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Hunt Michigan Collaborative pitches farm‑tour model to grow hunters, reduce crop damage and donate venison
Summary
Brian Farmer, chair of the Hunt Michigan Collaborative, briefed the committee on a nonprofit program that organizes limited, guided hunts on private farms to increase hunting participation, reduce crop damage, support habitat goals and donate excess venison to food banks; early pilots reported sold‑out hunts and donated meat.
Lansing — Brian Farmer, chair of the Hunt Michigan Collaborative and a parks and recreation official, told the House Committee on Natural Resources and Tourism about a nonprofit program that organizes limited, guided hunts on private farms and in some communities to increase hunter participation, reduce crop damage and donate venison to people in need.
“This could be the change that you’ve been looking for,” Farmer told the committee. He described a model in which participating farmers identify blinds and hunting locations, hunters register (the…
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