There will be a plant sale to benefit the Pewabic Street Community Garden from 10 am – 3 pm at Trinity Episcopal Church on Montezuma Ave. in Houghton. Saturday, May 28th.
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EUP Healthy Food Access Committee
First Wednesday of the month 11AM-noon Sault Tribe Health Center Auditorium Please contact Heather Hemming at hhemming@saulttribe.net if you are interested in being involved with this committee.
Find out more »WUP Food Hub Steering Committee
Tuesday April 14th, 6pm at the Health Department in Hancock, 540 Depot Street, behind McGanns Hardware in the blue building. Contact Ray Sharp at (906) 482-7382, Ext. 163 for more information.
Find out more »EUP Food Hub Steering Committee
(Third Wednesday of the month) 9-10:30AM CLM Conservation District Office Please contact Michelle Walk at walkmich@msue.edu or 906-635-6368 if you would like to become involved in this committee.
Find out more »CUP Farm to School Committee Meeting
(First Friday of every month) 9am at the Marquette Food Co-op classroom (in the basement) Meet with community members and area agencies to work on getting more local food in schools and create educational programming around local food.
Find out more »CUP Farm to School Committee Meeting
9am at the Marquette Food Co-op classroom (in the basement) Meet with community members and area agencies to work on getting more local food in schools and create educational programming around local food.
Find out more »Together at the Table Food Summit-West UP
Instead of 3 day-long, regional summits this November, we are planning a larger U.P.-wide event for 2016. This larger event will offer more hands-on learning and networking opportunities. This means that this year’s “regional summits” will be shorter input sessions designed to help us learn what you would like to see for the 2016 larger event. Come join us for an interactive two-hour session about what is needed to take local food and agriculture to the next level in your community! For more information…
Find out more »Plant Exchange – May 28th – Calumet Art Center
Plant Exchange at Calumet Art Center – Saturday, May 28th 1 pm Contact Dawn Andersson as anderssondg@gmail.com for more information
UP Multi-species Processing Feasibility Study Project: Survey Now Open
UP Multi-species Processing Feasibility Study Project: Survey Now Open The Upper Peninsula Multi-species Processing Feasibility Study Project is a cooperative venture between several stakeholders including Marquette County, MSU Extension, Upper Peninsula Food Exchange, Farm Bureau, and regional planning organizations, and has hired Karen Karp & Partners along with John-Mark Hack of Marksbury Farm and BJH… Read the full article
New Loans for Portable Farm Storage and Handling Equiptment
May 02, 2016 / News & Events
USDA Offers New Loans for Portable Farm Storage and Handling Equipment Portable Equipment Can Help Producers, including Small-Scale and Local Farmers, Get Products to Market Quickly COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 29, 2016 – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will provide a new financing option to help farmers purchase portable storage and handling equipment. Farm… Read the full article