So you’ve decided to try selling at a farmers’ market. The gardens are weeded, the harvest is starting, and it’s time to sell. What equipment and techniques will you need to help sell your produce? This pamphlet was written by two farmers (Kate Slattery & Tom Roberts) from opposite ends of the state—one with 10 […]
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Dependent Markets vs. Independent Markets
June 22, 2012 CategoriesConsider for a moment the way farmers’ markets are organized. Not whether or how they are incorporated, not how many or what kind of members they have, but rather how and whether the membership is involved in the management of the business of being a farmers’ market. There seems to be two general categories: those […]
A 2020 vision for Maine’s farmers’ markets
June 22, 2012 CategoriesThe future reality of farmers’ markets can be determined to a great degree by today’s vision of what we’d like to see, and on what tools we have and can develop to bring that vision about. This article discusses our understanding of where we are today, and what choices we might make to bring about […]
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 […]