Category: Farm Inspection and Enforcement

Recruiting Producers

Farm Inspection and Enforcement | Management and Operations | Market Start-up and Development

This two page tip sheet from FMC covers the steps you can take to recruit vendors and expand the product selection at a farmers market

Published November 06, 2013 Publisher Website Download Resource Topical guides

Market Preparation: Recruiting Vendors

Farm Inspection and Enforcement | Management and Operations | Rules and Vendor Applications

Market Umbrella offers insight into how to recruit vendors for your market including tips on careful selection of vendors and balancing supply and demand.

Published November 06, 2013 Publisher Website Download Resource Topical guides

Hand Washing and Food Sampling Requirements, Guidelines, and Procedures

Farm Business and Marketing | Farm Inspection and Enforcement | Food Safety and Handling | Management and Operations

A guide for the requirements, guidelines, and procedures for proper hand washing and food sampling at Marin Farmers Markets with pictures of proper set-ups.

Published November 02, 2013 Publisher Website Download Resource Market Policy

Suggested Sampling Guidelines (New Mexico)

Farm Business and Marketing | Farm Inspection and Enforcement | Food Safety and Handling | Insurance, Liability, and Licensing

Suggested step-by-step guidelines developed by the New Mexico Farmers Marketing Association to support the direct marketing of agricultural products through open-air farmers’ markets in New Mexico, as well as to protect the health and safety of the consumer.

Published November 02, 2013 Download Resource Market PolicyState & Local Policy

Food Safety at Farmers Markets: Information and Guidelines (Oregon)

Farm Business and Marketing | Farm Inspection and Enforcement | Food Safety and Handling

A guide to the minimum requirements for food safety as they pertain to farmers markets in Oregon. This resource, although specific to Oregon, can be used as a guide for other states to develop their own, based on the food safety requirements of their state.

Published November 02, 2013 Publisher Website Download Resource State & Local Policy

West Virginia Farmers Market Food Safety Vendor Guide

Farm Inspection and Enforcement | Food Safety and Handling | Public Policies

This pamphlet offers guidance for producers and market managers to determine what food items may be sold and the conditions that must be met at the point of sale. This resource is specific to West Virginia regulations, but can offer guidance for other states to develop similar guides.

Published November 02, 2013 Publisher Website Download Resource State & Local Policy

Food Safety Training Curriculum

Farm Inspection and Enforcement | Food Safety and Handling

This extensive resource published by the Farmers’ Market Federation of New York offers very detailed guidelines on how to handle food safety and inspections at farmers markets, farms, and CSAs. Includes module overviews, topic-specific PowerPoints, checklists, and sample logs.

Published November 02, 2013 Publisher Website Download Resource

Tomato Wars: Conflict Management for Farmers Markets

Farm Inspection and Enforcement | Management and Operations

This 14-slide presentation from by Lynda Brushett of the Cooperative Development Institute covers the nature of conflict in a farmers market context, with tips on how to respond to and resolve conflicts that arise.

Published October 29, 2013 Publisher Website Download Resource Presentation

Ensuring Integrity and Enforcing Standards at Farmers Markets

Farm Inspection and Enforcement

This March 2012 webinar provides an overview of lessons learned about ensuring producer-only integrity, with best practices on building trust with producers and monitoring product both at-market and on-farm.

Presenter: June Russell, Inspections Manager at GrowNYC
Moderater: Ann Bliss, Chair, Cobblestone Farmers Market, Winston-Salem, NC

Download the powerpoint presentation as a PDF here.
Download the companion list of resources here.

Published October 29, 2013 Publisher Website Download Resource Presentationvideo

Farm Inspection Report Templates

Farm Inspection and Enforcement

This suite of inspection resources from the Farmers’ Market Federation of New York includes the powerpoint ‘Inspections on a Shoestring’ as well as inspection templates for farms, orchards, and processed food businesses.

Published October 29, 2013 Publisher Website Download Resource FormPresentation