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  • From: "Bill Shoemaker" <wshoemak AT inil.com>
  • To: "market farming" <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: questions for the group - farmers market association
  • Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 08:25:11 -0600


NAFDMA is a national group of farmers who want an organization and forum
(annual conference) that is devoted to helping them improve the
direct-marketing approach. Direct-marketing is just a generic term for any
and all forms of retail marketing of products, i.e. marketing directly to
consumers. It includes farmers markets, CSA's, roadside stands, on-farm
markets, catalogue sales, web-site sales, and any other approach that takes
advantage of a direct connection with consumers. Their conferences are
usually very good for giving new ideas. Many growers attend just for the
opportunity to exchange ideas with other direct-marketers. Their annual
conference is this week in Arizona. As it is devoted to marketing, there
isn't very much on the program about production issues.

Bill Shoemaker
Sr Research Specialist, Food Crops
Univ of Illinois - St Charles Hort Research Center



-----Original Message-----
From: Lawrence F. London, Jr. <lflondon AT mindspring.com>
Newsgroups: market-farming
To: market farming <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Date: Sunday, January 14, 2001 2:42 PM
Subject: Re: questions for the group - farmers market association


>On Sun, 14 Jan 2001 19:12:24 , "Jennifer-Claire Klotz"
><jcvk AT hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Annnnnnnnnnd....if you are thinking about starting a farmers market or
>>direct marketing associations we are partnering with NAFDMA (North
American
>>Farmers Direct Marketing Association) to have manuals on how to start an
>>association about a year from now.
>
>What is a "direct marketing association" as opposed to a farmer's
>market, farmer's marketing cooperative or a farmer's trade
>association?
>
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