Events
MSU Extension offers the Cottage Food Law class in either an online format or face-to-face. See the Online Cottage Food Law tab to find out more about the online class.
Face to face classes are delivered in a one- or two-hour format:
- The one-hour workshop covers the food safety aspect of preparing cottage foods for sale, including preparing, packaging, labeling, storing and transporting cottage foods.
- The two-hour workshop combines the business and food safety aspects of preparing and selling cottage foods safely and successfully. These workshops are taught by MSU Extension Food Safety Educators and MSU Product Center Innovation Counselors.
See the Events calendar below to find Cottage Food Law and other food safety related events available near you or online!
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Jul 8
Summer/Fall Food Safety Q&A 2024
July 8, 2024 – November 25, 2024 Online Via Zoom
Have questions about home food preservation or food safety? Please join MSU Extension Food Safety Q&A as food safety educators present tips for home food preservation food safety.
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Jul 9
ServSafe Manager Training & Exam – Kalamazoo - July 9, 2024
July 9, 2024 9:00AM – 5:00PM Kalamazoo County Expo Center, 2900 Lake Street, Kalamazoo, MI 49048
Michigan State University Extension offers ServSafe, a national certification program for food service workers, providing food safety training, exams, and resources.
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Jul 10
ServSafe Manager Training & Exam – Van Buren - July 10, 2024
July 10, 2024 9:00AM – 5:00PM MSU Extension Office Van Buren County, 801 Hazen Street, Room B, Paw Paw, MI 49079
Michigan State University Extension offers ServSafe, a national certification program for food service workers, providing food safety training, exams, and resources.
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Jul 10
SERVSAFE® MANAGER TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION EXAM- LENAWEE COUNTY - JULY 10, 2024
July 10, 2024 9:00AM – 5:00PM 9:00 am - 5:00 pm MSU Extension Lenawee County, 1040 S. Winter St., Adrian, MI 49221
Michigan State University Extension offers ServSafe, a national certification program for those working in foodservice.
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Jul 10
Cooking Basics-an Adulting 101 session
July 10, 2024 4:00PM – 5:00PM Zoom
Learn the language of cooking, how to read recipes and how to be creatively resourceful in the kitchen in this interactive session.
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Jul 11
Preserving MI Harvest-Green Beans and Pressure Canning
July 11, 2024 1-2 p.m. and 6-7 p.m. ET Zoom Webinar
Green beans are a popular vegetable for canning but they must be pressure canned. Join us and experience how easy it is to pressure can green beans and other vegetables.
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Jul 11
RCL's - Freezing, Canning, & Preserving
July 11, 2024 6:00PM – 7:00PM 9400 East CD Avenue, Richland, MI 49083
Join us for an in-person food preservation class at the Richland Public Library! Explore ideas for preserving the fresh fruits and vegetables by freezing and canning.
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Jul 15
Food Preservation with Oryana & MSU Extension - Traverse City
July 15, 2024 5:30PM – 7:00PM Grand Traverse County Extension Office, 520 W. Front St., Suite A Traverse City, MI 49684
Learn how to successfully and safely use a water bath canner for acid foods.
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Jul 16
ServSafe Manager Training & Exam – Mason - July 16th, 2024
July 16, 2024 9:00AM – 5:00PM MSU extension. Conf rm A. 121 E. Maple St. Mason, MI. 48854
Michigan State University Extension offers ServSafe, a national certification program for those working in food service.
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Jul 16
ServSafe Manager Training & Exam – Calhoun County - July 16, 2024
July 16, 2024 9:00AM – 5:00PM MSU Extension - Calhoun County 315 W Green Street Marshall, MI 49068
Michigan State University Extension offers ServSafe, a national certification program for food service workers, providing food safety training, exams, and resources.
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Jul 16
ServSafe Manager Training & Exam – Iron County - July 16, 2024
July 16, 2024 9:00AM – 5:00PM Iron County Courthouse, Commissioners Room, 2 South 6th Street Crystal Falls, MI 49920
Michigan State University Extension offers ServSafe, a national certification program for food service workers, providing food safety training, exams, and resources.
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Jul 17
Michigan Cottage Food Law
July 17, 2024 – December 5, 2024 Zoom Webinar
The Michigan Cottage Food Law, Food safety practices related to producing cottage foods and how to start a cottage food business.
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Jul 17
Michigan Cottage Food Law July 17, 2024
July 17, 2024 6:00PM – 8:00PM Zoom Webinar
The Michigan Cottage Food Law, Food safety practices related to producing cottage foods and how to start a cottage food business.
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Jul 18
Preserving MI Harvest-MI Mixers
July 18, 2024 1-2 p.m. and 6-7 p.m. ET Zoom Webinar
Create mixers for your favorite drinks by preserving mixers or using preserved items that you can add into a mixer or use as a garnish.
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Jul 22
Food Safety in the Garden
July 22, 2024 7:00PM – 8:00PM 7-8 pm Tecumseh District Library, 215 N. Ottawa St., Tecumseh, MI 49286
Learn how to get food from the backyard garden safely to the table.
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Jul 22
Food Safety in the Garden - Tecumseh District Library
July 22, 2024 7:00PM – 8:00PM Tecumseh District Library, 215 N. Ottawa St., Tecumseh, MI 49286
Learn how to get food from the backyard garden safely to the table.
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Jul 23
ServSafe Manager Training & Exam– Branch - July 23, 2024
July 23, 2024 9:00AM – 5:00PM MSU Extension Office, 570 Marshall Road, Coldwater, MI 49036
Michigan State University Extension offers ServSafe, a national certification program for food service workers, providing food safety training, exams, and resources.
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Jul 23
Pantry Food Safety - It's Your Job 23July2024 (Zoom Webinar)
July 23, 2024 1:30PM – 4:00PM Zoom Webinar
Pantry Food Safety - It's Your Job! is a training for staff and volunteers who work at food banks, food pantries, and other charitable food distribution sites.
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Jul 24
ServSafe Manager Training & Exam – Three Rivers - July 24, 2024
July 24, 2024 9:00AM – 5:00PM Three Rivers Area Chamber of Commerce Event Center 1116 N. Main, Three Rivers, MI 49093
Michigan State University Extension offers ServSafe, a national certification program for those working in food service.
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Jul 24
Food Safety in the Garden
July 24, 2024 11:00AM – 12:00PM 11:00 am - Noon Stockbridge Senior Center, 219 W. Elm St., Stockbridge, MI 49285
Learn how to get food from the backyard garden safely to the table.