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List of Farmer's Market Resources
Books
The New Farmers' Market. 2001. By Eric Gibson, Marcie Rosenzweig, and Vance Corum. New World Publishing, Auburn, CA. 272 p.
The Legal Guide for Direct Farm Marketing. 1999. By Neil D. Hamilton. Drake University Law School, Des Moines, IA. 235 p.
Farmers' Markets: Rules, Regulations and Opportunities. 2002. By Neil D. Hamilton. National Center for Agricultural Law Research and Information Center. 47 p.
Grassroots Marketing: Getting Noticed in a Noisy World. 2000. By Shel Horowitz. 306 p. A resource for any kind of small business, including horticultural businesses, the book has ideas for low-cost or free publicity. Topics include creating an image; how to write ad copy and press releases; tricks of the printing trade to save money on brochures and ads; direct mail; selling on the Internet; working with the media; and much more.
Dynamic Farmers' Marketing. 1997. By Jeff Ishee. Bittersweet Farmstead, Middlebrook, VA. 130 p.
Organizations
Agri-Find
www.agri-find.com
Alternative Farming Systems Information Center
www.nal.usda.gov/afsic
Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas - ATTRA
P.O. Box 3657, Fayetteville, AR 72702
800-346-9140
www.attra.ncat.org
Federation of Massachusetts Farmers' Markets
240 Beaver St.
Waltham, MA 02452
781-893-8777
www.massfarmersmarkets.org
Growing For Market
P.O. Box 3747, Lawrence, Kansas 66046
800-307-8949,
www.growingformarket.com
Ithaca Farmers' Market
P.O. Box 6575, Ithaca, NY 14851
607-387-6952
www.ithacamarket.com
Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources
251 Causeway Street, Suite 500
Boston, MA 02114
617-626-1750
www.state.ma.us/dfa
NOFA Mass
411 Sheldon Road
Barre, MA 01005
978-355-2853
nofa@nofamass.org
www.nofamass.org
Small Farm Today
3903 W. Ridge Trail, Clark, MO 65243
573-687-3525 or 800-633-2535
www.smallfarmtoday.com
Sustainable Agriculture and Research Education
Northeast Office, Univ. of Vermont, Burlington
Website: www.uvm.edu/~nesare/index
USDA Price Reports for Fruits, Vegetables and Herbs
www.ams.usda.gov/fv/mncs/terminal.htm
Massachusetts
Buy Fresh
c/o Essex Conservation District
P.O. Box 346, Hawthorne, MA 01937
www.buyfresh.org |
Berkshire Grown
P.O. Box 983
Great Barrington, MA 01230
413-528-0041
413-528-6241 (Fax)
amy@berkshiregrown.org
www.berkshiregrown.com |
Center for Ecological Technology (CET)
112 Elm Street
Pittsfield, MA 01201
413 445-4556
413 443-8123 (Fax)
www.cetonline.org |
Central Massachusetts Fresh
P.O. Box 1294, Barre, MA 01005
www.centralmassfresh.com |
Chef’s Collaborative
National Office
262 Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02116
617-236-5200
617-236-5272 (Fax)
info@chefscollaborative.org
www.chefscollaborative.org |
Community Involved in Supporting Agriculture (CISA)
One Sugarloaf Street
South Deerfield, MA 01373
413-665-7100
413-665-7101 (Fax)
www.buylocalfood.com |
Conservation Law Foundation
62 Summer St
Boston, MA 02110-1016
617-350-0990, Ext. 715
clrawn@clf.org
www.clf.org
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Eastern Native Seed Conservancy
P.O. Box 451
Great Barrington, MA 01230
413-229-8316
www.enscseeds.org |
Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources
251 Causeway Street, Suite 500
Boston, MA 02114
617-626-1750
www.state.ma.us/dfa |
New England Heritage Breeds Conservancy
P.O. Box 20
Richmond, MA 01254
413-443-8356
413-443-4281 (Fax)
contact@NEHBC.org
www.nehbc.org |
New England Small Farms Institute (NESFI)
P.O. Box 608
Belchertown, MA 01007
413-323-4531
www.smallfarm.org |
Northeast Organic Farming Association, Massachusetts Chapter
411 Sheldon Road
Barre, MA 01005
978-355-2853
nofa@nofamass.org
www.nofamass.org/about/index.php |
Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (NESAWG)
P.O. Box 937
Belchertown, MA 01007
413-323-4531
kruhf@smallfarm.org
www.smallfarm.org |
Southeastern Massachusetts Agriculture Project (SEMAP)
NRCS – Pilgrim RC&D
15 Cranberry Highway
West Wareham, MA 02576
508-295-1317, Ext. 130
508-291-2367 (Fax)
