UPDATED: 2016 Maryland Farmers Market Conference Agenda & Registration ANNAPOLIS, MD – The Annual Maryland Farmers’ Market Conference will be held on Tuesday, March 15, 2016, from 8 a.m.-4 p.m., at the Maryland Department of Agriculture (50 Harry Truman Parkway, Annapolis, Md.). Conference sessions will include marketing tips for farmers’ markets, updates on current regulations guiding Read the Rest…
ANNAPOLIS, MD – Farmers Market Nutrition Program (FMNP), Seniors Farmers Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP) and Fruit & Vegetable Check (FVC) training dates added to the calendar for 2015. Please note: If you took this training previously, it is current for 3 full years. If you are new to the Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program (FMNP) Read the Rest…
ANNAPOLIS, MD – Governor Martin O’Malley has designated Aug. 3-9, Farmers’ Market Week in Maryland to coincide with National Farmers’ Market Week. The Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) encourages citizens to celebrate the week by visiting farmers’ market and buying local products. There are currently 145 markets across the state – at least one in every Read the Rest…
FT. MEADE, MD – United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Nutrition Service Administrator Audrey Rowe joined Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) Secretary Buddy Hance and Lt. Col. Eric J. Smith today to kick off National and Maryland Farmers Market Week (August 3-9, 2014) with a visit to the new Fort George G. Meade Farmers Read the Rest…
ANNAPOLIS, MD – The 2014 Maryland Farmers’ Market listings of locations and hours for each of the state’s markets is now available through the Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) website. This year, some 150 markets will be open with at least one in every county and Baltimore City. Several of the early markets in the Read the Rest…
ANNAPOLIS, MD – The Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) today announced additional training session dates for the Farmers Market Nutrition Program (FMNP), Seniors Farmers Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP) and Fruit & Vegetable Check (FVC) added to the training calendar for 2014. If you are interested in being able to accept the FMNP/FVC/SFMNP checks at your Read the Rest…
ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) will hold a sign up day on April 3 for farmers and markets to enroll in MarketLinkTM – a new USDA initiative to help direct market farmers and farmers markets sell fruits, vegetables and other eligible products to SNAP clients. A representative from the Maryland Farmers Market Read the Rest…
ANNAPOLIS, MD (July 30, 2013) – Governor Martin O’Malley has designated Aug. 5-11, Farmers’ Market Week in Maryland to coincide with National Farmers’ Market Week. The Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) encourages citizens to celebrate the week by visiting farmers’ market and buying local products. There are currently 144 markets across the state – at Read the Rest…
Farmers Markets in Maryland and Washington, D.C. that are authorized to accept checks through the Farmers Market Nutrition Program (FMNP) – a program administered by the Maryland Department of Agriculture – may continue to accept them through November 25. The deadline for accepting the checks was October 31; however, the date was changed this year Read the Rest…
ANNAPOLIS, MD (June 8, 2012) – The 2012 Maryland Farmers’ Market Directory listing locations and hours of each of the state’s markets is now available through the Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) website. This year, some 138 markets will be open with at least one in every county and Baltimore City. Many of the farmers’ Read the Rest…
ANNAPOLIS, MD (Feb. 1, 2012) – The Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) will host its annual Maryland Farmers’ Market Conference on Feb. 28-29 at the Comfort Inn Conference Center in Bowie to provide information on state regulations to farmers’ market stakeholders. Session topics will include: food safety, social marketing regulations, and promotional opportunities for the Read the Rest…
ANNAPOLIS, MD (August 5, 2011) – Governor Martin O’Malley joins U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack in proclaiming August 7 to August 13 as National Farmers’ Market Week. Governor O’Malley and Maryland Agriculture Secretary Buddy Hance encourage consumers to visit a farmers’ market in their area as a way of recognizing Farmers Market Week and Read the Rest…
ANNAPOLIS, MD (June 22, 2011) – The Maryland Department of Agriculture is asking farmers’ markets vendors, market managers and consumers to complete an online survey, funded by USDA and done in cooperation with the University of Maryland, to help assess the economic impact of Maryland Farmer’s Markets, increase sales at farmers markets, and explore the Read the Rest…
ANNAPOLIS, MD (March 18, 2011) – To help farmers understand the recent changes and addition of new federal nutrition programs that can be accepted at farmers’ markets, the Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) is partnering with the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH) to offer training for both the Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program Read the Rest…
ANNAPOLIS, MD (Feb. 15, 2011) – The Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) will host the annual Maryland Farmers’ Market Conference on Feb. 16 and 17 to gather more than 100 farmers’ market stakeholders and provide information on state regulations. Sessions will include: food safety, social marketing regulations, and promotional opportunities for the 2011 market season. Read the Rest…
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