2009 "Meet the Buyers" Reception

Tuesday, December 8, 2009 from 4:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Imperial Ballroom, Amway Grand Plaza Hotel

Michigan Food and Farming Systems (MIFFS) has teamed up with the Michigan State University Product Center, to host the 2009 “Meet the Buyers” reception during the 2009 Great Lakes Fruit, Vegetable and Farm Market Expo to link Michigan growers with wholesale buyers and work toward getting more Michigan produce on store shelves and into restaurants. See the flyer...

When: Tuesday, December 8 from 4:30 - 6:30 p.m.

Where: Imperial Ballroom in the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel

Buyers include:

• Meijer
• Sysco-Grand Rapids
• Spartan Stores
• Kroger
• Whole Foods Market
• Goodness Greenness
• Eastern Market Corporation
• Superior Sales
• Mike Pirrone Produce
• Michigan Dept. of Corrections
• Plum Market
• Sustainable Foods
• Walsma/Lyons
• CH Robinson

Thanks to our current sponsors and partners:

• USDA Rural Development
• Wallace Center at Winrock International
• Michigan State University Product Center for Agriculture and Natural Resources
• GreenStone Farm Credit Services
• Michigan Department of Agriculture
• C.S. Mott Professor of Sustainable Agriculture
• Originz, LLC
• Whole Foods Market
• Meijer
• Eastern Market Corporation
• Superior Sales
• Michigan State Horticultural Society
• Michigan Vegetable Council
• Michigan Apple Committee

For more information, contact the MIFFS office at 517-432-0712 or miffs@msu.edu.