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The 2010 National Value Added Ag Conference, hosted by Mississippi State University Extension Service, will be held June 27 - June 29 in Biloxi. For more information, contact Anna Hood at: annah@ext.msstate.edu.

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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 - 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:

Robert Craig Michigan Department of Agriculture PO Box 30017 Lansing, MI 48909 Phone: (800) 292-3939 E-mail: CraigR@michigan.gov	Tom Kalchik, Associate Director MSU Product Center for Agriculture and Natural Reources Client Services 4700 S. Hagadorn Road, Suite 210 East Lansing, MI 48823 Phone: (517) 432-8752 Fax: (517) 432-8756 E-mail: kalchikt@msu.edu
Chris Peterson, Director MSU Product Center for Agriculture and Natural Resources 80 Agriculture Hall East Lansing, MI 48824-1039 Phone: (517) 432-4608 Fax: (517) 432-1800 E-mail: peters17@msu.edu

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