Written by Josie Reeve Interview has been edited for clarity and length. What is a Farmers Market Ambassador Coordinator, and what markets do you work with? My position serves as an integral part of a Farmers Market Promotion Program (FMPP) grant, which is focused on promoting equity, inclusion, and community within farmers markets. One of […]
Sofie Schachter Following is a Q&A with the Executive Director of the Downtown Beloit Association, Shauna El-Amin. Shauna has been helping to run the Beloit Farmers Market for the past 12 years. What motivated you to get involved in farmers markets?Our organization took the farmers market over soon after its formation in 1987, but the […]
Adrian Cruz-Perez With Earth Day coming up, we must take a closer look at farming practices and their impact on the environment. While agriculture is crucial to our ability to feed the world, it’s important to apply sustainable farming practices to mitigate risks to the environment. Here at Farm2Facts, we recognize the importance of research […]
Lucas LoBreglio The importance of pollination cannot be overstated– over ¾ of flowering plants and ⅓ of the food we eat rely on this single ecosystem service valued at hundreds of billions of dollars per year. The true worth of pollinating species becomes unquantifiable when we consider their contributions to pest control, ecosystem health, […]
May 2022 is National Mental Health Awareness Month. In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, Farm 2 Facts would like to discuss the mental health issues that impact farmers. Farmers play a vital role in our communities. Thanks to farmers, we have access to nutritious food. However, some people are unaware that farming is a […]
Farm 2 Facts is assisting Agricultural Community Events (ACE), in partnership with Petaluma Bounty and the University of California- Agriculture and Natural Resources, in a 3 year USDA grant that they received for $750,000 to increase their online and in-person accessibility. ACE is a family of 10 farmers markets in Northern California, all of which […]
Introduction: Farm 2 Facts (F2F) values community empowerment and actively works to uplift local economies by promoting and building strong and inclusive local food systems through the power of data. With this in mind, F2F is thrilled to have contributed to the process of securing a two year planning grant through the USDA Local Food […]
By Anna Feldman The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally changed the way we do almost everything, from going to work to taking a plane. One of the main adjustments is that many functions that used to be done in-person have gone online. For some farmers markets, standard practices like customers picking up produce to inspect it […]
Farm 2 Facts is thrilled to introduce our newest addition to the team! Ms. Nadia Alber will be joining Farm 2 Facts in the Kaufman Lab as the Project Manager. Alber holds an M.S. in Environment & Resources from the Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at UW-Madison. From December 2011 until present, Alber has […]
By Justin Cantafio, Executive Director, Farmers’ Markets of Nova Scotia Nova Scotia is a small maritime province of under a million people on the Atlantic coast of Canada. It only has one city of over 100,000 people, Halifax, whose regional municipality is home to almost half of the province’s entire population. Most Nova Scotians outside […]
