Market Farming

["Carol Childress" <weaver01 AT semo.net>]

You should be able to check with your state government it is the secretary of State here in Mo.  I agree all states are different it also depends on whether they use federal funds of any sort.   The non-profit I work with is trying to start a farmers market, we hope that with a little help they go off on their own within a few years.  In fact our group has a 3 year limit on this project.  Our whole non-profit is based on poverty assistance in areas of persistent poverty. We also offer classes on aquaponics, lasagna gardening, low tunnels, canning, and gardening etc. I help with the website and encourage these growers anyway I can.  We start from scratch  two growers that was it.    We hope the growers involved start their own co-op or partnership or other business model and spin off.  We will be having a training on Co-op formation ( hopefully this spring).  

Carol

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Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Ineffective market saga...suggestions? (long)

 

 

On Jan 3, 2011, at 8:56 PM, Carol Childress wrote:

Yes the boards should have open meetings (sunshine laws)  unless it is about employees then they close the meeting.  

 

It's not at all clear to me what type of legal organization, if any, the market in question has. Some markets are privately owned, and if so I don't think they'd come under open meetings laws. And don't open meetings laws vary by state? New York law, I believe, covers only governmental agencies.

 

The bylaws, if there are any, may well state that meetings must be open to the membership. But I can't tell whether the market in question even has legally established bylaws. I've run into markets that don't.

 

 

-- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 5 mostly

Fresh-market organic produce, small scale

 

 

 

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