The 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 […]
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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 […]
Local Food: Perspectives from farmers, chefs, locavores and others
June 14, 2012 CategoriesThe Turkey Farm has a good article in their Summer 2002 edition of The Turkey Times newsletter on An easier way to food security. It’s about half way down the page, and talks about how small local farms make for better food security than large distant farms. Local Food is fully discussed pro and con at the […]
Farmers’ market publications
June 12, 2012 CategoriesBy Tom Roberts Print and web-based information sources for information about farmers’ markets and farmers’ market culture. And other farm-related publications of interest to small scale farmers. Orono Farmers’ Market 1996 Consumer Survey done by University analysts. The Best of Selling Outdoors, 2011 edition [pdf 1.6mB]. A compilation of the best articles from the MFFM […]
The spectrum from peddler’s market to producer’s market
November 9, 2011 CategoriesThinking about Farmers’ Markets There are lots of ways to direct-market foods at a farmers’ market, some of which perhaps not everyone is familiar with. To better visualize the distinctions among them, it is often helpful to such arrange variations on a theme along a spectrum. This article is presented as a description of what […]