**Farmer Direct Marketing Newsletters**

Current Issue:  Spring2000(Please note depending on modem speed, it can take up to 20 seconds todownload the newsletter.)

Past Issues: 

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January/February/March 2000

Contents:

    USDA Activities:
            Glickman ConfirmsCommitment to Small Farms and Announces AMS Partnership with SARE
    Direct Marketing in the News:
            "ImmigrantFarmers Bring Techniques, Seeds and Crops to U.S." (AP, 1/25/2000) 
    Announcements:
            New List Server -"Market-Farming"

            The United States2000 Census - Rural America Counts! 

            North Country (NY)Food and Economic Security Project
    Articles
            Travel the Road toSuccess with a Marketing Plan (Wen-fei Uva, Cornell University Extension)

            Do You Know What theSmall Business Administration Has To Offer?

            Small Businesses AreBackbone of Communities (Metta Winter, Cornell University)

            Production,Processing, and Marketing Opportunities for Athens County, Ohio, Farmers:            Assessing Needs andCreating Solutions (Penrose, Smith and Vollborn. Journal of Extension. December 1999)

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October/November/December1999
**Contents:

    USDA Activities:            New Publications fromthe Wholesale and Alternative Markets Program            Bulletins on MarketingFresh Produce to Local Schools Available            Cooperative Agreementwith North American Farmer's Direct Marketing Association (NAFDMA) Signed            Cooperative Agreementwith Cornell University Extension Signed             Architect JoinsWholesale and Alternative Markets Program Staff

**    Direct Marketing in the News:              "SmallFarmers, Needing to Grow, Coming to Web" (AP, 12/11/99)              "The Virtual Farmers' Market: Specialty Foods Going Online" (AP, 12/11/99)               "To Market, To Market: Consumers, Feds, and Farmers Agree - The Spread of Farmers'Markets   is Good for Kansas" (The                Wichita Eagle, 10/9/99)              "Fall Prime Time for Pumpkin Patch Boom"  (AP, 9/21/99)               "Farmers' Markets Sprout Up Across America"  (Reuters, 9/9/99)               "Bill Increases Fee to Keep Popular Markets Alive"  (AP, 9/3/99)               "Extension's Role With Farmers' Markets: Working with Farmers, Consumers, andCommunities"                                                             (Abel, Thomson, and Maretzki.  Journal of Extension.  October 1999)
    Announcements               Northeast Food System Partnership's New Website               Many Exciting Conferences and Workshops To Be Held This Winter and Spring~               Leopold Study on Potential for Local Sales for Iowa Apple Industry Released               King County (WA) Marketing Guide and Directory of Commercial Buyers of Farm Products

    New in Print or on Video About Direct Marketing:               CSA Farms in the United States 1999-2000               Marketing Strategies for Farmers and Ranchers                The Seasongal Marketer                      Audiotapes from USDA's Second National Small Farm Conference (October 1999)
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August/September1999**Contents:

USDA Activities:        Merrigan Named Administrator of USDA’sAgricultural Marketing Service (6/25/99)        Glickman Announces Summit, Action Plan forCommunity Food Security Initiative (8/19/99)
Direct Marketing in the News:        "Farmers’ markets to hit every townin Britan" (Reuters, 8/16/99)        "Farmers try direct approach tomarketing" (AP, 8/16/99)

Announcements:        Sustainable Development Challenge Grants(Environmental Protection Agency)        Small Farm Success Stories Wanted        National Organic Harvest Month        North Central Region SARE’s MarketingConference: Alternative Agricultural Marketing: Developing Skills for the New Millenium        Western SARE – Call for Grant Proposals        Northeast SARE – Call for Grant Proposals

