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  • From: "Lynn Wigglesworth" <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Farmers Market question
  • Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 14:48:57 -0400

I think in our case, having the city/county allow us to use city/county
property would be a good start. As you know, there are few open spaces
left in town, and we've not been allowed to use any of the gov-owned ones,
including the Green...great location, but limited parking, and we'd get
kicked off for every 'tourist' event anyway.

Lynn Wigglesworth
Peasant Farmer
Tioga County, PA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Barbara Miller" <barbmill2 AT verizon.net>
To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 8:30 AM
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Farmers Market question


> O.K. I'm curious.... how much involvement do you expect from local
> government? (and I'm not just directing this query to Lynn). Farmers
are
> usually a rather independent bunch (especially up here) and don't
typically
> invite intervention from "big brother" types.
>
> Barb Miller
> Tioga County, PA
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lynn Wigglesworth" <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>
> To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 12:06 PM
> Subject: [Market-farming] Farmers Market question
>
>
> > What kind of community/local government support do other Farmers
Markets
> > get? Who finds the location for the market? Who finds vendors? Who
pays
> > for signs, insurance, advertising? Who organizes all of this? What
role
> > does the local government, cooperative extension, farm agencies, etc.
> > play? I'm curious about how it SHOULD work in areas that have good
> > community support.
> >
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