ANNAPOLIS, MD (April 22, 2011) \u2013 To help farmers understand the recent changes and addition of new federal nutrition programs that can be accepted at farmers\u2019 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\u2019 Market Nutrition Program (FMNP \u2013 WIC and Seniors) and the Fruit and Vegetable Check (FVC) Program.\u00a0 This training is mandatory for farmers who want to accept checks from participants at authorized farmers\u2019 markets.<\/p>\n
Training participants will learn about the different federal nutrition benefit programs, be provided with the policies and procedures for both the FMNP and the FVC program, and upon completion of the training will receive new signs to display at their market stands.<\/p>\n
Training Dates, Times and Locations:<\/p>\n
April 25 \u2013 Online, from 7pm to 8pm \u2013 register in advance here (note there is limited space):https:\/\/student.gototraining.com\/321w4\/register\/2827940941402676480\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n April 26 \u2013 Anne Arundel County: MD Department of Agriculture Headquarters, 50 Harry S Truman Pkwy, Annapolis MD\u00a0 21401 from 1pm to 3pm<\/p>\n May 3 \u2013 Talbot County: Chesapeake College Todd Performing Arts Center (Room AUD 01), Routes 50 & 213, Wye Mills, MD 21679 from 10am to noon<\/p>\n May 4 \u2013 Prince Georges County: Accokeek Foundation, 3400 Bryan Point Road, Accokeek, MD 20607 from 2pm to 4pm<\/p>\n May 5 \u2013 Caroline County: 4-H Youth Park, N 4th Street, Denton, MD Denton MD 21629 from 10am to noon<\/p>\n May 9 – Anne Arundel County: MD Department of Agriculture Headquarters, 50 Harry S Truman Pkwy, Annapolis MD\u00a0 21401 from 10am to noon<\/p>\n May 10 \u2013 Online, from 1pm to 3pm \u2013 register in advance here (note there is limited space): If you plan to attend, or have questions, please contact Amy Crone at 410-841-5776 or croneag@mda.state.md.us.<\/p>\n Click here to learn more about Maryland\u2019s Farmers\u2019 Market Programs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ANNAPOLIS, MD (April 22, 2011) \u2013 To help farmers understand the recent changes and addition of new federal nutrition programs that can be accepted at farmers\u2019 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\u2019 Market Nutrition Program Read the Rest…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[200],"class_list":["post-837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release","tag-farmer-market"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/837","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\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=837"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/837\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":838,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/837\/revisions\/838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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