New in Print or on Video about Direct Marketing:        The Legal Guide for Direct Farm Marketing– Neil Hamilton, Drake University        Video: Farmers and Their DiversifiedHorticultural Marketing Strategies
June/July1999**Contents:
    USDA Activities:             Proceedings of theFarmers Market Development and Minority Participation Workshop            USDA-Sponsored FarmersMarkets in DC - Summer 1999             Direct Marketing FocusGroup Presentation at USDA             1999 U.S. Food ExportShowcase, Chicago, IL     Features:            Quote by Secretary ofAgriculture, Dan Glickman (Indiana, April 29, 1999)            A Great Idea: SanRafael Farmers' Market Weekly E-mail Newsletter            Feeding 200 People withLocally Grown, Seasonal Food in Northern Idaho in March? (Peggy                       Adams, Palouse-Clearwater Environmental Institute, Idaho)     Announcements:            Small BusinessInnovation Research Program (USDA)    New in Print/Audio - Publications/Tapes About Direct Marketing:             SARE Tip Sheet #2: AddValue Through Marketing             AMS "How toBuy" Guides Available             "Sharing theHarvest: A Guide to Community-Supported Agriculture" 
April/May1999****Contents:    USDA Activities:            The USDA sponsoredSanta Fe Farmers Market Conference            Agricultural MarketingOutreach Workshop for Limited Resource Farmers - Information and Remarks by                        Under Secretary Michael V. Dunn            Update on theBurlington, VT, Public Market Feasibility Study            Report on USDA FarmerDirect Marketing Focus Groups Held in Memphis, TN    **Features:**            1997 Census ofAgriculture and Direct Marketing**    Announcements:**            "Law and the NewAgriculture:   Direct Marketing and Local Food Systems" - Neil Hamilton ofDrake                          University's 4-day course to be offered this summer             Community Food SecurityCoalition Workshops    **New in Print/Audio - Publications/Tapes about Direct Marketing:**            Getting Food on theTable:  An Action Guide to Local Food Policy (Community Food Security Coalition)            From the Field to theTable:Suggested Food Handling Guidelines for Open-Air Farmers' Markets and Fairs                        (ECOnomics Institute)            Audio Tapes from"Cultivating the Harvest:  Inland Northwest Small Acreage Farming Conference
February/March1999****Contents:   Special Introduction by Dr. Enrique E. Figueroa, Administrator, AMS****   Wholesale and AlternativeMarkets Activities:****           - USDA Hosts Farmer Direct Marketing Focus Groups at NAFDMA Annual Conference****           - Report on the North American Farmers' Direct Marketing Association's (NAFDMA) AnnualConference****    USDA NewsReleases:****           - USDA Announces Direct Marketing Plan for Small Farmers (1/21/99)****           - USDA to Sponsor Santa Fe Farmers Market Conference (1/13/99)****    Features:****           - "Featured Academic/Extension Educator" - Garry Stephenson and Larry Lev,Oregon State University****           - Research in Progress at Iowa State****           - Funding Sources - From Denis Ebodaghe, Ph.D., National Program Leader - Small Farms,USDA                                          (via the FAP-NE-AG-DEVEL-L List Server)****    New in Print -Publications about Direct Marketing****           - Hot Peppers & Parking Lot Peaches: Evaluating Farmers' Markets in Low Income Areas****           - Building Bridges - Growing Community: Emerging Alliances for Community-Based FarmProduct Marketing in Kentucky**
January 1999
**Contents:   Introduction   **Wholesale and Alternative Markets Activities:**            Farmer Direct MarketingBibliography Available            USDA Hosts FarmerDirect Marketing Focus Group            Notes on the NortheastSustainable Agriculture Working Groups's 5th Annual Resource Harvest **   USDA News Releases:**            USDA Invites StateParticipation in Marketing Improvement Program (12/15/98)            USDA Offers FarmerDirect Marketing Information on the Internet (11/18/98)            New Directory ShowsFarmers Markets on the Rise (11/12/98)**   Features:**            "FeaturedMarket/Market Manager" - American Farmland Trust's FRESHFARM Market            Research in Progress atCornell **   Upcoming Conferences and Workshops******November1998 - Introduction to Website and Newsletter
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