Announcing Two Open Positions with the Great Lakes Midwest Regional Food Business Center
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EmailTo support the Great Lakes Midwest Regional Food Business Center, CRFS will hire 2 new positions in fall 2024. These positions will build capacity to connect available resources to food and farm business entrepreneurs throughout the region.
The Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems (CRFS) is the lead organization for the Great Lakes Midwest Regional Food Business Center which, with network coordinators, aims to provide assistance and capacity building to entrepreneurs across Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin, and on tribal lands (more information about the Center can be found below).
As one of 12 Regional Food Business Centers funded by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), this Regional Food Business Center will develop a grant program and a regional network of dedicated technical assistance providers committed to fostering the sustainable success of farm and food enterprises, with a focus on underinvested farmers and food business entrepreneurs.
To support the Great Lakes Midwest Regional Food Business Center, CRFS will hire two new positions in fall 2024. These positions will add needed person-power and skills to build its capacity to connect available resources to farmers, Indigenous producers, and food business owners. Both positions are remote-friendly, unless otherwise noted.
Grants Support Specialist
The Grants Support Specialist will provide grant writing support, training, and other capacity building opportunities for farmers, producers, and food business entrepreneurs across the region (IL, IN, MI, and WI).
Partnership Specialist
The Partnership Specialist will cultivate partnerships for the Great Lakes Midwest Regional Food Business Center and the Michigan-based Network for Inclusive Food Business Engagement project (NIFBE). The Partnership Specialist will provide leadership, coordination, and implementation of activities to drive more equitable and inclusive engagement of and assistance to farmers, Indigenous producers, and food business entrepreneurs.
If you have questions about the position or search process, please reach out to the contact listed on each job posting under Special Instructions.
Application materials must be submitted through the careers.msu.edu website. Positions are posted with the application deadline of November 25, 2024.
About the Great Lakes Midwest Regional Food Business Center
The Great Lakes Midwest Regional Food Business Center is dedicated to offering coordination, technical assistance, and capacity building opportunities for small- to mid-sized historically marginalized food and farm business entrepreneurs in support of a more resilient, diverse, and competitive food system. Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems (MI) coordinates the Great Lakes Midwest Regional Food Business Center that is comprised of network coordinators – Chicago Food Policy Action Council (IL), Northwest Indiana Food Council (IN), Food Finance Institute of the University of Wisconsin System (WI), and the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin Department of Agriculture and Food Systems – who seek to take a transformational, rather than transactional, approach. Learn more at glm-rfbc.msu.edu
About the Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems
The Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems (CRFS) unites the knowledge of diverse food systems stakeholders with that of MSU faculty and staff to advance regionally-rooted food systems through applied research, education, and outreach. Our work fosters a thriving economy, equity, and sustainability for Michigan, the nation, and the planet by increasing understanding of and engagement with systems that produce food that is healthy, green, fair, and affordable. Learn more at http://foodsystems.msu.edu/
