Progress 09/01/22 to 08/31/23
Outputs
Target Audience:During this reporting period, students from the Ojibwe Charter School took part in health promotion programming at the Mukwa Health and Fitness Education Center under the direction of project staff; additionally, tribal youth who did not attend Ojibwe Charter School also participated in health promotion programming headed by project staff. Health promotion programming was also made available to all members of the Bay Mills Indian Community and surrounding area. Agricultural programming was made available during this reporting period for area farmers, youth from the Bay Mills Indian Community, and individuals and families from Bay Mills Indian Community and surrounding area. Members from other tribal communities throughout Michigan participated in agricultural programming offered by project staff. BMCC students were involved in program activities in both health promotion and agriculture. BMCC staff involved in this project took part in professional development opportunities. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Project Director, Dr. Steve Yanni, attended the 2022 FALCON Conference How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Project activities were reported through articles in the Bay Mills News, the BMCC Newsletter, conference and meeting presentations, the Waishkey Bay Farm Facebook page, and the BMCC website. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?
Nothing Reported
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
During this reporting period (9/1/2022 to 8/31/2023), the impacts of the Bay Mills Extension Services included: significantly increased capacity at BMCC's Waishkey Bay Farm as a research, extension, and demonstration farm; an increase in the number of Bay Mills members who have the knowledge and skills necessary to grow a portion of their food needs in the community garden at Waishkey Bay Farm; a farmers' market at the Bay Mills Indian Community; increased access to locally and sustainably produced food for the Bay Mills Indian Community and surrounding area; an increase in the number of community members who are accessing fitness facilities and expertise at the Mukwa Health and Fitness Center, and are subsequently demonstrating improved health indicators such as reduced blood pressure, reduced body mass index, increased flexibility, increased cardiorespiratory endurance, and generally reduced risk for life-style dependent diseases; and an increasing number of tribal community members with the knowledge and skills necessary to prepare and preserve locally produced foods. BMCC students, serving as interns for Extension Services, have realized improvements in the areas of professional communication, leadership skills, professional affiliations, and a better understanding of all phases of program planning and implementation; lastly, the local agricultural community has benefitted from the research and demonstration projects undertaken through Waishkey Bay Farm. Specific accomplishments for this project period included: Facilitation of the 13 Moons of Anishinaabe Nutrition curriculum with the Boys and Girls Club of Bay Mills Community College Facilitation of the Teen Battle Chef curriculum with the Boys and Girls Club of Bay Mills Community College Beginning Beekeeping Field Day-Preparing Hives for Winter Elders Wellness Fair Tomato Canning Workshop Cider Press Workshop Apple Canning Workshop Mukwa Game Booth at Community Halloween Party Cider Press at Community Halloween Party Wreath Making Workshop Cattle tour for LSSU Students Sausage and Jerky Making Workshop Tea Circle and Workshop Hosted USDA Value-Added Producer Grant Training at Waishkey Bay Farm Manoomin Rice Knickers Workshop Smelt Net Setting Workshop Net Shaking and Smelt Processing Workshop Maple Sugar Confection Workshop Hosted Girl Scout Earth Day Event at Waishkey Bay Farm Classroom Pumpkin Seed Starting Beyond the Basics - Second Year Beekeeping Workshop Hosted EUP Grassroots Gathering-Farm Bill Input Session Beginning Beekeeping Field Day - Equipment and Installing Bees Spring Into Summer Fitness Challenge Group Three Sisters Planting Beginning Beekeeping Field Day 2 - Hive Handling Sweetgrass Workshop Sault Tribe Youth Field Trip to Farm Teen "Fit and Fun" Summer Series JKL Middle Summer School Farm Field Trip Beginning Beekeeping Field Day - Honey Harvesting Raspberry Picking Field Day The grass-fed beef project at Waishkey Bay Farm included a very successful herd share program through which 12 steers from the grass-fed beef project were purchased by community members for processing and beef from Waishkey Bay Farm was processed at a USDA facility and made available through the Tribal-owned grocery store.
