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Michigan Farm Bureau outlines literacy, labor and venison-donation efforts to House Agriculture Committee
Summary
Michigan Farm Bureau told the House Agriculture Committee about its education programs, labor services and a nascent venison-donation effort, and members asked about insurance, tariffs, avian influenza and ways to recruit young farmers.
A representative of the Michigan Farm Bureau told the Michigan House Agriculture Committee about the group's education and outreach programs, a labor-service business and an early-stage venison-donation initiative, and committee members questioned how policy could help with insurance, tariffs, avian influenza and recruiting young farmers.
Rebecca Park, representing the Michigan Farm Bureau, said the organization was founded in 1919 and described a range of programs. “Every day we work for…a variety of ways to represent our members. We are grassroots and member driven,” she said. Park highlighted Ag in the Classroom, a K–12 literacy and outreach effort; farm science labs and a farm science van that bring hands-on, standards-aligned lessons to schools; and “farm crates,”…
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