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Registration opens December 1st for 2018 Health Meets Food Conference in New Orleans
Darlene Wolnik November 13, 2017Health Meets Food Conference June 14-17, 2018 New Orleans, LA Registration for Health Meets Food: The Culinary Medicine Conference, to be held June 14-17, 2018, will open December 1, 2017. This year’s conference will build on last year’s themes, with a continued focus on food insecurity and a panel of innovators in the field. …
6th Annual Foodapalooza in Alexandria LA adds national panel
Darlene WolnikPanel: Healthy People, Healthy Economies & Vibrant Places Inspired by, and building on, Harvest Opportunity: The Power of Regional Food System Investments to Transform Communities January 11th, 2018 • 5:30pm to 6:30pm Alexandria Museum of Art, 933 2nd Street, Alexandria, LA 71301 The Harvesting Opportunity report was published by a partnership between the Federal Reserve…
New farm documentary shown during Agricultural Literacy Week
Darlene Wolnik November 6, 2017The Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont (NOFA-VT), along with Vermont Department of Libraries, and Vermont Agency of Food and Markets, announce the 7th annual Agricultural Literacy Week November 13-18 2017. The week-long celebration occurs across the state to inform and educate people about the economic and cultural importance of farms in Vermont communities. For this…
Details for Sponsorship, Exhibiting & Advertising of NOFA-VT’s 2018 Winter Conference
Darlene Wolnik October 30, 2017The Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont brings 36 years of conference history to the cutting edge of the local, organic food movement. We hope you’ll join our 1,100+ attendees by partnering as a sponsor or advertiser. Your support of the conference will connect you to our dynamic, growing community of organic farmers, homesteaders, gardeners, and…
November Farmers Market Manager Trainings in Franklin & Knoxville
Darlene Wolnik October 11, 2017The Center for Profitable Agriculture is hosting two Farmers Market Manager Training: Nov. 28 in Franklin Nov. 29 in Knoxville Pre-registration required by November 20 here or contact Hal Pepper at 931-486-2777. The Center is a partnership between UT Extension and the Tennessee Farm Bureau. As a department in UT Extension, the Center for Profitable Agriculture provides educational…
The Southern SAWG Annual Conference in Chattanooga January 17-20, 2018
Darlene WolnikThe Southern SAWG Annual Conference is well-known for providing the practical tools and solutions you need at our annual conference. It is the must-attend event for those serious about sustainable and organic farming and creating more vibrant community food systems! This popular event draws over 1,200 farmers and local food advocates from across the nation each year. We…
Louisiana Women in Agriculture Conference February 22-23, 2018
Darlene WolnikOf the over 26,000 farms in Louisiana, 3,500 of them are primarily operated by women. The 2018 conference is being held in Alexandria, Louisiana on February 22nd – 23rd, 2018 and is LIMITED TO 300 Location: Holiday Inn Downtown Alexandria (Special room rates available if reserved up to 30 days before event) We will “Kick-Off” the conference…
How was your National Farmers Market Week?
Darlene Wolnik August 15, 2017Ours was great! AND busy keeping up with all of the amazing media shared by markets and market advocates on all types of platforms. So far, we’ve counted over 2,000 shares and retweets of our posts; last week our staff had numerous interviews with media including mentions in Politico and USA Today. Food and farming…
Virginia Market Managers Make Time for Data Collection
Darlene Wolnik July 3, 2017By Mary Delicate, Metrics/Network Coordinator, Virginia Farmers Market Association mary.delicate@vafma.org “You want to add something else to my schedule during market season?” their looks said to me. I was attending our monthly Capital Area Farmers Market Association (CAFMA) meeting and sat at a table surrounded by farmers market managers from the greater Richmond, Virginia area.…
Counting Visitors at Markets
Darlene Wolnik March 20, 2017-Note: this article is also listed in the FMC Resource Library under surveys/evaluation and can be downloaded there. By Dar Wolnik, FMC Senior Researcher | darlene@farmersmarketcoalition.org Farmers markets across the U.S. use many different methods of counting their visitors. Some of these methods are best used for planning programmatic activities at different points of the…