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Progress 09/01/18 to 08/31/23
Outputs
Target Audience:During this reporting period, students from the Ojibwe Charter School took part in health promotion programming at the Mukwa Health and Fitness Education Center under the direction of project staff; additionally, tribal youth who did not attend Ojibwe Charter School also participated in health promotion programming headed by project staff. Health promotion programming was also made available to all members of the Bay Mills Indian Community and surrounding area. Agricultural programming was made available during this reporting period for area farmers, youth from the Bay Mills Indian Community, and individuals and families from Bay Mills Indian Community and surrounding area. Members from other tribal communities throughout Michigan participated in agricultural programming offered by project staff. BMCC students were involved in program activities in both health promotion and agriculture. BMCC staff involved in this project took part in professional development opportunities. Changes/Problems:The COVID pandemic greatly impacted programming and professional development, resulting in the request for a 1 year no-cost extension, which was approved. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Project Director, Dr. Steve Yanni attendedthe FALCON Conference in all 5 years of the project. Farm staff attended the Indigenous Farming Conference (2019, 2021, 2022). How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Project activities were reported through articles in the Bay Mills News, the BMCC Newsletter, conference and meeting presentations, the Waishkey Bay Farm Facebook page, and the BMCC website. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?
Nothing Reported
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
During this reporting period (9/1/2018 to 8/31/2023), the impacts of the Bay Mills Extension Services included: significantly increased capacity (increased staff, new farm tractor purchased partially with project funds, increased farm acreage) at BMCC's Waishkey Bay Farm as a research, extension, and demonstration farm; an increase in the number of Bay Mills members who have the knowledge and skills necessary to grow a portion of their food needs in the community garden at Waishkey Bay Farm; a continued farmers' market at the Bay Mills Indian Community; increased access to locally and sustainably produced food for the Bay Mills Indian Community and surrounding area; an increased capacity to engage young people in agricultural entrepreneurial activities through the Youth Farm Stand project; an increase in the number of community members who are accessing fitness facilities and expertise at the Mukwa Health and Fitness Center, and are subsequently demonstrating improved health indicators such as reduced blood pressure, reduced body mass index, increased flexibility, increased cardiorespiratory endurance, and generally reduced risk for life-style dependent diseases; and an increasing number of tribal community members with the knowledge and skills necessary to prepare and preserve locally produced foods. BMCC students, serving as interns for Extension Services, have realized improvements in the areas of: professional communication, leadership skills, professional affiliations, and a better understanding of all phases of program planning and implementation; lastly, the local agricultural community has benefitted from the research and demonstration projects undertaken through Waishkey Bay Farm. Specific accomplishments for this project period included: 401 health promotion (physical activity and nutrition education) sessions, an average of over 400 health and fitness education center memberships per year, 21 BMCC student interns at the BMCC Mukwa Health and Fitness Education Center and Waishkey Bay Farm and 11 high school interns. Over the course of the project 158 sustainable agriculture and food system educational activities were facilitated by farm staff at Waishkey Bay Farm. The grass-fed beef project at Waishkey Bay Farm included a very successful herd share program through which 78 steers from the grass-fed beef project were purchased by community members for processing. Examples of health promotion and sustainable agriculture and food system educational activities include: Facilitation of the 13 Moons of Anishinaabe Nutrition curriculum with the Boys and Girls Club of Bay Mills Facilitation of the Teen Battle Chef curriculum with the Boys and Girls Club of Bay Millls Beginning Beekeeping Field Day-Preparing Hives for Winter Elders Wellness Fair Tomato Canning Workshop Cider Press Workshop Apple Canning Workshop Mukwa Game Booth at Community Halloween Party Cider Press at Community Halloween Party Wreath Making Workshop Cattle tour for LSSU Students Sausage and Jerky Making Workshop Tea Circle and Workshop Hosted USDA Value-Added Producer Grant Training at Waishkey Bay Farm Manoomin Rice Knockers Workshop Smelt Net Setting Workshop Net Shaking and Smelt Processing Workshop Maple Sugar Confection Workshop Hosted Girl Scout Earth Day Event at Waishkey Bay Farm Classroom Pumpkin Seed Starting Beyond the Basics - Second Year Beekeeping Workshop Hosted EUP Grassroots Gathering-Farm Bill Input Session Beginning Beekeeping Field Day - Equipment and Installing Bees Spring Into Summer Fitness Challenge Group Three Sisters Planting Beginning Beekeeping Field Day 2 - Hive Handling Sweetgrass Workshop Sault Tribe Youth Field Trip to Farm Teen "Fit and Fun" Summer Series JKL Middle Summer School Farm Field Trip Beginning Beekeeping Field Day - Honey Harvesting Raspberry Picking Field Day
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Progress 09/01/21 to 08/31/22
Outputs
Target Audience:During this reporting period, students from the Ojibwe Charter School took part in health promotion programming at the Mukwa Health and Fitness Education Center under the direction of project staff; additionally, tribal youth who did not attend Ojibwe Charter School also participated in health promotion programming headed by project staff. Health promotion programming was also made available to all members of the Bay Mills Indian Community and surrounding area. Agricultural programming was made available during this reporting period for area farmers, youth from the Bay Mills Indian Community, and individuals and families from Bay Mills Indian Community and surrounding area. Members from other tribal communities throughout Michigan participated in agricultural programming offered by project staff. BMCC students were involved in program activities in both health promotion and agriculture. BMCC staff involved in this project took part in professional development opportunities. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Project Director, Dr. Steve Yanniattended the 2022 FALCON Conference. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Project activities were reported through articles in the Bay Mills News, the BMCC Newsletter, conference and meeting presentations, the Waishkey Bay Farm Facebook page, and the BMCC website. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?
