Next week we team up with our collaborators in the Maine Local Foods Access Network to launch a one-day Giving Tuesday campaign. Our goal: raise $2,000 to help expand the network of Maine Harvest Bucks markets into more communities and find increased success with all participating markets. It’s a humble goal, really, considering that the […]
As the outdoor market season winds down, we have much to celebrate – and plenty to learn from – after the first year under the Maine Harvest Bucks statewide nutrition incentive brand. (Previously Maine farmers’ market nutrition incentive programs operated under various names such as “double value coupon” or “bonus bucks.”) Since April, nearly $50,000 Maine […]
October 31st is the deadline for participants in the Women, Infants, and Children program to redeem their Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program (FMNP). FMNP checks can only be used when buying directly from farmers at farmers’ markets and farm stands. There are $20,000 in checks out there around the state that were distributed to WIC participants […]
Registration for the convention and the travel scholarship application period is now closed. If you live in Washington or Aroostook county and are planning to attend either the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association’s Farmer to Farmer Conference (Nov 4-6) or MFFM’s Farmers’ Market Convention, we have travel stipends available to help defray […]
A message from the Farmers’ Market Coalition: “In the past, we had heard some good reviews of Farmers Market Insurance Now. Unfortunately, it looks like the company is now defunct, and has possibly been continuing to take money from participants over the past months, without actually offering any service. Farmers Market Insurance Now used to […]