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Local Food Promotion Program (USDA grant)

USDA's LFPP grant program supports expansion of local and regional food business enterprises. Their Website links to awarded grants, a great source for ideas.
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Fundraising for Incentive Programs

This webinar provides incentive program operators with an overview of funding for nutrition incentive programs with a strong focus on applying for federal grants.
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Getting Started with Farmers Markets

This guide from the Wallace Center is aimed to the farmer vendor who is considering selling at farmers markets. It walks through how a farmer may assess whether a particular…
Program Administration | Vendor management
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Farmers Markets and Health

As a way to show the impact of their Ypsilanti Farmers Markets on health, Growing Hope created this brief marketing piece as a way to show health care organizations the…
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Farmers' Market Vendor Evaluation

From an unknown source, this simple one-page evaluation sheet for vendors allows them to market Yes/No/Needs Improvement to give feedback on multiple components of the market. Vendor Evaluation Form_2013
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Food Assistance Handbook

Growing Hope has managed multiple farmers markets in Michigan, and created this operations handbook as a tangible guide to roles, responsibilities, and steps needed to operate food assistance programs before,…
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Farmers Market Legal Toolkit

The Farmers Market Legal Toolkit from the Vermont Law School and the Center for Agriculture & Food Systems is an extensive online guide for farmers markets from a legal perspective.…
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