Nothing Reported
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
During this reporting period (9/1/2021 to 8/31/2022), the impacts of the Bay Mills Extension Services included: significantly increased capacity at BMCC's Waishkey Bay Farm as a research, extension, and demonstration farm; an increase in the number of Bay Mills members who have the knowledge and skills necessary to grow a portion of their food needs in the community garden at Waishkey Bay Farm; a farmers' market at the Bay Mills Indian Community; increased access to locally and sustainably produced food for the Bay Mills Indian Community and surrounding area; an increased capacity to engage young people in agricultural entrepreneurial activities through the Youth Farm Stand project; an increase in the number of community members who are accessing fitness facilities and expertise at the Mukwa Health and Fitness Center, and are subsequently demonstrating improved health indicators such as reduced blood pressure, reduced body mass index, increased flexibility, increased cardiorespiratory endurance, and generally reduced risk for life-style dependent diseases; and an increasing number of tribal community members with the knowledge and skills necessary to prepare and preserve locally produced foods. BMCC students, serving as interns for Extension Services, have realized improvements in the areas of professional communication, leadership skills, professional affiliations, and a better understanding of all phases of program planning and implementation; lastly, the local agricultural community has benefitted from the research and demonstration projects undertaken through Waishkey Bay Farm. Specific accomplishments for this project period included: 43 health promotion activities, 12 group gardening education sessions, 4 BMCC student interns at the BMCC Mukwa Health and Fitness Education Center, three high school interns at Waishkey Bay Farm, 2 teacher externships in sustainable agriculture, 5 introduction to apiary education classes, 4 community food systems workshops and 6 community food system meetings, 2 organic gardening workshops, continuation of a blueberry project, and further development of the honey/apiary production project. The grass-fed beef project at Waishkey Bay Farm included a very success herd share program through which 15 steers from the grass-fed beef project were purchased by community members for processing; for the first time ever, beef from Waishkey Bay Farm was processed at a USDA facility and made available through the Tribal-owned grocery store.
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Progress 09/01/20 to 08/31/21
Outputs
Target Audience:During this reporting period, students from the Ojibwe Charter School took part in health promotion programming at the Mukwa Health and Fitness Education Center under the direction of project staff; additionally, tribal youth who did not attend Ojibwe Charter School also participated in health promotion programming headed by project staff. Health promotion programming was also made available to all members of the Bay Mills Indian Community and surrounding area. Agricultural programming was made available during this reporting period for area farmers, youth from the Bay Mills Indian Community, and individuals and families from Bay Mills Indian Community and surrounding area. Members from other tribal communities throughout Michigan participated in agricultural programming offered by project staff. BMCC students were involved in program activities in both health promotion and agriculture. BMCC staff involved in this project took part in professional development opportunities. Changes/Problems:During this reporting period the COVID-19 pandemic drastically impacted program offerings andparticipation. BMCC's Waishkey Bay Farm continues to operate but has been mostly closed to the public since March 2019; virtual educational opportunities are being developed by farm staff. BMCC's Mukwa Health & Fitness Education Center has likewise been mostly close since March 2019; staff have been pursuing various virtual educational opportunities and a BMCC Land Grant Department YouTube channel has been established. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Agriculture staff from Waishkey Bay Farm attended the Indigenous Farming Conference (2021) and the 2021 Northern Michigan Small Farms Conference which were both offered virtually. Project Director, Dr. Steve Yanni attended the FALCON Conference (2021). How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Project activities were reported through articles in the Bay Mills News, the BMCC Newsletter, conference and meeting presentations, the Waishkey Bay Farm Facebook page, and the BMCC website. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?
