• Cooperative Michigan Research, Education & Extension Service Partners
• Michigan Department of Agriculture
• Michigan Fact Sheet, Economic Research Service, USDA – This specific fact sheet includes current data on population, per-capita income, earnings per job, poverty rates, employment, unemployment, farm and farm-related jobs, farm characteristics, farm financial characteristics, top ag commodities, top export commodities and top counties in ag sales.
• Michigan Farmers Markets
• Michigan Marketing Profile
• Michigan USDA Rural Development
• More Links:
  • Food Law, Food Code & Fact Sheets, Michigan Department of Agriculture
  • Licensing, Certification & Registration, Department of Agriculture
  • Michigan Agricultural Tourism
  • Tax-Free Agricultural Processing Renaissance Zones, Michigan Department of Agriculture
  • Michigan Economic Development Corporation
  • Michigan Small Business & Technology Development Center, Michigan State University Dairy Foods Complex
  • Michigan State University Product Center for Agriculture and Natural Resources
  • Michigan State University Cereal Milling and Product Laboratories – Complete product development, analytical, research and applications facility.
  • Michigan State University Dairy Foods Complex – An instructional, research and resource center for Michigan’s dairy-processing industry, including training of industry and regulatory personnel.
  • Michigan State University Experimental Foods Laboratory – An instructional and resource center for product testing, professional and consumer workshops, and food service/retail recipe development and testing.
  • Michigan State University Food Processing Center –  Provides 4,000 square feet of flexible sanitary food-processing capability with small-scale equipment and facilities available to instructors, students, and researchers and to industry for the advancement of food processing technology with emphasis on fruits and vegetables.
  • Michigan State University Food Sensory Laboratory – Offers facilities for product evaluation, panel training and sample preparation and storage.
  • Michigan State University Meat Laboratories – An instructional, research and resource center for the production, processing, distribution, marketing, safe preparation and consumption of muscle foods.
  • Michigan State University School of Packaging (Research and Testing) –  Testing services and contract research are available in the areas of package analyses and evaluation.
  • Michigan Tourism
  • The Small Business Resource is designed to help business owners and entrepreneurs solve problems and locate key public and private organizations and individuals. These are business decision makers – businessmen and women looking to expand their operations, relocate companies and plan a business startup.

Individual contacts in Michigan for specific value-added agriculture information: