Many markets have begun to use e-mail newsletters to communicate with their customers. The age of buying stamps and paper and printing a newsletter is coming to a close. E-mail newsletters can be very inexpensive to use, can be sent whenever there is market news or reminders you want to let your customers know about, […]
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Supporting your community with Community Supported Agriculture: Expanding the CSA concept
June 22, 2012 CategoriesThe Story of One Family’s Ongoing Food Cupboard Experiment by Holly, Dennis and Julia Violette, February, 2011. Comments from the food cupboard at the the bottom. Summary The basic concept is for a willing donor to adopt a food cupboard for all or part of the local growing season with the goal of using one […]
Farmers’ markets and food cupboards
June 22, 2012 CategoriesSuggestions and examples of how farmers’ markets and food cupboards can work together for each others’ benefit. Food Cupboards, also called Food Pantries, are always on the lookout for food to distribute to their clients. Farmers’ Markets are gatherings of local small scale food producers offering an abundance of foods. Yet for various reasons, food […]
End of market gleaning program
June 22, 2012 CategoriesTo have surplus picked up at the end of market day at YOUR farmers’ market, why not start an End-of-Market Gleaning Program? An easy-to-implement program that provides an alternative to feeding your perfectly edible surpluses to your animals or compost pile. Staff at your local County Extension Office working with their Maine Harvest for Hunger […]
A farmers market in your town?
June 22, 2012 CategoriesDownload this as a brochure. Should there be a farmers’ market in your town? Of what value is a farmers’ market in a town? What is a Farmers’ Market? A farmers’ market is not a random collection of tailgate vendors. It is a self-policing non-profit organization that consists of farmers, gardeners, bakers, specialty food producers and/or […]