Nothing Reported
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
During this reporting period (9/1/2020 to 8/31/2021), the impacts of the Bay Mills Extension Services included: significantly increased capacity at BMCC's Waishkey Bay Farm as a research, extension, and demonstration farm; an increase in the number of Bay Mills members who have the knowledge and skills necessary to grow a portion of their food needs in the community garden at Waishkey Bay Farm; a farmers' market at the Bay Mills Indian Community; increased access to locally and sustainably produced food for the Bay Mills Indian Community and surrounding area; an increased capacity to engage young people in agricultural entrepreneurial activities through the Youth Farm Stand project; an increase in the number of community members who are accessing fitness facilities and expertise at the Mukwa Health and Fitness Center, and are subsequently demonstrating improved health indicators such as reduced blood pressure, reduced body mass index, increased flexibility, increased cardiorespiratory endurance, and generally reduced risk for life-style dependent diseases; and an increasing number of tribal community members with the knowledge and skills necessary to prepare and preserve locally produced foods. BMCC students, serving as interns for Extension Services, have realized improvements in the areas of: professional communication, leadership skills, professional affiliations, and a better understanding of all phases of program planning and implementation; lastly, the local agricultural community has benefitted from the research and demonstration projects undertaken through Waishkey Bay Farm. Specific accomplishments for this project period included: 45 health promotion activities, 9 group gardening education sessions, 4 BMCC student interns at the BMCC Mukwa Health and Fitness Education Center, two high school interns at Waishkey Bay Farm, 2 teacher externships in sustainable agriculture, 1 virtual honey bee workshop, an introduction to apiary education class, 2 community food systems workshops and 5 community food system meetings, 2 organic gardening workshops, 100 pasture raised poultry produced and made available to the community, 1 pasture poultry mentorship, continuation of a blueberry project, and further development of the honey/apiary production project. The grass-fed beef project at Waishkey Bay Farm included a very success herd share program through which 15 steers from the grass-fed beef project were purchased by community members for processing. During this reporting period Kat Jacques was hired as the new Farm Manager at Waishkey Bay Farm.
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Progress 09/01/19 to 08/31/20
Outputs
Target Audience:During this reporting period, students from the Ojibwe Charter School took part in health promotion programming at the Mukwa Health and Fitness Education Center under the direction of project staff; additionally, tribal youth who did not attend Ojibwe Charter School also participated in health promotion programming headed by project staff. Health promotion programming was also made available to all members of the Bay Mills Indian Community and surrounding area. Agricultural programming was made available during this reporting period for area farmers, youth from the Bay Mills Indian Community, and individuals and families from Bay Mills Indian Community and surrounding area. Members from other tribal communities throughout Michigan participated in agricultural programming offered by project staff. BMCC students were involved in program activities in both health promotion and agriculture. BMCC staff involved in this project took part in professional development opportunities. Changes/Problems:During this reporting period the COVID-19 pandemic drastically impacted program offerings andparticipation. BMCC's Waishkey Bay Farm continues to operate but has been mostly closed to the public since March 2019; virtual educational opportunities are being developed by farm staff. BMCC's Mukwa Health & Fitness Education Center has likewise been mostly close since March 2019; staff have been pursuing various virtual educational opportunities and a BMCC Land Grant Department YouTube channel has been established. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Agriculture staff from Waishkey Bay Farm attended the Indigenous Farming Conference (2020) which was offered virtually. Project Director, Dr. Steve Yanni, and Land Grant Coordinator, Brianna Gunka, attended the FALCON Conference (2019). Steve Yanni, Brianna Gunka, and Amber Stephan (Community Health & Fitness Program Associate) and Matt Romatz (Community Health & Fitness Educator) attended the 2019 Michigan Fall Extension Conference. Brianna Gunka continues to be supported in pursuit of a Masters Degree. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Project activities were reported through articles in the Bay Mills News, the BMCC Newsletter, conference and meeting presentations, the Waishkey Bay Farm Facebook page, the BMCC website, and a BMCC land Grant Department YouTube channel. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?