www.umassd.edu/SEMAP |
Western Massachusetts Food Processing Center
324 Wells St.
Greenfiled, MA 01301
413-774-7204, Ext. 108
www.fccdc.org |
New York and New England
Farming Alternatives Program
Thomas Lyson, Dept. Rural Sociology
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
tal2@cornell.edu
www.cals.cornell.edu/agfoodcommunity/ |
Finger Lakes Culinary Bounty
c/o Cooperative Extension
615 Willow Avenue
Ithaca, NY 14850
607-272-2292
607-272-7088
mr55@cornell.edu |
Hartford Food System
509 Wethersfield Avenue
Hartford, CT 06114
860-296-9325
860-296-8326
hfoods@erols.com
www.hartfordfood.org |
Just Food
P.O. Box 20444
Greeley Square Street
New York, NY 10001-0008
212-645-9880
212-645-9881
info@justfood.org
www.justfood.org |
Made in Maine
Maine Department of Agriculture
28 State House Street
Augusta, ME 04333-0028
207-287-7561
Deanne.herman@state.me.us |
NY Farms!
125 Williams Road
Candor, NY 13743
607-659-3710
607-659-4635
nyfarms@baldcom.net |
NOFA-NY
P.O. Box 880
Cobleskill, NY 12043-0880
518-734-5495
518-734-4641 (Fax)
office@nofany.org
http://nofany.org/contact2.html |
NOFA-VT
P.O. Box 697
Richmond, VT 05477
802-434-4122
802-434-4154
nofavt@together.net
www.nofavt.org
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Politics of Food
121 North Fitzhugh Street
Rochester, NY 14614
716-232-1463
716-232-1465
politicsoffood@bluefrognet.net |
Regional Farm and Food Project
295 Eighth Street
Troy, NY 12180
518-271-0744
518-271-0745 (Fax)
farmfood@capital.net
www.capital.net/~farmfood/ |
Vermont Fresh Network
116 State Street
Montpelier, VT 05402
802-229-4706
802-828-3831 (Fax)
info@vermontfresh.net
www.vermontfresh.net |
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Other Areas of the United States
Alternative Energy Resources Organization (AERO)
432 N. Last Chance Gulch
Helena, MT 59601
406-443-7272
406-442-9120 (Fax)
aero@aeromt.org |
Core Values Northeast
IPM Institute of North America, Inc.
1914 Rowley Ave.
Madison WI, 53226
608-232-1528
www.corevalues.org |
Food Circle Networking Project
Department of Rural Sociology
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO 65211
573-882-7463
HendricksonM@missouri.edu |
FoodRoutes Network
P.O. Box 443
Milheim, PA 16854
814-349-8030
www.foodroutes.org |
Kansas City Food Circle
P.O. Box 30271
Kansas City, MO 64112
816-374-5899
bkjelshus@aol.com |
Minnesota Food Association (MFA)
3585 Lexington Ave. North, Suite 341
Arden Hills, MI 55126
651-766-8895
651-766-8773 (Fax)
www.mnfoodassociation.org
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Montana Food System Project
432 N. Last Chance Gulch
Helena, MT 59601
406-443-7272 |
Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture (PASA)
114 West Main St.
Milheim, PA 16854
814-349-9856
www.pasafarming.org
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White Dog Cafe
3420 Sansom Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
215-386-9224 Ext. 122
ann@whitedog.com
www.whitedog.com |
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