Resources for Farmers

Marketing and Selling Your Products
Web sites and resources where farmers can list their products for consumers and retail markets to find:

• Michigan MarketMaker
• LocalHarvest.org
• SelectMichigan.org: Promoting Fresh & Processed Michigan Products
• MichiganFamilyFarms.com
• RealTimeFarms.com
• Lists of Farmer's Markets
• Farmers Market Resources - Michigan Farmers Market Association
• Group Rate Liability Insurance for MIFFS and MIFMA members selling at farmers markets

Advanced Good Agricultural and Good Handling Practices
Presentations and handouts from the 2010 Advanced GAP& GHP Workshops:

• Good Agricultural Practices: An Overview for Growers and Packers - Phil Tocco, Jackson County MSUE
  • MSUE Checklist of Potential On-Farm Food Safety Risks
  • Creating a Field Map with Google Maps
• USDA GHP & GAP Auditor Perspective - MDA Pesticide and Plant Pest Management Division Fruit and Vegetable Inspection
  • Food Safety Auditors
  • USDA Verification Checklist
• Global GAP Control Points and Compliance Criteria
• How to Comply with a Food Safety Audit through Primuslabs
  • Primuslabs Pre-Audit
• SQF1000 Assurance Code
  
• GAP GHP Resources

Good Agricultural and Good Handling Practices
Presentations and handouts from the 2009 GAP& GHP Workshops:

• Good Agricultural and Handling Practices - by Warren King, Wellspring Management
• Complying with Food Safety Regulations - Matt Regusci, Primus Labs
• Guide to Minimize Microbial Food Safety Hazards for Fresh Fruits and Vegetables - USDA
• GAP and GHP Audit Verification Program - UDSA
• USDA GAP & GHP Audit Verification Checklist - USDA
• GAP Certfiers - Tom Kalchik, MSU Product Center for ANR

For Young and Beginning Farmers

• Starting Out in Sustainable Agriculture - ATTRA News
• NY Beginning Farmer Project - Cornell University Cooperative Extension
• Business Plan Template

Hoophouse and High Tunnels

• Hoophouse Build at Ten Hens Farm (Part 1)
• Planting Schedule for Year-Round Production
• High Tunnels: Using Low-Cost Technology to Increase Yields, Improve Quality and Extend the Season - produced by Regional Farm and Food Project and Cornell University
• Hoop House "How to" Slide Shows - The Kerr Center for Sustainable Agriculture

Grazing Resources:

• Triple H Farms Pasture-Based Dairy Operation - Howard and Mary Jo Straub
• "Foraging for Knowledge" Grazing Resource List" - Dan Hudson, MSUE
• "Extending Grazing and Reducing Stored Feed Needs" - Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative
• Goat Herd Health Management - Judy Marteniuk, DVM Large Animal Clinical Sciences, Michigan State University

Please also check out the Tools & Presentations and the Web sites pages for links to other great resources!

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