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FMC Applauds Healthy Meals, Healthy Kids Act
Ben Feldman July 22, 2022On Wednesday, July 20, 2022 the House Education and Labor Chairman, Bobby Scott (D-VA), released the Committee’s revitalized Child Nutrition Reauthorization bill called the Healthy Meals, Healthy Kids Act. The proposed legislation addresses key child nutrition issues and provides funding and resources to programs like the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children…
Counting Farmers Market Visitors and Customers in 2022
Ellie Wong July 21, 2022Since a few markets and network leaders have reached out to me recently about how to count visitors, I thought I’d revisit the subject. Counting visitors can be tricky for many markets since they usually use open lots or parking areas with lots of entrances for shoppers to come in and have few (if any)…
National Farmers Market Week is going International!
Hannah Fuller July 13, 2022We’re so thrilled to announce that we are inviting the World Farmers Markets Coalition (WFMC) to join us this year in celebrating National Farmers Market Week, officially starting the first annual International Farmers Market Week! Now in its 23rd year, we lead the annual celebration of National Farmers Market Week, which is a fixture of…
Seeking Short Videos for National Farmers Market Week Project
Mykalee McGowan July 1, 2022Farmers Market Coalition and Mother Earth News are collaborating to make a short video for Nation Farmers Market Week. We are looking for short clips of market operators answering the question, what makes your farmers market special? If you are interested in participating, here are a few more details below. Video must be 10-20 seconds…
Celebrating All of US
Mykalee McGowan June 28, 2022June is Pride Month and across the world lesbian, gay, transgender, gender fluid, intersex, queer, and folks of various gender identities and sexual preferences celebrate our freedom to be who we are. I’m going to use the term “queer” to reflect my best effort to include all of us. June is also the month of…
WIC FMNP Advocacy Update: Summer 2022
Mykalee McGowan May 23, 2022Part of the job of Congress is to pass a budget and appropriate funds to carry out the work of the government. While the fiscal year begins October 1, the annual appropriations cycle is a lengthy one. As part of the process, members of Congress use what are known as “Dear Colleague Letters” to demonstrate…
Creating Size Inclusive Farmers Markets
Mykalee McGowan May 9, 2022If you attended the Nutrition Incentive Hub Convening, then you probably know that Ragen Chastain’s presentation, “Combating Anti-Fat Bias in Nutrition Incentive Work,” was a show-stopper. You can still view the presentation here if you didn’t catch it at the time! Meanwhile, we asked Ragen to write about how farmers market operators can address anti-fat…
Farmers Markets: Systemic Change Agents
Mykalee McGowan April 1, 2022In the last 45 years, farmers markets have gone from nearly nonexistent to a cultural touchstone associated with fresh, high quality, values-based foods and a system that facilitates billions of dollars in sales to small scale, independent farmers. Here at FMC, we eat, sleep, and breathe farmers markets. As a result, we see the incredible…
Welcome, New FMC Board Members
Mykalee McGowan March 16, 2022Spring is a time of growth and change, and every spring FMC’s Board of Directors holds elections and gets ready for the busy year to come. This year, we welcome 3 new members, 2 re-elected members, and a new slate of officers to our board of directors. Before announcing the new board of directors, we…
2022 FMC Policy Priorities
Mykalee McGowan February 16, 2022FMC’s board recently approved the organizations’ legislative priorities to guide our work over the next year. These priorities are based on input from market managers about challenges they have experienced, analysis from FMC staff, and feedback from our contacts at USDA and on the hill. A note on SNAP EBT: The fact that SNAP is…
