Food Safety
Going To Market: A Guide to Selling Raw, Processed, and Prepared Food Products from Your Home, at Farmers’ Markets, Stores, and Roadside Stands
An updated "Going to Market" is now available from Virginia Cooperative Extension! It's a very helpful publication for market managers and vendors. Going To Market: A Guide to Selling Raw, Processed, and Prepared Food Products from Your Home, at Farmers’ Markets, Stores, and Roadside Stands: https://www.pubs.ext.vt.edu/ANR/ANR-46/ANR-46.html [...]
News: Food Safety Certificates, Equity Webinars & Legal Toolkit Feedback
In this Issue Food Safety Summit Recordings & Certificates Equity Webinar Series Starts Tuesday Feedback on Farmers Market Legal Toolkit Recordings & Certificates are Available for the 2024 Virginia Farmers Market Food Safety Summit Recorded April 4, 9 & 11, 2024 An online summit for market managers, food vendors / [...]
2024 Virginia Farmers Market Food Safety Summit
Registration April 4, 9 & 11, 9am 12pm EST, online An online summit for market managers & food vendors covering the ins and outs of food safety requirements in Virginia Food freshness, short supply chains and excellent traceability make farmers markets ideal venues for food safety. The pride and care [...]
A Pivotal Year for VAFMA – a note to members, partners, and supporters
Dear Friends of VAFMA, This has been a pivotal year for the Virginia Farmers Market Association. We have launched and expanded initiatives that have been brewing for years. It is with the deepest gratitude that I share these 2023 highlights with you -- our members, partners, and supporters. These accomplishments [...]
Virginia Farmers Market News – June 2023
News Update In this Issue: Farmers Market Shopper Survey Promoting Virginia's Farmers Markets Eggs at Market Posters for the Senior & WIC Produce Vouchers Produce Farmers: Accepting Senior & WIC Vouchers Upcoming Events & Useful Links Supporting Partners Farmers Market Shopper Survey View your shoppers data in real time We [...]
Enhancing the Safety of Food at Virginia’s Farmers Markets — Food Safety Best Practices
Virginia Cooperative Extension (VCE) offers excellent publications outlining food safety practices at farmers markets. Visit their website here or use one of the direct links below to view publications about enhancing the safety of local food. Going to Market - https://www.pubs.ext.vt.edu/ANR/ANR-46/ANR-46.html Samples - https://www.pubs.ext.vt.edu/content/dam/pubs_ext_vt_edu/FST/fst-310/FST-310.pdf Labeling - https://www.pubs.ext.vt.edu/content/dam/pubs_ext_vt_edu/FST/fst-312/FST-312.pdf Enhancing the [...]
Food Safety
Going To Market: A Guide to Selling Raw, Processed, and Prepared Food Products from Your Home, at Farmers’ Markets, Stores, and Roadside Stands
An updated "Going to Market" is now available from Virginia Cooperative Extension! It's a very helpful publication for market managers and vendors. Going To Market: A Guide to Selling Raw, Processed, and Prepared Food Products from Your Home, at Farmers’ Markets, Stores, and Roadside Stands: https://www.pubs.ext.vt.edu/ANR/ANR-46/ANR-46.html [...]
News: Food Safety Certificates, Equity Webinars & Legal Toolkit Feedback
In this Issue Food Safety Summit Recordings & Certificates Equity Webinar Series Starts Tuesday Feedback on Farmers Market Legal Toolkit Recordings & Certificates are Available for the 2024 Virginia Farmers Market Food Safety Summit Recorded April 4, 9 & 11, 2024 An online summit for market managers, food vendors / [...]
2024 Virginia Farmers Market Food Safety Summit
Registration April 4, 9 & 11, 9am 12pm EST, online An online summit for market managers & food vendors covering the ins and outs of food safety requirements in Virginia Food freshness, short supply chains and excellent traceability make farmers markets ideal venues for food safety. The pride and care [...]
A Pivotal Year for VAFMA – a note to members, partners, and supporters
Dear Friends of VAFMA, This has been a pivotal year for the Virginia Farmers Market Association. We have launched and expanded initiatives that have been brewing for years. It is with the deepest gratitude that I share these 2023 highlights with you -- our members, partners, and supporters. These accomplishments [...]
Virginia Farmers Market News – June 2023
News Update In this Issue: Farmers Market Shopper Survey Promoting Virginia's Farmers Markets Eggs at Market Posters for the Senior & WIC Produce Vouchers Produce Farmers: Accepting Senior & WIC Vouchers Upcoming Events & Useful Links Supporting Partners Farmers Market Shopper Survey View your shoppers data in real time We [...]
Enhancing the Safety of Food at Virginia’s Farmers Markets — Food Safety Best Practices
Virginia Cooperative Extension (VCE) offers excellent publications outlining food safety practices at farmers markets. Visit their website here or use one of the direct links below to view publications about enhancing the safety of local food. Going to Market - https://www.pubs.ext.vt.edu/ANR/ANR-46/ANR-46.html Samples - https://www.pubs.ext.vt.edu/content/dam/pubs_ext_vt_edu/FST/fst-310/FST-310.pdf Labeling - https://www.pubs.ext.vt.edu/content/dam/pubs_ext_vt_edu/FST/fst-312/FST-312.pdf Enhancing the [...]