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New Food Safety Website for Ohioans

Thought I would pass this link along as it can be a great resource to help with educating consumers on food safety.  Please check it out http://foodsafety.osu.edu and link to your website if you feel it would assist your consumers.

Thank you,

Christie

Writer:
Martha Filipic
filipic.3@cfaes.osu.edu
614-292-9833

Source:
Janet Buffer, Human Nutrition
jbuffer@ehe.osu.edu
614-247-8388

Lydia Medeiros, Human Nutrition
lmedeiros@ehe.osu.edu
614-292-2699

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohioans now can get [...]

GAPs Online Produce Safety Course

Do you know any farmers interested in Good Agricultural Practice training opportunities?  FMC just received an announcement that the next GAPs Online Produce Safety Course will begin February 10 and will run through March 2, 2010. Each course is limited to 25 people. There will be a [...]

Recruiting Vendors For A Farmers Market

The Wallace Center publishes innovative ideas for markets and for small farmers. For some fresh ideas, check out their online resource library this winter.
Recruiting Vendors For A Farmers Market Publication
http://www.wallacecenter.org/our-work/Resource-Library/wallace-publications/handbooks/RECRUITERS_Sc.pdf

Guide for Opening Farmers’ Markets on Federal Property

Guide for Opening Farmers’ Markets on Federal Property
The U. S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service released “Opening a Farmers Market on Federal Property: A Guide for Market Operators and Building Managers” (PDF/262KB). The publication was jointly published by the Urban Development/Good Neighbor Program of General Services Administration, which administers most federal buildings. This publication [...]

Farm to Consumer Defense Fund

Farm to Consumer Legal Defense Fund has set up an Affiliate membership for Food Co-ops and Markets.  Here’s their website:  http://www.ftcldf.org/

Here is a snippet of their press release:

Even as the USDA commends Farmer’s Markets in the week-long National Farmer’s Market Week, August 2 – 9, 2009, State and local health and agriculture departments are [...]

Another tool to help customers find your market!

Hope you all had a great Farmers’ Market Week.  There are so many good things happening all over the state.

I know it’s a busy time of year for you, but I encourage you to take a few minutes to register and customize your free business profile on Ohio MarketMaker.
Ohio MarketMaker is updating their database and [...]

America’s Favorite Farmers Markets contest

American Farmland Trust has launched their Vote for America’s Favorite Farmers Markets contest. The goal is to strengthen the local farm-to-fork connection and raise support for healthy farms, healthy food and communities.
Market managers must enroll their market into the contest in order to participate. Enrollment is easy and free; simply go to www.farmland.org/marketmanager. Over the [...]

New Web Site

We have started developing our new web site.  It will contain a number of features and resources to help farmers’ markets succeed. Please make a bookmark of our site and visit back soon.