Are you looking for a specific ingredient for your next craft beverage masterpiece? The Michigan Craft Beverage Crop Directory has amassed more than 50 farms with products available for brewers, distillers, and wine and cider makers. Search the directory for botanicals, wine grapes, hops, apples, stone fruits, and berries. Crops are searchable by variety (including apples and wine grapes), location, and more! The list continues to grow by farms and products listed, so be sure to bookmark it.

Thank you for supporting Michigan-grown agriculture in the development of your craft!

Do you have any suggestions for how the directory could be improved? Submit your ideas here.

Meijer invites Michigan food and beverage businesses interested in learning how to become a vendor to its Market Format stores*, to a first-of-its-kind event providing comprehensive resources to educate and prepare suppliers for grocery/retail opportunities. The Stairway to Success Summit: Vendor Masterclass by Meijer Market Format will be held in Detroit on Sept. 19. Presentations will include:

• Information on food safety.
• Marketing/branding.
• Successful retail demoing.
• Diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.
• Business pitch prep and more.

Space will be limited and available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Learn more and register for this no-cost event.

The Michigan Wine Collaborative (MWC) was granted the MDARD / USDA Specialty Crop Block Grant for 2021-2022 to enhance the competitiveness of Michigan Grape and Wine Producers. As part of this initiative, the MWC must gather data on a specific outcome indicator, which assesses the variation in Wine Grape Sales between the baseline year of 2021 and 2022. Your valuable input is essential to this campaign's success, and we kindly request you take just 10 minutes to complete the 2022 survey today.

Access the Survey Here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MWCGrape22