Is your farm, food business, or community institution looking for new opportunities to sell or buy Michigan-grown foods? Are you in search of funding opportunities to help make more locally grown foods available to Michigan families?   

Then make sure to connect with the Michigan Department of Agriculture & Rural Development’s Farm to Family Program at these upcoming events! 

• Southeast Michigan Listening Session cohosted with Detroit Black Community Food Sovereignty Network and Detroit People's Food Co-op - Wednesday, March 4 in Detroit, MI
• UP Agriculture for Tomorrow Conference | Thursday, March 12 | Escanaba, MI
• West Michigan Listening Session cohosted with the United Way of Southwest Michigan, the Benton Harbor Fruit Market, and the Southwest Michigan Planning Commission | Monday, March 16 | Benton Harbor, MI 
• Indigenous Food Sovereignty Summit | April 6-8 | East Lansing, MI
• Michigan Food Hub Network Meeting | Thursday, April 9 | Lansing, MI
• Kalamazoo Foodways Symposium | Saturday, April 11 | Kalamazoo, MI

Farm to Family is MDARD's innovative, first-of-its-kind program to strengthen agri-food systems across Michigan. Launched in Fiscal Year 2025, the program offers grants, networking opportunities, and marketing consultations to farmers, food businesses, and other local food supply chain stakeholders. To date, the program awarded over $3.4 million of grant funding to create new market opportunities for Michigan farmers and expand Michigan families’ access to fresh, locally grown and raised foods. 

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