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Michigan Agriculture Advancement

Great Lakes Farm Navigator

Biography

Michigan Agriculture Advancement (MIAA) works to improve the economic, social and environmental state of Michigan agriculture. MIAA empowers alternative to commodity agriculture by supporting innovative farmers in building soil health and diversifying crop rotations. MIAA works for policies and investments to achieve a stronger agriculture system in Michigan. Their priorities include farm prosperity, weather resiliency, water quality, and rural economies.

Michigan Agriculture Advancement is represented by Julie Doll (she/her)

Julie started as CEO in November of 2021. Previously she worked at Michigan State University’s Kellogg Biological Station as Associate Director for Stakeholder Engagement for the Kellogg Biological Station Long-Term Agroecosystem Research Program. As a PhD student and Postdoc at the University of Wisconsin-Madison she investigated agronomic, ecological, and social aspects to using native prairie grasses in grazed pastures. While a Peace Corps Volunteer in Paraguay from 2000–2002, Julie fell in love with working with famers, grasslands, and meeting the needs of people through improved agricultural production and care for the environment.

Learn more about Michigan Agriculture Advancement

Michigan Agriculture Advancement is a participating Navigator organization in Protecting the Great Lakes Through a Farm Navigator Network project.