Abbey Palmer
Abbey Palmer serves as a Community Food Systems Educator based in Alger County, and works with schools and farms throughout the Upper Peninsula. She coordinates educational activities for people of all ages at MSU Upper Peninsula Research and Extension Center (UPREC). Her areas of focus include land based learning for K-14 students and their teachers, farm to institution, and small scale seed system resilience. Abbey holds a MFA from the Iowa Writers Workshop in fiction and a BA in Literature from Northern Michigan University. She has worked in food systems since 2011, and spent several years engaged in diversified vegetable production using off-grid farming methods.
Related Work
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Michigan Farm to Institution Network Food Waste and Recovery Virtual Network Meeting Recording
Published on November 9, 2023
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MFIN Virtual Meeting: Garden to Cafeteria
Published on August 17, 2023
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Student Engagement: Michigan Farm to Institution Network Virtual Network Meeting
Published on November 2, 2022
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The Michigan Farm to Institution Network's Framework for 2022 and Beyond
Published on October 11, 2022
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Farm to Institution Food Safety Basics
Published on April 20, 2022
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Michigan Farm to School Track: School Nutrition Association of Michigan 2020 Virtual Conference
Published on November 15, 2021
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Seasonal Menu Planning: Michigan Farm to Institution Network Virtual Network Meeting
Published on October 21, 2021
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What a Dime Can Do: Impacts of Michigan’s 10 Cents a Meal Program - Michigan Farm to Institution Network Virtual Network Meeting
Published on September 30, 2021
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Buying Local: A 10 Cents a Meal Training for 2020-2021 Grantees
Published on March 11, 2021