Michigan State Resources
- Michigan State University Product Center - Provides business development assistance to new and existing businesses.
- Michigan State University Extension
- 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 USDA Rural Development
- More Links:
- Food Law, Food Code & Fact Sheets, Michigan Department of Agriculture.
- Licensing, Certification & Registration, Department of Agriculture
- Michigan Agricultural Tourism
- Michigan's Cottage Food Law - Allows individuals to manufacture and store certain types of foods in an unlicensed home kitchen.
- Michigan Food and Farming Systems (MIFFS) - Promotes family farms, local food and sustainable agriculture.
- Growing Michigan's Future: A Guide to Marketing Your Michigan Food and Agriculture Products
- 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 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 - 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.
State Contacts
Mike DiBernardo
Michigan Department of Agriculture
Lansing, MI
(800) 292-3939
dibernardom@michigan.gov
Tom Kalchik
MSU Product Center for Agriculture and Natural Reources
East Lansing, MI
(517) 432-8752
kalchikt@msu.edu
Chris Peterson
MSU Product Center for Agriculture and Natural Resources
East Lansing, MI
517) 432-4608
peters17@msu.edu
