Thank you to our Funders, Partners, Sponsors and Donors!

MIFFS is grateful to the many people who generously donate their time and talents to support our programs and activities. MIFFS could not achieve our mission without your support. Thank you! Support MIFFS with a donation...

MIFFS Funders and Partners
Our funders and partners are the agencies and foundations that provide financial support and/or expertise to achieve
mutually beneficial goals. Our funders and partners for 2008 are:

• W.K. Kellogg Foundation
• USDA Risk Management Agency (RMA)
• USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA)
• USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
• USDA Rural Development (RD)
• USDA Farmers Market Promotion Program
• Michigan State University (MSU) Extension
• MSU College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
• Department of Community, Agriculture, Recreation and Resource Studies, MSU
• The Wallace Center at Winrock International
• Michigan Department of Agriculture (MDA)
• West Michigan Strategic Alliance
• Americana Foundation
• The Farm Research Cooperative

MIFFS Activities Sponsors
Our activities sponsors are the agencies, companies and foundations that provide financial support and/or expertise to specific workshops and events. Our activities sponsors since November 2007 are:

• Meijer
• GreenStone Farm Credit Services
• Wallace Center at Winrock International
• C.S. Mott Chair of Sustainable Agriculture at MSU
• Whole Foods Market
• Nowlin Chair for Consumer Responsive Agriculture - MSU
• Michigan Farm Bureau
• Morse Marketing Connections, LLC
• Fluid
• Originz, LLC
• Michigan Department of Agriculture - Select Michigan Program
• USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (Michigan)
• Potawatomi RC&D
• Cornerstone Ag, LLC
• Eastern Market Corporation
• Michigan State University Student Organic Farm
• Black Star Farms
• Michigan Brewing Company
• Morton’s Fine Catering
• Michigan Soybean Promotion Committee
• Doug Buhler, Michigan Ag Experiment Station
• Tom Coon, MSU Extension
• Chris Dorman
• Frank Fear

MIFFS Donors
Since November 2008, the following donors have supported Michigan Food & Farming Systems. We greatly appreciate their
support and invite you to join them by making a tax-deductible donation to MIFFS. To learn more, please contact MIFFS at (517) 432-0712. Donate now...

• Jon and Elaine Bartholic, Laingsburg
• Chad and Emily Beutel, Kalamazoo
• Jim Bingen, Lansing
• Morse and Arma Brown, Livonia
• Victoria Campbell-Arvai, Lansing
• Scott and Jill Corrin, Grand Ledge
• Keith Creagh, Williamston
• Michael DiRamio, Ann Arbor
• Larry Dyer, Brimley
• Jason Fligger, Detroit
• June Grabemeyer, Lansing
• Nancy Guthrie, Sunshine Prairie Farms, Delton
• Lucy Hartlove, Lansing
• Oran Hesterman, Ann Arbor
• Don Iott, Nottawa Fruit Farm, Sturgis
• Thomas Kalchik, East Lansing
• Jim Krenek, Grand Ledge
• John Malcomnson, Davison
• Adam and Dru Montri, Bath
• Ivan Morely, Standish
• Jana Nicol, Lansing
• Terri Novak, Flushing
• Lori and Floyd Phalen, Hastings
• Bob and Susan Pigg, Okemos
• Dr. LeRoy Ray, Farm Research Cooperative, Bloomingdale
• Celeste Reed, Williamston
• Scott Reynolds, Vermontville
• Estella Rodriguez, South Haven
• George Shetler, Kalkaska
• Susan Smalley, Lansing
• Ron Steiner, Hart
• Howard Straub, St. Johns
• Wendy Wieland, Boyne City