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- From: "Tradingpost" <tradingpost@lobo.net>
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- Subject: [Livingontheland] You asked! / market season ends
- Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 19:25:51 -0600
Well Zack, you asked for suggestions. ...
paul tradingpost@lobo.net
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Resources
http://www.farmersmarketcoalition.org/resources/
* Farmers Markets (A guide for organizers and vendors from ATTRA, 2002)
http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/farmmrkt.html
* Getting Started with Farmers Markets (PDF guide for farmers from
the Wallace Center, 2007)
http://www.wallacecenter.org/our-work/handbook-download/handbooks/copy_of_Farmer11-1_Sc.pdf
* Recipe for a Great Farmers Market (PDF article in Growing for Market)
http://www.farmersmarketcoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/recipeforagreatfm_gfmdec05_nplanck.pdf
* Farmers Market Resource Guide (PDF from the Farmers Market Consortium,
2007)
http://www.farmersmarketcoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/fmc_resourceguide_august-2007.pdf
* Safe Handling of Food at Open Markets (PDF from Kansas StateUniversity)
http://www.farmersmarketcoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/foodsafetyatopenmarkets_ksu.pdf
* Establishing & Operating a Community Farmers Market (PDF from the
University of Kentucky, 2002)
http://www.farmersmarketcoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/establishing-operating-a-farmers-market_uk.pdf
* Farmers Market Development Manual (PDF from the Iowa Department of
Agriculture & Land Stewardship, 2003)
http://www.agriculture.state.ia.us/pdfs/IFMDevelopmentManual4.pdf
* Farmers Markets Rules, Regulations and Opportunities (PDF from the
National Agricultural Law Center, 2002)
http://www.nationalaglawcenter.org/assets/articles/hamilton_farmersmarkets.pdf
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Farmers Market Associations
* State Farmers Market Associations
http://www.farmersmarketcoalition.org/state-farmers-market-associations/
* Step-by-Step Guide to Establishing a Farmers Market Association
(PDF from the Farmers Market Federation of New York)
http://www.farmersmarketcoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/developingfma.pdf
Developing and Improving a Market
* Recruiting Vendors for a Farmers Market (PDF guide to market
start-up from the Wallace Center, 2007)
http://www.wallacecenter.org/our-work/handbook-download/handbooks/Farmer11-1_Sc.pdf
* Farmers Markets and CSAs on Hospital Grounds (PDF from the Going
Green: A Resource Kit for Pollution Prevention in Health Care, 2007)
http://www.farmersmarketcoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/fmscsas_on_hospital_grounds_gg.pdf
* Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) Primer (from MarketUmbrella.org)
http://www.marketumbrella.org/index.php?page=ebt-primer
* Prerequisites for Establishing a Farmers Market (DOC prepared by R.
Alden Miller, 1992)
http://www.farmersmarketcoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/prerequisites_for_establishing_a_farmers_market.doc
Funding for Farmers Markets
* Farmers Market Promotion Program (FY 2008-2009)
http://www.ams.usda.gov/fmpp
Market Evaluation
* Tools for Rapid Market Assessment (PDF from Oregon State University
Extension Small Farms Program, 2004)
http://http//www.farmersmarketcoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/tools_for_rma.pdf
* Sticky Economic Evaluation Device (SEED) from MarketUmbrella.org
http://www.marketumbrella.org/index.php?page=seed
* A Learning Approach to Strengthening Farmers Markets (PDF from Oregon
State University Extension Small Farms Program, 2002)
http://http//www.farmersmarketcoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/learning-approach-to-strengthening-fms_osu.pdf
* When Things Dont Work: Some Insights into Why Farmers Markets Close
(PDF from Oregon State University Extension Small Farms Program,2006)
http://www.farmersmarketcoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/why_fms_closeosu_sr1073.pdf
Food Safety at Farmers Markets
* Food Safety for Farmers Markets (PDF from University of Nebraska,
2007)
http://www.farmersmarketcoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/food_safety_fms_ne_2007.pdf
* Food Safety Begins on the Farm: Reduce Microbial Contamination with
Good Agricultural Practices (from the Good Agricultural Practices Network
at Cornell University)
http://www.vegetables.cornell.edu/issues/foodsafe.html
*********** REPLY SEPARATOR ***********
On 10/28/2010 at 6:08 PM Zachary Domike wrote:
>I am writing to ask general suggestions for Marketing the Farmers Market.
> We have a new market on Wednesdays, unique in that it is all farmers, and
>restricted so that only local produce is allowed, and then only when sold
>by the producer.
>
>We hope to print and distribute a $2 coupon to be used to buy something
>from a stallholder for the first time, to spread people around to new
>stalls, and break-the-ice. This coupon would expire after a few months,
>and could be the first of many.
>
>Any suggestions?
>Zack
>
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[Livingontheland] market season ends,
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