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The C. S. Mott Group for Sustainable Food Systems at MSU engages communities in applied research and outreach to promote sustainable food systems.  The group's goal is to improve access and availability of locally produced food.

The Food Bank Council of Michigan provides statewide leadership to food banks in their efforts to alleviate hunger through the distribution of surplus food to those in need.

Created by Executive Order 2005-13 and funded in partnership with the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the Michigan Food Policy Council (MFPC) brings diverse food-related stakeholders together to recommend programs and policies to the Governor that improve Michigan’s food future.

The Michigan Good Food Summit presents an opportunity for people to share their reactions to the draft agenda priorities that five work groups have been working to identify. The input given at the summit, along with feedback from this website, will have a direct impact on the process of refining the draft agenda priorities into a Good Food Charter. We invite you to stay connected during this process via our website. During the months following the summit and after the final Michigan Good Food Charter is released, we invite you to continue the conversation in your community - whether among your colleagues or in your corner of the state - and help us all work together to support Good Food in Michigan!

For a diagram depicting the process, please click HERE.

To post comments, check out our Get Involved page.

The Michigan Good Food Charter outlines a vision for the food system in Michigan and 25 agenda priorities to move us towards it in the next 10 years.

To listen to a recording of a webinar held on July 7, 2010 - Your Guide to the Michigan Good Food Charter - click HERE.

The Michigan Good Food Summit brought together over 350 people from across Michigan to the Lansing Center in downtown Lansing, Michigan.

Video recordings of the presentations given at the Michigan Good Food Summit can be seen by clicking on the links below.

Mike Hamm, MSU – A Vision for Michigan's Food System	Anne Scott, MSU – Youth Engagement and Opportunity Work Group	Celeste Rabaut, Consultant – Healthy Food Access Work Group

Susan Schmidt, The Henry Ford – Institutional Food Purchasing Work Group	Rob Sirrine, MSU Extension Leelanau County – Farm Viability & Development Work Group	Patty Cantrell, Michigan Land Use Institute – Food System Infrastructure Work Group

To download the agenda from the Michigan Good Food Summit February 25, 2010, please click HERE.

You can see our Vision Statement by clicking HERE.

Five work groups, each led by two co-conveners, have been examining our current situation and developing future opportunities to advance Good Food in Michigan in five arenas:

The Healthy Food Access for Families & Communities group is working to identify ways to strengthen and support local or regional efforts to improve urban and rural food access, including home and community gardens, healthy corner store initiatives and farmers’ market outreach to ensure every Michigander has daily access to good food.

The Youth Engagement in Community Food group is working to identify multiple avenues to engage young people in food and agriculture to help shape the food system that Michigan wants to create.

The Farmer Viability & Development group is working to identify opportunities to foster urban and rural agricultural entrepreneurs, support improvements in farm management and marketing, and strengthen small- and medium-scale farm viability.

The Institutional Food Purchasing group is working to identify strategies to further enable institutions to serve healthy food and support producers in their region.

The Food System Infrastructure group is working to identify how the infrastructure undergirding the food system can better enable viable production, processing and distribution at local and regional scales.