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Farm to Family
Farm to Family
Farm to Family Goals
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.
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.
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.
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.