From jhs8@cornell.eduTue Apr 4 09:45:51 1995 Date: Sat, 1 Apr 1995 11:59:03 -0500 From: josh slotnick To: Larry London Subject: Re: Open Air Market/Farmer's Market (fwd) The Ithaca, NY farmers market is on of the best around. You can call them at 607-273-7109. They will be able to give you the kind of info you are lookng for. jhs8@cornell.edu From gwg2@cornell.eduTue Apr 4 09:46:09 1995 Date: Sat, 1 Apr 1995 12:13:30 -0500 From: "Gilbert (Gil) W. Gillespie Jr." To: rpower@leif.ucs.mun.ca Cc: Larry London , sap7@cornell.edu Subject: Re: Open Air Market/Farmer's Market (fwd) We in the Farming Alternatives Program at Cornell have just completed a survey of Farmers' market vendors in the Northeast USA. The survey focus was farmers' markets as rural enterprise incubators. We recently published an extension-type bulletin, contact Sara Prout at sap7@cornell.edu for ordering and other information. >------- start of forwarded message ------- >>From: rpower@kean.ucs.mun.ca >Newsgroups: misc.rural >Subject: Open Air Market/Farmer's Market >Date: 29 Mar 95 16:23:06 -0230 >Organization: Memorial University. St.John's Nfld, Canada >Lines: 19 > > >I'm looking for some information on how to go about establishing a farmer's >market or an open air market. We are looking to establish this type of >market for residents of the community to sell their wares as sort of a >community development project. > >-What are some of the pitfalls to be aware of? >-What type of products tend to sell well? >-Who comes to these markets? > >I've been to those open air markets in Europe and was duely impressed by >the selection and the sheer number of vendors. > >Any and all comments will be welcome! > >Thanks! > >Roger >rpower@kean.ucs.mun.ca >------- end of forwarded message ------- > > From jhs8@cornell.eduTue Apr 4 09:46:25 1995 Date: Sat, 1 Apr 1995 12:02:24 -0500 From: josh slotnick To: sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu Subject: Open Air Market/Farmer's Market (fwd) Dr London, I just realized I sent a reply to you that should have gone to a forwarding address - could you please send it on? Thanks, Josh Slotnick jhs8@cornell.edu From pat.jones@24stex.comTue Apr 4 09:46:35 1995 Date: Sat, 01 Apr 95 17:47:04 -0800 From: pat.jones@24stex.com To: london@sunsite.unc.edu Subject: OPEN AIR MARKET/FARMER'S M Farmer's Markets are drawing people back into the downtown area in Sacramento, California. There is a Wednesday market with organic and non-organic produce for sale, and a Thursday nite market with produce, food from local resturants and entertainment. The markets provide direct markets for farmers, increasing their profits a bit, fresh produce for city-workers, and new life to the downtown area. From jed_lindholm@agcs.cas.psu.eduTue Apr 4 09:47:32 1995 Date: 3 Apr 1995 06:58:48 -0500 From: Jed Lindholm To: Larry London Subject: RE: Farmer's Markets Workbook Larry, Good morning, Organizing farmer's markets is a topic that the Center for Rural Pennsylvania has been studieing for a while. They have put together a booklet entitled "Starting and Strengthening Farmer's Markets in Pennsylvania". It is a step-by-step workbook you may find useful. You can get a copy from: Center for Rural Pennsylvania 212 Locust St., Suite 604 Harrisburg, PA 17101 Phone # 717-787-9555 Best of Luck, Jed Lindholm Penn State _______________________________________________________________________________ From: Larry London on Fri, Mar 31, 1995 11:14 PM Subject: Open Air Market/Farmer's Market (fwd) To: sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu ------- start of forwarded message ------- >From: rpower@kean.ucs.mun.ca Newsgroups: misc.rural Subject: Open Air Market/Farmer's Market Date: 29 Mar 95 16:23:06 -0230 Organization: Memorial University. St.John's Nfld, Canada Lines: 19 I'm looking for some information on how to go about establishing a farmer's market or an open air market. We are looking to establish this type of market for residents of the community to sell their wares as sort of a community development project. -What are some of the pitfalls to be aware of? -What type of products tend to sell well? -Who comes to these markets? I've been to those open air markets in Europe and was duely impressed by the selection and the sheer number of vendors. Any and all comments will be welcome! Thanks! Roger rpower@kean.ucs.mun.ca ------- end of forwarded message ------- From JABEL.parti@parti.inforum.orgTue Apr 4 09:49:53 1995 Date: Mon, 3 Apr 95 12:15:00 -0400 From: JABEL.parti@parti.inforum.org To: SANET-MG@CES.NCSU.EDU Re: open-air markets Roger, Rodale Institute has been conducting a program in cooperation with extension agencies to encourage municiplities in southeast Pennsylvania to adopt open-air producer-only growers ' markets. We have amassed a good deal of information on how to organize, run and manage these markets which I can sedn to you if you sned me your snail mail address. I tried to send a message direct to your personal e-mail address, but it was returned to me, so I'm putting out this posting. My e-mail is: jabel.inbox@parti.inforum.org Regards, Jennifer Abel Abel Rodale Institute Intern From gwfeenstra@ucdavis.eduThu Apr 6 23:13:04 1995 Date: Thu, 6 Apr 1995 09:15:32 -0700 From: gwfeenstra@ucdavis.edu To: sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu Cc: rpower@leif.ucs.mun.ca Subject: Farmers' Markets Roger, You were interested in finding information about how to establish a farmers' market. You might find "Starting and Strengthening Farmers' Markets in Pennsylvania" very helpful. There is a lot of practical information you might be able to adapt to your area. It is available from the Center for Rural Pennsylvania, 212 Locust St., Suite 604, Harrisburg, PA 17101, phone: (717) 787-9555. Good luck. Gail Feenstra UC Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program Davis, CA 95616