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Farm-to-Family

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Farm-to-Family

Farm-to-Family is an innovative, first-of-its-kind program in Michigan state government working to strengthen agri-food systems across the two peninsulas. Learn about our 2025 Food Hubs and Farm Stops grant. Focused primarily on middle-of-the-supply chain activities, Farm-to-Family seeks to further four important agency priorities:

Farm to Family Goals

Several rows of cover crops in the early spring.

Climate Resilience & Regenerative Agriculture

Farm-to-Family aims to:

  • Valorize supply chains rooted in regenerative agriculture, local, regional, and healthy food.
  • Shorten supply chains while increasing volumes.
A community garden with volunteers building a hoop house.

Diversity in Agricultural Production

Farm-to-Family will:

  • Place a priority focus on supporting nutritious foods.
  • Promote diverse crop value chains that honor and reinforce Michigan’s specialty crop heritage.
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Economic Prosperity Across Michigan

Farm-to-Family seeks to:

  • Back emerging and innovative ways of production, aggregation, and distribution, creating economic viability for as many points along agri-food production networks, as possible.
  • Communicate these crops, foods, investments, opportunities, and successes in targeted ways across Michigan, from crop-to-classroom and from farm-to-family.
Food inspector staff in the prep area of a food establishment, checking items off a checklist.

Best Place to Work in State Government

Farm-to-Family will:

  • Build on MDARD’s continued progress rethinking and reshaping government service delivery to Michiganders.
  • Attract and retain the best workforce talent from across Michigan and the nation.