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	<title>Farmers Market Coalition</title>
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	<description>Farmers markets are good for everyone.  Join us to make them even better.</description>
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		<title>Internship Opportunity at the Wallace Center for Sustainabile Agriculture</title>
		<link>http://www.farmersmarketcoalition.org/2008/04/24/internship-opportunity-at-the-wallace-center-for-sustainabile-agriculture/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:11:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT
 
Wallace Research Intern – Arlington, VA
 Effective with the release of this position announcement, Winrock International will be recruiting applicants for an internship with the Wallace  Center.  The responsibilities, duties and qualifications are described in the attached position description.   
 GENERAL:
Winrock International is a nonprofit organization that works with people in the United States and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FMC Listserv a New Networking Tool</title>
		<link>http://www.farmersmarketcoalition.org/2008/04/14/fmc-listserv-a-new-networking-tool/</link>
		<comments>http://www.farmersmarketcoalition.org/2008/04/14/fmc-listserv-a-new-networking-tool/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:13:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you’re not already one of the 130 people who’ve subscribed to the FMC listserv in the last several weeks, you can do so by signing up here. As the network grows, the listserv will offer great opportunities to learn and share with members of the farmers market community from across the country.
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		<title>Learn &#038; Share Opportunity: FMC Seeks Product Verification and Vendor Recruitment Tools</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:13:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mention in casual introductory conversation that you’re a farmers market manager and you’re likely to elicit responses like “Oh, that must be so much fun!” with the implication that your job involves little more than sipping lemonade in the shade, chit-chatting with shoppers, and getting  as much free produce as you could possibly want. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>trans•act Research Takes Shape for Summer &#8216;08</title>
		<link>http://www.farmersmarketcoalition.org/2008/04/14/trans%e2%80%a2act-research-takes-shape-for-summer-08/</link>
		<comments>http://www.farmersmarketcoalition.org/2008/04/14/trans%e2%80%a2act-research-takes-shape-for-summer-08/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:05:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This summer, FMC will be sponsoring a Fellowship that will work closely with marketumbrella.org on trans•act, a visionary research project that will pilot a social capital evaluation tool at eight markets in the Los Angeles area. Readers familiar with marketumbrella.org’s Sticky Economic Evaluation Device (SEED), will not be surprised that the tool being developed through [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mark Your Calendars for National Farmers Market Week</title>
		<link>http://www.farmersmarketcoalition.org/2008/04/14/mark-your-calendars-for-national-farmers-market-week/</link>
		<comments>http://www.farmersmarketcoalition.org/2008/04/14/mark-your-calendars-for-national-farmers-market-week/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:05:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sources at AMS indicate that the Secretary of Agriculture has permanently designated the first week of every August (Sunday through Saturday) as National Farmers Market Week. Velma Lakins, Agricultural Marketing Specialist at AMS, says that the designation “allows our constituents to start the planning process before we officially announce the Secretary’s Proclamation each year.” A [...]]]></description>
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		<title>As Farm Bill Deadlines Loom, We Honor a Remarkable Career</title>
		<link>http://www.farmersmarketcoalition.org/2008/04/14/as-farm-bill-deadlines-loom-we-honor-a-remarkable-career/</link>
		<comments>http://www.farmersmarketcoalition.org/2008/04/14/as-farm-bill-deadlines-loom-we-honor-a-remarkable-career/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:04:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Don Wambles, President of the Farmers Market Coalition
Springtime marks the beginning of a new season.  After the cold, wet days of winter, farmers are ready to begin spring plantings in preparation for market season. Consumers remember the last fresh tomato from last year and are anxious for this year’s first strawberry. Market organizers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Member Interview: Communication is Key for New State Farmers Market Association</title>
		<link>http://www.farmersmarketcoalition.org/2008/04/14/member-interview-communication-is-key-for-new-state-farmers-market-association/</link>
		<comments>http://www.farmersmarketcoalition.org/2008/04/14/member-interview-communication-is-key-for-new-state-farmers-market-association/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:04:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This interview was conducted earlier this spring with Susan Sauter, founding board member and treasurer of the West Virginia Farmers Market Association (WVFMA), formed in 2007 with start-up funding from a Specialty Crops grant. WVFMA recently became a member of the Farmers Market Coalition.

FMC: Susan, we understand that you wrote the grant that helped get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FM Summit Proceedings Released</title>
		<link>http://www.farmersmarketcoalition.org/2008/04/14/fm-summit-proceedings-released/</link>
		<comments>http://www.farmersmarketcoalition.org/2008/04/14/fm-summit-proceedings-released/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:03:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Staff at USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) have been hard at work since November’s first ever National Farmers Market Summit, and the final draft of the Summit Proceedings Report is now available at their web site. You can read about the 12 priorities identified by the 75 Summit participants, as well as some of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Farmers Market Network Holds First Regional Training</title>
		<link>http://www.farmersmarketcoalition.org/2008/04/14/farmers-market-network-holds-first-regional-training/</link>
		<comments>http://www.farmersmarketcoalition.org/2008/04/14/farmers-market-network-holds-first-regional-training/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:03:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160;
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      On March 18th and 19th, farmers market leaders convened in Monterey, California from as far as New York City and New Orleans in order to facilitate a two day training for managers and vendors. This event, hosted by the Agriculture &#38; Land-Based Training Association (ALBA) marked the first training [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Support the Coalition with a New or Renewed Membership</title>
		<link>http://www.farmersmarketcoalition.org/2008/04/14/support-the-coalition-with-a-new-or-renewed-membership/</link>
		<comments>http://www.farmersmarketcoalition.org/2008/04/14/support-the-coalition-with-a-new-or-renewed-membership/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 22:22:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s a little late for the 2007 tax season, but contributions to the Farmers Market Coalition are tax-deductible to the full extent allowed by the IRS. Whether you’re a farmer, market manager, director of a statewide farmers market agency or association, or just love farmers markets, becoming a member of the Farmers Market Coalition will [...]]]></description>
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