Locally Grown Food

		Farmers' Markets: Eat Well The Eat Well Guide is a free online directory of family farms, restaurants, markets and other outlets of fresh, locally-grown food throughout the United States and Canada. Local Harvest Search for farmers' markets by zip code or state. Robyn Van En Center for CSA Resources A searchable database of CSA farms. USDA Farmers' Market listings Search for farmers' markets by state and city. Farm Aid's List of Winter Farmers Markets There are 900 farmers markets that are open year-round or just during the winter. Look through and help add to our list. Farm Aid has developed the fact sheets and information below to help you navigate the complex and varied issues that affect family farmers and the food you eat. Family Farmers and the U.S. Economy Concentration in Agriculture: Forcing our Family Farmers Out of Business Dairy: Family Farmers in Crisis Dairy: Family Farms Squeezed by Corporate Greed Factory Farms National Animal Identification System (NAIS) Genetic Engineering (GMOs) Food Labeling Farm to School Programs *Farmers' Markets: Rules, Regulations and Opportunities, 2002, by Neil Hamilton of Drake Univ. Examines the structure and operation of farmers' markets, with special attention to the legal and regulatory issues that may shape their operation. Provides a resource that will be valuable for farmers considering a farmers' market, to vendors now selling at farmers' markets, to the organizers and managers who run markets, and to those thinking about creating new markets. Free. On the website of the National Center for Agricultural Law Research & Information at the University of Arkansas. www.nationalaglawcenter.org/publications/index.html From the Field to the Table: Suggested Food Handling Guidelines for Open-Air Farmers’ Markets & Fairs, 1999, by the ECOnomics Institute. This food handling guideline creates an understanding of wholesome food production, transportation, and display at farmers’ markets or food fairs and develops food categories based on food safety risks. ECOnomics Institute, Loyola University, Box 907, New Orleans, LA 70118; 504-861-5898, ecoinst@loyno.edu., www.loyno.edu/economics.institute Growing Oklahoma Farmers' Markets: A Resource Guide for Market Managers, 2003. A three-ring binder full of resources for starting, promoting, and protecting a farmers' market. Targeted for Oklahoma, but useful for market managers anywhere. Coopeartive project of Kerr Center for Sustainable Agriculture, Oklahoma Farmers Market Alliance, Oklahoma State University, and Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry. Kerr Center, PO Box 588, Poteau, OK 74953; 918-647-9123. www.kerrcenter.com Hot Peppers & Parking Lot Peaches: Evaluating Farmers' Markets in Low Income Communities, 1999, by Andy Fisher. This report examines issues associated with farmers markets in low income communities. It includes case studies of eight farmers markets, and discusses policy barriers and opportunities. 61 pp. Community Food Security Coalition, PO Box 209, Venice, CA 90294; 310-822-5410. www.foodsecurity.org The New Farmers' Market: Farm-Fresh Ideas for Producers, Managers & Communities*, 2001, by Vance Corum, Marcie Rosenzweig & Eric Gibson. Full of basic information and innovative tips for anyone associated with Farmers' Markets -- farmers, sellers, managers, market planners, and their communities. Includes real-life examples on selling, displays, planning, promoting, management, and building community support. 257 pp. $29.45 (including shipping and handling). New World Publishing, 11543 Quartz Dr. #1, Auburn, CA 95602; 530-823-3886. Credit card orders call 888-281-5170 California Federation of Certified Farmer's Markets http://www.cafarmersmarkets.com/ Community Alliance with Family Farmers http://www.caff.org/ Farmers Market Federation of New York http://www.nyfarmersmarket.com Farmers' Markets of Southern California http://www.farmernet.com Findlay Market http://findlaymarket.org/ Food Security Learning Center (Farmers' Markets section) http://www.worldhungeryear.org/fslc/faqs/ria_047a.asp?section=4&click=1 The Food Trust http://www.thefoodtrust.org Local Harvest http://www.LocalHarvest.org Pike Place Market Farm Program http://www.pikeplacemarket.org Santa Monica Certified Farmers' Market http://www.farmersmarket.santa-monica.org Sustainable Communities Network http://www.sustainable.org/economy/agriculture.html

Farmers' Markets:

Eat Well
The Eat Well Guide is a free online directory of family farms, restaurants, markets and other outlets of fresh, locally-grown food throughout the United States and Canada.

