by AFMA | Oct 23, 2023 | Events, News, Uncategorized
Image: Loewen Family Farm Did you know that we have three successful farmers’ market nutrition coupon programs in Canada? BC Association of Farmers’ Markets’ Farmers’ Markets Nutrition Coupon Program, Farmers’ Markets Nova Scotia’s Nourishing Communities Program, and...
by AFMA | Oct 23, 2023 | Events, News, Uncategorized
For Immediate Release: Canada Wide Campaign Calls for National Farmers’ Market Nutrition Coupon Program Investment October 23, 2023 Canadian Farmers’ Markets (CFM), Canada’s national farmers’ market sector association, has launched a nationwide campaign asking...
by AFMA | Sep 29, 2023 | News, Vendor Verification
Have customers and vendors embraced the program? The verified farmer’s market vendor program is more than six months old. The program gives market shoppers 100% certainty they are buying from legitimate, local farmers, food producers and artists. What has the response...
by AFMA | Sep 15, 2023 | News, Vendor Verification
Food safety is the number one priority for farmers markets and market vendors. Shoppers want assurance that when they are buying local at a farmers’ market, they are buying safe and authentically produced food products. The Alberta Farmer’s Market Association (AFMA)...
by AFMA | Sep 14, 2023 | News, Vendor Verification
Are you a food vendor at an Alberta farmers’ market and thinking about becoming verified under the AFMA new vendor verification program? Ensuring your food business meets food safety requirements and standards is one of the critical steps in the vendor verification...
by AFMA | Aug 31, 2023 | News, Vendor Verification
Maybe you are a farmers’ market vendor thinking about participating in the AFMA verified vendor program. Or maybe you are a farmers’ market shopper wanting to know more about why your favourite vendors are becoming verified. In a series of blog posts, we will...