Nothing Reported
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
During this reporting period (9/1/2019 to 8/31/2020), the impacts of the Bay Mills Extension Services included: significantly increased capacity at BMCC's Waishkey Bay Farm as a research, extension, and demonstration farm; an increase in the number of Bay Mills members who have the knowledge and skills necessary to grow a portion of their food needs in the community garden at Waishkey Bay Farm; a farmers' market at the Bay Mills Indian Community; increased access to locally and sustainably produced food for the Bay Mills Indian Community and surrounding area; an increased capacity to engage young people in agricultural entrepreneurial activities through the Youth Farm Stand project; an increase in the number of community members who are accessing fitness facilities and expertise at the Mukwa Health and Fitness Center, and are subsequently demonstrating improved health indicators such as reduced blood pressure, reduced body mass index, increased flexibility, increased cardiorespiratory endurance, and generally reduced risk for life-style dependent diseases; and an increasing number of tribal community members with the knowledge and skills necessary to prepare and preserve locally produced foods. BMCC students, serving as interns for Extension Services, have realized improvements in the areas of: professional communication, leadership skills, professional affiliations, and a better understanding of all phases of program planning and implementation; lastly, the local agricultural community has benefitted from the research and demonstration projects undertaken through Waishkey Bay Farm. Specific accomplishments for this project period included: 83 group fitness activities, over 375 health and fitness education center memberships, 9 group gardening education sessions, 4 BMCC student interns at the BMCC Mukwa Health and Fitness Education Center, three high school intern at Waishkey Bay Farm, 1 high school farm tour, 1 virtual honey bee workshops, 2 community food systems workshops and 6 community food system meetings, 2 organic gardening workshops, 125 pasture raised poultry produced and made available to the community, 1 pasture poultry mentorship, 2 pasture-poultry processing workshops, continuation of a blueberry project, and further development of the honey/apiary production project. The grass-fed beef project at Waishkey Bay Farm included a very success herd share program through which 15 steers from the grass-fed beef project were purchased by community members for processing. Program and participant numbers were negatvely impacted during this reporting period by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Progress 09/01/18 to 08/31/19
Outputs
Target Audience:During this reporting period, students from the Ojibwe Charter School took part in health promotion programming at the Mukwa Health and Fitness Education Center under the direction of project staff; additionally, tribal youth who did not attend Ojibwe Charter School also participated in health promotion programming headed by project staff. Health promotion programming was also made available to all members of the Bay Mills Indian Community and surrounding area. Agricultural programming was made available during this reporting period for area farmers, youth from the Bay Mills Indian Community, and individuals and families from Bay Mills Indian Community and surrounding area. Members from other tribal communities throughout Michigan participated in agricultural programming offered by project staff. BMCC students were involved in program activities in both health promotion and agriculture. BMCC staff involved in this project took part in professional development opportunities. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Agriculture staff from Waishkey Bay Farm attended the Indigenous Farming Conference (2019), and the Northern Michigan Small Farms Conference (2019). Project Director, Dr. Steve Yanni, and Land Grant Coordinator, Brianna Gunka, attended the FALCON Conference (2018). How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Project activities were reported through articles in the Bay Mills News, the BMCC Newsletter, conference and meeting presentations, the Waishkey Bay Farm Facebook page, and the BMCC website. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?
Nothing Reported
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
During this reporting period (9/1/2018 to 8/31/2019), the impacts of the Bay Mills Extension Services included: significantly increased capacity at BMCC's Waishkey Bay Farm as a research, extension, and demonstration farm; an increase in the number of Bay Mills members who have the knowledge and skills necessary to grow a portion of their food needs in the community garden at Waishkey Bay Farm; a farmers' market at the Bay Mills Indian Community; increased access to locally and sustainably produced food for the Bay Mills Indian Community and surrounding area; an increased capacity to engage young people in agricultural entrepreneurial activities through the Youth Farm Stand project; an increase in the number of community members who are accessing fitness facilities and expertise at the Mukwa Health and Fitness Center, and are subsequently demonstrating improved health indicators such as reduced blood pressure, reduced body mass index, increased flexibility, increased cardiorespiratory endurance, and generally reduced risk for life-style dependent diseases; and an increasing number of tribal community members with the knowledge and skills necessary to prepare and preserve locally produced foods. BMCC students, serving as interns for Extension Services, have realized improvements in the areas of: professional communication, leadership skills, professional affiliations, and a better understanding of all phases of program planning and implementation; lastly, the local agricultural community has benefitted from the research and demonstration projects undertaken through Waishkey Bay Farm. Specific accomplishments for this project period included: 175 group fitness activities, over 400 health and fitness education center memberships, 13 group gardening education sessions, 3 BMCC student interns at the BMCC Mukwa Health and Fitness Education Center, one high school intern at Waishkey Bay Farm, 1 high school farm tour, 2 honey bee workshops, 2 community food systems workshops and 6 community food system meetings, 2 organic gardening workshops, 1 family field day at the farm, 125 pasture raised poultry produced and made available to the community, 1 pasture poultry mentorship, 2 pasture-poultry processing workshops, continuation of a blueberry project, and further development of the honey production project. The grass-fed beef project at Waishkey Bay Farm included a very success herd share program through which 15 steers from the grass-fed beef project were purchased by community members for processing.
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