Companies in Chesterfield Township, Rochester Hills and Ortonville are among 28 businesses and other entities in the state and among six in Southeast Michigan to receive a piece of $2.3 million in state Underserved, Value-Added, Regional Food Systems and Supply Chain grants.<\/p>\n
The Michigan Department of Agriculture grants are designed to accelerate business growth and strengthen food systems across the state, state officials said. Many of the grants fund broader projects that will support new jobs in Michigan communities.<\/p>\n
\u201cSmart investments in our food and agriculture systems boost business growth, build stronger communities and improve quality of life for Michiganders,\u201d said MDARD Director Tim Boring. \u201cThese grants will create new jobs and cultivate new economic opportunities for Michigan farmers and food businesses while giving Michiganders more access to nutritious, locally grown foods.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Southeast Michigan recipients include:<\/p>\n
\u2013 Safie Specialty Foods Company, Inc. in Chesterfield Township was awarded $100,0000 invest in new product lines that use Michigan-sourced ingredients and to expand into new markets. The extra production is expected to support up to 20 new full-time jobs.<\/p>\n
\u2013 Dutton Farm, Inc. in Rochester Hills received $100,000 to expand its horticultural program, increasing equitable access to hands-on agricultural training. This project will help create 20 part-time jobs.<\/p>\n
\u2013 Cooks Dairy Farm, Inc. in Ortonville was awarded $64,300 to expand ice cream production and meet growing consumer demand through the purchase of cold storage infrastructure. This project will help create two part-time jobs.<\/p>\n
\u2013 Celestial Gastronomy, LLC, doing business as The Lakehouse Bakery in Chelsea, received $90,500 to purchase a commercial steam-jacketed kettle, a pneumatic piston filler with heated hopper and a walk-in cooler\/freezer to replace seven aging units. This project will help create one full-time job.<\/p>\n
\u2013 Forget Me Not Farms in Lamberville received $100,000 to construct three hoop houses that will help expand production of fresh cut flowers, reduce seasonal supply gaps and improve supply chain reliability in winter when imported flowers dominate. This project will help create one part-time and two full-time jobs.<\/p>\n
\u2013 Sanilac Creamery in Ann Arbor was awarded $44,900 to purchase whey capture and installation infrastructure that will help expand production of Michigan-made dairy products.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Companies in Chesterfield Township, Rochester Hills and Ortonville are among 28 businesses and other entities in the state…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":457856,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[387,181,1268,795,143,904,145,144,60842,796],"class_list":["post-457855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-business","tag-latest-headlines","tag-macomb-county","tag-michigan","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-county","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news","tag-washtenaw-county","tag-wayne-county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=457855"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457855\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/457856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=457855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=457855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=457855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}