Blog entries by Jimmy DeBiasi

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Spring 2025 Advocacy Updates from MFFM

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Whether you’re a farmer, producer, service provider, or just another person who eats local food, it’s been a rough couple of months.  Every week, we are learning about federal funding freezes or cancellations for local food projects and food security in Maine and across the country. We cannot reiterate how sad and devastating these losses are, […]

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Now Recruiting! Online Farmers’ Market Organizer Training 

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Boost your management skill-sets and help markets thrive. Learn how to be a more engaged market member.  Join Maine Federation of Farmers’ Markets, Farmers Market Coalition, NOFA-VT, and experts in farmers’ market organizing and mediation.  Who can join? Farmers’ market organizers (vendors, managers, volunteers) and service providers that work with farmers’ markets. We prioritize markets that can […]

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Recruiting farmers for our 2024 Farmers’ Market Price Report

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MFFM is looking for farmers to submit their price data to the Maine Farmers’ Market Price Report for the 2024 season. We aim to recruit up to 50 producers, statewide, to share their prices. This information is valuable to multiple stakeholders including farmers, customers, and business development services. On a weekly basis, we’ll have updated pricing information available on this website.  If you sign up, we […]

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Donate to our Maine Harvest Bucks Fund

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Dear Maine Farmers’ Market Community, We need your help. At the Maine Federation of Farmers’ Markets (MFFM), we believe that nourishing, quality food should be available for everyone. Through our Maine Harvest Bucks program, low-income Mainers from all walks of life can enjoy nutritious, delicious local food directly from the farmers’ market. Right now, we […]

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