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FMC Announces Market Manager Professional Development Mini-Grant Program
Stacy September 22, 2009The Farmers Market Coalition is excited to announce its new Educational Workshop Grant program, which will offer 15-18 grants of up to $500 each to state and regional farmers markets associations to support farmers market manager and producer trainings.
USDA Launches ‘Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food’ Initiative
Stacy September 15, 2009Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan today announced a new initiative – ‘Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food’ – to begin a national conversation to help develop local and regional food systems and spur economic opportunity.
USDA Launches 'Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food' Initiative
StacyAgriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan today announced a new initiative – ‘Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food’ – to begin a national conversation to help develop local and regional food systems and spur economic opportunity.
Value-Added Producer Grants Available
Stacy September 1, 2009Applications for this round of funding — $18 million is available, enough for approximately 80 project grants – are due by Monday, November 30. Awards will be made in early January.
Ag. Sec. Vilsack Issues National Farmers Market Week Proclamation
FMC August 3, 2009Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today encouraged consumers to visit their local farmers markets in honor of National Farmers Market Week, which will take place from August 2-8.
Market Manager Study Offers Snapshot of Market Characteristics
FMC July 29, 2009Data collected by USDA over the last ten years clearly demonstrates an increase in the number
of farmers markets nationwide. But are there consequences to having a prevalence of so many young markets? A newly released study from the Agricultural Marketing Service shows that in 2005, more than 30% of farmers markets in the U.S. were younger than five years old.
FMC & USDA Launch “Markets Are Up!”
FMC June 29, 2009In anticipation of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) 10th annual National Farmers Market Week (August 2-8, 2009), the Farmers Market Coalition (FMC), in cooperation with USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), announces Markets Are Up!, an educational and celebratory campaign to help farmers markets and farmers market associations nationwide communicate the vital role that such markets play in improving consumer health, local communities, and economies. As part of the Markets are Up! campaign, promotional tools such as ads, postcards, and templates for press releases and emails are now available on FMC’s website.
FMC & USDA Launch "Markets Are Up!"
FMCIn anticipation of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) 10th annual National Farmers Market Week (August 2-8, 2009), the Farmers Market Coalition (FMC), in cooperation with USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), announces Markets Are Up!, an educational and celebratory campaign to help farmers markets and farmers market associations nationwide communicate the vital role that such markets play in improving consumer health, local communities, and economies. As part of the Markets are Up! campaign, promotional tools such as ads, postcards, and templates for press releases and emails are now available on FMC’s website.
Markets Are Up! Downloads
Stacy June 18, 2009The following file downloads (without designated space for your logo) are available free of charge for markets to take to their local printer. Files may be opened in Adobe Systems’ InDesign, Photoshop or Illustrator, or QuarkXpress for text addition of a market’s location and hours of operation. The print-ready PDFs may also be resized, if…
USDA Publishes Market Manager Survey Results
Stacy June 8, 2009The large percentage of young markets explains in part why the growth in the number of farmers markets is not
mirrored by a corresponding growth in sales. Total farmers market sales in 2005 are estimated to have slightly
exceeded $1 billion, compared with $888 million in 2000, an average annual growth rate of 2.5 percent. To
