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Professional Development Webinar Series
As part of the Information Marketplace webinar series, FMC provided mini-grants of $500 to nine eligible state and regional organizations to help them host training workshops for market managers and producers, on topics related to those featured in the webinar series. Please note: The archived webinars are being converted to youtube videos and will be available again shortly. Please be patient with broken links and use the Powerpoint PDFs in the meantime!
Archives
Strategic Planning in the Real World: how to Put No Staff, No Money, and Big Dreams to Work for Your Organization. June 9, 2009. Nicole de Beaufort, Fourth Sector Consulting and Karen Wagner, Oregon Farmers’ Market Association.
Best Board Practices and Meetings that Matter: An Introduction to Nonprofit Governance. June 23, 2009. Eastern. Rosanne Stead, Tides Center.
Sowing Value, Reaping Rewards: Recruitment, Services, and Administrative Systems for Successful Membership Organizations. July 14, 2009. Brian Snyder and Michele Gauger, Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture & Jeff Cole, Federation of Massachussetts Farmers Markets
Measuring Success: Market Record-Keeping and Evaluation. July 23, 2009. Chris Curtis, Neighborhood Farmers Market Alliance (Seattle, WA); Bernie Prince, FreshFarm Markets (Washington, DC); Darlene Wolnik, marketumbrella.org (New Orleans, LA).
Food Safety First: GAPs and Food Safety Issues for Farmers Markets. August 18, 1-2:30 p.m. Eastern. Betsy Bihn, National GAPs Program Coordinator, Cornell University; Andy Sarjahani, former Virginia Tech Sustainability Coordinator; Brigitte Moran, Marin Farmers Markets.
EBT and Nutrition Outreach: Practical Advice from Successful Programs. September 16, 1-2:30 p.m. Eastern. Diane Eggert, Farmers’ Market Federation of New York; and Mike Hurwitz & Alexis Stevens, New York City Greenmarket Farmers Markets.
Note: Each recording is approximately 90 minutes. Support for Information Marketplace is provided by USDA Agricultural Marketing Service Farmers Market Promotion Program and the USDA Risk Management Agency.