UP Food Distribution Symposium

September 24, 2024 9:00AM - 4:30PM

Barrel + Beam, 260 Northwoods Rd, Marquette, MI 49855

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The Michigan State University (MSU) Center for Regional Food Systems, MSU Product Center, and partners will host a day-long solutions workshop to address food distribution in the Upper Peninsula. The event will feature keynote speakers from across the country and include facilitated roundtables for action-oriented conversations. 

When: Tuesday, September 24, 2024,  9:00am - 4:30pm, plus optional networking after the event. 

Where: Barrel + Beam, 260 Northwoods Rd, Marquette, MI 49855

Keynote Speakers:

Teresa Wiemerslage, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach 

  • Teresa Wiemerslage is a field specialist with the Farm, Food and Enterprise Development program at Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. She has worked for ISU Extension for over 24 years in county, regional and state positions and is based in the northeast corner of the state. In her current position, she specializes in food system development, food hubs, Farm to School, and on-farm food safety. She is an advisor for the Iowa Hub to Hub Network which supports weekly delivery routes between seven food hubs. Teresa is a South Dakota farm girl who fell in love with a farmer at Iowa State University. She lives on a fourth-generation family farm where they raise cattle, corn and hay.

Stefanie Jaeger, Local Food Marketplace

  • Stefanie has over a decade of experience working in food systems in a variety of roles. She started by running a producer cooperative CSA in Northern Wisconsin for 4 years and has applied that on-the-ground knowledge to helping farms, hubs, and markets all over the US and Canada evaluate and implement technical solutions to their complex problems for the past 6+ years.

This event is open to all interested in attending, though space is limited.

Lunch will be provided.

A limited number of travel scholarships are available if needed.

Registration has closed for this event.

Find more details in this press release.

Questions?

Please reach out to Jamie Rahrig at rahrigj@msu.edu or Parker Jones at jonesp28@msu.edu 

This event is powered by the Fair Food Network, Michigan Economic Development Corporation, and MSU Center for Regional Food Systems through the  United States Department of Agriculture's Regional Food Systems Partnership program.

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