This year the number of farmers’ markets accepting food assistance has grown. If your market accepts the Ohio Direction Card make this link part of your outreach plan. The document contains a listing of all Ohio’s participating markets by county. 2011 Farmers Markets accepting the Ohio Direction Card [...] A shameless marketing promotion by Small Farm Central, but nonetheless good free stuff. You get a 50 page booklet to help you gather name and email addresses of your visitors at your farmers’ market booth. Mailing List Booklets for Your Farmers Markets | Small Farm Central. On Monday, December 13, USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the release of TIP Net, an online tool to help link retiring farmers who have expiring Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) contracts with beginning or socially disadvantaged farmers or ranchers who want to buy or rent land for their operations. Under the Transition Incentives Program (TIP), administered [...] 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 [...] 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 $50 fee for taking this course. If the [...] 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 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 [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] |
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