ANNAPOLIS, MD (March 31, 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. \u00a0This 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.
\nTraining Dates, Times and Locations:
\n\u2022 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Wednesday, April 6, Harford County: Heat Center, 1201 Technology Drive, Aberdeen, Maryland \u00a021001 from 10 am to noon
\n\u2022 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Monday, April 11, Washington County Agricultural Education Center, 7313 Sharpsburg Pike
\nBoonsboro MD \u00a021713-2431 from 10:00 a.m. until noon
\n\u2022 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Monday, April 11, Garrett County Extension Office, 1916 Maryland Highway, Suite A, Mt. Lake Park, MD 21550 from 5pm to 7pm
\n\u2022 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Tuesday, April 19, Montgomery County: Department of Economic Development, Agricultural Services Division, 18410 Muncaster Road, Derwood, Maryland 20855 from 11am to 1pm
\n\u2022 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Tuesday, April 26, Anne Arundel County: MD Department of Agriculture Headquarters, 50 Harry S Truman Pkwy, Annapolis MD \u00a021401 from 1pm to 3pm
\n\u2022 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Additional training dates will be announced as they are scheduled<\/p>\n
Please contact Amy Crone (410-841-5776 or croneag@mda.state.md.us) know if you plan to attend or if there are any questions.<\/p>\n
Visit\u00a0www.mda.state.md.us\/md_products\/farmers_market_dir.php<\/a>\u00a0to learn more about Maryland\u2019s Farmers\u2019 Market Programs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ANNAPOLIS, MD (March 31, 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":[204,105],"class_list":["post-869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release","tag-farmers-market-nutrition-program","tag-wic"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869","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=869"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":870,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869\/revisions\/870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}