{"id":19420,"date":"2016-01-28T12:08:46","date_gmt":"2016-01-28T17:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/?p=19420"},"modified":"2016-01-28T12:08:46","modified_gmt":"2016-01-28T17:08:46","slug":"maryland-farmers-market-association-announces-starting-a-farmers-market-workshop-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2016\/01\/28\/maryland-farmers-market-association-announces-starting-a-farmers-market-workshop-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland Farmers Market Association announces \u2018Starting a Farmers Market\u2019 workshop series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2014\/07\/IMG_0670-e1404317450923.jpg?resize=400%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/>ANNAPOLIS, MD\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 The Maryland Farmers Market Association \u2013 in partnership with the Maryland Department of Agriculture \u2013 will offer a workshop series for Marylanders interested in starting a farmers market. This series will give participants access to the association\u2019s experienced staff and provide all the necessary tools and information to run a successful market operation. The department will also provide information on the role of federal nutrition benefits programs at farmers markets.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1Uwc9Hs\">Click here<\/a> to sign up online, or contact the Maryland Farmers Market Association at <a href=\"mailto:info@marylandfma.org\">info@marylandfma.org<\/a> or (410) 929-1645. See below for more information on schedule and topics covered:<\/p>\n<p><strong>February 1-2: Planning for Your Market Launch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Topics will include: Things to consider when starting your market (mission, identifying community assets, finding your farmers, financing, etc.) and what to expect as a first-year market.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>February 1, from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. \u2013 Planning Your Market Launch, Webinar<\/li>\n<li>February 2, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. \u2013 Planning Your Market Launch, 345 N. Charles St., Baltimore, 21201<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>March 16-17: Market Management <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Topics will include: Market location and layout, marketing and promotion, staffing, best practices in farmer\/vendor management, banking considerations, and data collection.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>March 16, from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. \u2013Market Management, Webinar<\/li>\n<li>March 17, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. \u2013 Market Management, Charlotte Hall Library, 37600 New Market Road, Charlotte Hall 20622<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>April 6-7: Food Access, Sales &amp; Success <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Topics will include: Federal nutrition benefits programs for farmers markets and farmers market fundraisers, events and promotions.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>April 6, from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. \u2013 Food Access, Sales &amp; Success, Webinar<\/li>\n<li>April 7, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. \u2013 Food Access, Sales &amp; Success, \u00a0Maryland Department of Agriculture, 50 Harry S Truman Pkwy, Annapolis \u00a021401<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"># # #<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Follow Maryland Department of Agriculture on Twitter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/MdAgDept\">@MdAgDept<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANNAPOLIS, MD\u00a0\u2013 The Maryland Farmers Market Association \u2013 in partnership with the Maryland Department of Agriculture \u2013 will offer a workshop series for Marylanders interested in starting a farmers market. This series will give participants access to the association\u2019s experienced staff and provide all the necessary tools and information to run a successful market operation.<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2016\/01\/28\/maryland-farmers-market-association-announces-starting-a-farmers-market-workshop-series\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/123"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19420"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19424,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19420\/revisions\/19424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}