connections.

Contact: Jim Sluyter
Get Farming! Policy Specialist
jimsluyter@mlui.org

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Find information on our Get Farming! workshops and other events in the area.

Workshops

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Online training, tools, and information for food entrepreneurs from newbie to veteran.

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Our Journalism

Jan 25, 2012
Schools Seek Local Foods; Set Meeting with Farmers
Farmers and local food distributors interested in selling to schools in Leelanau and Grand Traverse counties will meet Jan. 30. ...more

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Nov 01, 2011
Suttons Bay Schools Celebrate Local Harvest
Suttons Bay High School will host a Farm to School Fall Food Festival on Tuesday, November 8, from 5 to 7 p.m. ...more

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The Get Farming! project pointed the camera at experts on shitake mushrooms, seed saving, deer fencing, soil blocks, CSA, hoophouses, and more.

Videos

Calendar of Events

11.5 and 11.6 Toast the Season
11.12 and 11/13 Toast the Season
11.16 Food Safety Workshop: Safe Food Risk Assessment Program
11.17 Food Safety Workshop: Good Agricultural Practices - the GAP Audit
11.26 Great Mac and Cheese Bake-Off
12.12 Hoophouse Management Workshop

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Find farms selling to schools for meals, snacks, and fundraisers; schools buying from them; and school garden, field trip, and curriculum help.

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Formerly Local Food Exchange: Sell, buy, or share food, farmland, services, and saved seeds; list job opportunities.

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