Local Harvest
Search for farmers' markets by zip code or state.

Robyn Van En Center for CSA Resources
A searchable database of CSA farms.

USDA Farmers' Market listings
Search for farmers' markets by state and city.

Farm Aid's List of Winter Farmers Markets
There are 900 farmers markets that are open year-round or just during the winter. Look through and help add to our list.

Farm Aid has developed the fact sheets and information below to help you navigate the complex and varied issues that affect family farmers and the food you eat.

Family Farmers and the U.S. Economy

Concentration in Agriculture: Forcing our Family Farmers Out of Business

Dairy: Family Farmers in Crisis

Dairy: Family Farms Squeezed by Corporate Greed

Factory Farms

National Animal Identification System (NAIS)

Genetic Engineering (GMOs)

Food Labeling

Farm to School Programs

Farmers' Markets: Rules, Regulations and Opportunities, 2002, by Neil Hamilton of Drake Univ.
Examines the structure and operation of farmers' markets, with special attention to the legal and regulatory issues that may shape their operation. Provides a resource that will be valuable for farmers considering a farmers' market, to vendors now selling at farmers' markets, to the organizers and managers who run markets, and to those thinking about creating new markets. Free. On the website of the National Center for Agricultural Law Research & Information at the University of Arkansas. www.nationalaglawcenter.org/publications/index.html

From the Field to the Table: Suggested Food Handling Guidelines for Open-Air Farmers’ Markets & Fairs, 1999, by the ECOnomics Institute.
This food handling guideline creates an understanding of wholesome food production, transportation, and display at farmers’ markets or food fairs and develops food categories based on food safety risks. ECOnomics Institute, Loyola University, Box 907, New Orleans, LA 70118; 504-861-5898, ecoinst@loyno.edu., www.loyno.edu/economics.institute

Growing Oklahoma Farmers' Markets: A Resource Guide for Market Managers, 2003.
A three-ring binder full of resources for starting, promoting, and protecting a farmers' market. Targeted for Oklahoma, but useful for market managers anywhere. Coopeartive project of Kerr Center for Sustainable Agriculture, Oklahoma Farmers Market Alliance, Oklahoma State University, and Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry. Kerr Center, PO Box 588, Poteau, OK 74953; 918-647-9123. www.kerrcenter.com

Hot Peppers & Parking Lot Peaches: Evaluating Farmers' Markets in Low Income Communities, 1999, by Andy Fisher.
This report examines issues associated with farmers markets in low income communities. It includes case studies of eight farmers markets, and discusses policy barriers and opportunities. 61 pp. Community Food Security Coalition, PO Box 209, Venice, CA 90294; 310-822-5410. www.foodsecurity.org

The New Farmers' Market: Farm-Fresh Ideas for Producers, Managers & Communities, 2001, by Vance Corum, Marcie Rosenzweig & Eric Gibson.

Full of basic information and innovative tips for anyone associated with Farmers' Markets -- farmers, sellers, managers, market planners, and their communities. Includes real-life examples on selling, displays, planning, promoting, management, and building community support. 257 pp. $29.45 (including shipping and handling). New World Publishing, 11543 Quartz Dr. #1, Auburn, CA 95602; 530-823-3886. Credit card orders call 888-281-5170

California Federation of Certified Farmer's Markets http://www.cafarmersmarkets.com/

Community Alliance with Family Farmers http://www.caff.org/

Farmers Market Federation of New York http://www.nyfarmersmarket.com

Farmers' Markets of Southern California http://www.farmernet.com

Findlay Market http://findlaymarket.org/

Food Security Learning Center (Farmers' Markets section) http://www.worldhungeryear.org/fslc/faqs/ria_047a.asp?section=4&click=1

The Food Trust http://www.thefoodtrust.org

Local Harvest http://www.LocalHarvest.org

Pike Place Market Farm Program http://www.pikeplacemarket.org

Santa Monica Certified Farmers' Market http://www.farmersmarket.santa-monica.org

Sustainable Communities Network http://www.sustainable.org/economy/agriculture.html